38 POTTSVILLE FAUNA OF OHIO 



Along the road on the long ridge east of Pine Creek, one and one- 

 half miles southeast of Lyra, Vernon Township, Lingula carbonaria 

 Shumard was found in great abundance in the dark shales above the 

 Lower Mercer or No. 3 coal, which occupies the Boggs ore horizon. 

 The section here follows (Locality 24) : 



Feet Inches 



Ore, Lower Mercer __ 4 



Shale and shaly sandstone 35 2 



Shale, dark 1.1 1 



Shale, hard, fossiliferous _ _ 1 



Coal, part bony, Lower Mercer __ 7 



Clay, siliceous ,1 



Sandstone ;_--_ 10 



Jackson County. Along the road west of Hamden in Section 13, 

 Washington Township, the Boggs ore is also typically exposed. The 

 section at this locality follows: 1 



Feet Inches 



Limestone, Lower Mercer __ 10 



Clay shale 2 



Coal __ 2 



Shaly sandstone and covered 14 



Ore, Boggs __ 6 



Shale and shaly sandstone 3 



Sandstone __ 3 



Coal, Lower Mercer l__ 1 1 



Clay and covered 



Vinton County. At some localities in Vinton County the Boggs 

 ore is well represented, although it is generally sparingly fossiliferous. 

 In the black band ore, which outcrops in Spook Hollow in the bed of 

 Elk Creek, one and one-half miles east of McArthur, Lingula carbonaria 

 Shumard is fairly abundant. The section below was measured in 

 Spook Hollow (Locality 25): 



Feet Inches . 



Coal, Brookville, formerly mined 



Clay 1 



Flint, gray to black, Black Flint 1 8" 



Covered 52 



Sandstone and covered 40 



Ore, black band, Boggs __ 3 



Coal, Lower Mercer, No. 3 __' 2 



The fossils collected here are as follows: 

 Plant leaves 



Lingula carbonaria Shumard 

 Fish teeth and plates 



'Stout, W., Geol. Surv. Ohio, Fourth Ser., Bull. 20, p. 148, 1916. 



