

University of the State of New York 



New York State Museum 



Frederick J. H. Merrill Director 

 John M. Clarke State Paleontologist 



Memoir 5 



GUELPH FAUNA IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK 



JOHN M. CLARKE and RUDOLF RUEDEMANN 



Preface ------ 



Introduction - 



Typical Guelph dolomites of 



Ontario and their fauna - 

 Guelph fauna of New York and its 



stratigraphic relations 

 Historical .-.-'- 



Section of the dolomites at Shelby, 



Orleans CO. - - - 

 Niagara county - 

 Other manifestations in Orleans 



county - - - - - 

 Monroe county - 



Wayne county - 

 Southern Ontario — the section at 



Hamilton - - - - 

 Summary 



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Fauna of the Guelph dolomite in west- 

 ern New York - - - 23 

 Anthozoa ... - 23 



Hydrozoa 36 



Brachiopoda - - - - 38 



Lamellibranchiata 47 



Gastropoda - - - - 51 



Cephalopoda 77 



Annelida ... - 105 



Ostracoda ----- 106 



Trilobita ... - 107 

 Synoptic list of Guelph fossils of New 



York ----- 109 



Conditions of life and sedimentation 114 



Distribution of the Guelph - - 122 



Explanation of plates - - - 139 



Index 187 



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