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long to the basal sandstone in which 

 case the great stratic unconformity be- 

 tween the higher Champlainic and late 

 Siluric beds is probabh^ below the level 

 of the Schoharie valley at this point. 



4 Section of city quarry behind the Lutheran cemetery, 



Schoharie 



Fig. 191 and pi. 17 



This section extends to the top of the cliff at the stairway 

 leading to the park behind the cemetery. 



CoeymanS Feet inches 



h 1 Typical Coeymans, coarse lime sandrocks 

 '"-'^ with typical fossils, forming ledge in the 

 Fig. 191 Section woods above the cemetery. At the base 



of city quarry 



the cliff is weathered back in a rock shel- 

 ter, and it is here, in the lowest layers 

 that M e 1 o c r i n u s p a c h y d a c t y 1 - 

 u s was found. 



Thickness approximately 15 



Transition beds 



g 4-7 Covered slope with exception of small 

 outcrops of tine lime sandrocks with 

 Stropheodonta varistriata.. 5 

 g 3 Very fine lime sandrock almost lime mud- 

 rocks with S t r o p h e o d o n t a var- 

 istriata 1 



g 2 Covered slope 5 



g 1 Irregularly bedded lime sandrocks and lime 

 mudrocks forming upper portion of 

 quarry wall 1 



Total trauisition 12 



Manlius 



f 13 Irregular beds passing into those above and 



forming cliff with it 4 



