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  FORK 
  i. 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  Station 
  16. 
  Penitentiary, 
  Albany 
  

  

  A' 
  the 
  opposite 
  outskirts 
  of 
  Albany, 
  2 
  miles 
  to 
  the 
  southwest 
  

   the 
  locality 
  just 
  mentioned, 
  a 
  graptolite 
  fauna 
  was 
  discovered 
  

   by 
  Dr 
  Clarke 
  near 
  the 
  penitentiary 
  (station 
  1G) 
  in 
  a 
  soft, 
  black 
  

   shale 
  of 
  the 
  appearance 
  of 
  typical 
  Utica 
  shale 
  and 
  which 
  also 
  

   ith 
  HC1. 
  The 
  fauna 
  consists 
  of: 
  

   Oorynoides 
  curtus, 
  Lapicorth 
  

   Orthograptus 
  quadiimucronatus, 
  Hall 
  sp. 
  

   Diplograptus 
  putillus, 
  Hall 
  

   1>. 
  >]>inulosus 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  graptus 
  typicalis, 
  Hall 
  

   Leptobolus 
  insignia, 
  Hall 
  

   Undetermined 
  brachiopod 
  

  

  Tl 
  is 
  the 
  most 
  common 
  graptolite; 
  it 
  entirely 
  covers 
  some 
  

  

  slabs. 
  

  

  Station 
  17. 
  Beaver 
  park 
  

  

  J. 
  Van 
  Deloo 
  collected, 
  some 
  years 
  ago, 
  at 
  the 
  time 
  of 
  the 
  

   laying 
  out 
  of 
  Beaver 
  park, 
  a 
  few 
  graptolites 
  in 
  a 
  ravine 
  in 
  the 
  

   northern 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  park. 
  These 
  on 
  investigation 
  proved 
  to 
  be 
  

   specimens 
  of 
  Diplograptus 
  putillus, 
  Hall, 
  indicating 
  

   the 
  Utica 
  age 
  of 
  the 
  beds 
  of 
  this 
  locality, 
  which 
  is 
  only 
  a 
  short 
  

  

  stance 
  east 
  of 
  the 
  preceding 
  locality. 
  

  

  Station 
  18. 
  Normansville 
  

  

  2 
  miles 
  farther 
  southwest, 
  along 
  the 
  general 
  strike 
  of 
  the 
  rocks, 
  

   Normansville 
  on 
  the 
  Normans 
  kill. 
  While 
  at 
  Normansville 
  

   itself, 
  in 
  the 
  sandstones 
  and 
  shales 
  exposed 
  above 
  and 
  below 
  the 
  

   Ige, 
  no 
  - 
  uviv 
  found, 
  and 
  ihe 
  age 
  of 
  these 
  rocks 
  remains 
  

  

  in 
  doubt, 
  a 
  small 
  outcrop 
  of 
  shale 
  about 
  a 
  mile 
  farther 
  up, 
  100 
  

   yards 
  below 
  the 
  landing 
  of 
  the 
  picnic 
  ground 
  on 
  the 
  right 
  bank 
  

   of 
  the 
  river, 
  furnishes 
  graptolites 
  (station 
  18). 
  The 
  rock 
  is 
  a 
  

   deep 
  bluish 
  black, 
  thick 
  bedded 
  argillite 
  with 
  conchoidal 
  fracture 
  

   and 
  iron-stained 
  cleavage 
  planes. 
  It 
  is 
  Ailed 
  with 
  specimens 
  of 
  

  

  Olimacograptus 
  bicornis, 
  Hall 
  

  

  