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glomerate in the Cedar Hill section, which he says marks the base of his 

 new formation. Next, it is not qnite true that I failed to separate the 

 Upper Ohara fauna! lists according to localities, but in grossly mislead- 

 ing manner lumped together in one composite list all those forms from 

 all of the collections which I either correctly or incorrectly considered as 

 representing the horizon of the Shetlerville. Regarding the latter matter 

 the facts are as follows: In my Kentucky report, on page 138, which 

 immediately precedes the list complained of, I state that practically all 

 of the positively located material from zone 2, which includes specimens 

 of two forms of Platycrinus huntsvillce, was collected by me at Cedar 

 Hill, near Princeton, the type locality of the Ohara and probably the best 

 and most complete exposure of its beds known. Then I proceed to say 

 that as the overlying zone 3 at Cedar Hill is not so profusely fossiliferous 

 as in Crittenden County, the list of its fossils was compiled chiefly from 

 collections made at localities to the west and north of Marion, Kentucky. 

 One of these is the Moore Glade, 4 miles west; the other a very similar 

 glade on the Hard farm, 3 miles north of Marion. These are the only 

 places in Crittenden County where I made any real effort to collect the 

 fauna of zone 3. Besides, the collections from these two localities were 

 the only ones made in this county that were fully determined and listed. 

 Finally; there is absolutely no question as to the strict equivalence of the 

 beds at the two places from which the fossils were taken. Both were 

 fresh and much better collecting grounds when I visited them than they 

 are now, which may account for the fact that I procured more species at 

 the Moore Glade than did Professor Weller, who also reported on the 

 fauna at this place. He lists 40 species, I more than 70. 



There was, therefore, no more reason to doubt that the Upper Ohara 

 fossils listed by me actually came from the zones to which I credited 

 them than there would be for me to question that the fossils determined 

 by Weller, whether correctly or incorrectly, and listed by him as occurring 

 in a given bed at some particular locality, actually came from the bed 

 and place to which he credits them. To express doubt in either case is 

 little short of questioning an author's integrity; and, if not that, then it 

 amounts at least to casting doubt on his capabilities as a stratigraphical 

 geologist. 



OCCURRENCES OF PLATYCRINUS, DIZYGOCRINUS, AND PUGNOIDES IN THE 



UPPER OHARA 



These unwarranted statements by Weller evidently are inspired by his 

 desire to weaken or eliminate evidence that is clearly fatal to views con- 

 cerning the stratigraphic and faunal relations of the Fredonia oolite to 



