University of the State of New York 



New York State Museum 



Frederick J. H. Merrill Director 

 John M. Clarke State Paleontologist 



Memoir 6 

 NAPLES FAUNA IN WESTERN NEW YORK 



PART 2 



JOHN M. CLARKE 



Introduction - - - - - 

 The sea of Portage time - - - 



Lake Oneonta - 



Nonmarine stages succeeding 

 Lake Oneonta - 

 Bionic provinces of the Appalachian 

 gulf during Portage time 

 i Oneonta province - 



2 Ithaca province - 



3 Genesee province - 

 Dissemination of the subprovincial 



faunas in the Appalachian gulf 

 Comparisons of stratigraphic sections 

 in the Genesee province 

 Naples section - 

 Genesee river section 

 Lake Erie section - 



Bionomic character of the fauna - 

 Lamellibranchiata _._.-- 



The Cardioconch condition 

 Other components of the fauna - 

 Descriptions of species - - - 



199 

 199 



205 



207 



209 

 209 

 209 

 210 



212 

 212 

 213 



214 



2'5 



216 



217 



218 



219 



Some additional species of this fauna - 344 



Development of the Intumescens fauna 

 outside of New York - - - 350 



Range of species in the Chautauqua 



and Naples subprovinces - • - 359 

 Vertical range of species in the 

 Lake Erie section (Chautauqua 

 subprovince) - 356 



Vertical range of species in the 

 Naples section - 358 



Geographic distribution of the fauna 

 of the Genesee province - - 360 



Distinctive features of the subpro- 

 vincial faunas ----- 365 



Correlation of the fauna of the Gene- 

 see province with the Intumes- 

 cens fauna of Europe - - - 367 



Relation of the fauna to the black 

 shales ------ 372 



Summary - - - - - 382 



Explanation of plates - 385 



Index 439 



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