﻿Report 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  Geologist. 
  741 
  

  

  (4) 
  Soft, 
  even-grained 
  green 
  clay 
  shale, 
  crumbling 
  on 
  exposure 
  ; 
  

   eight 
  feet. 
  Contains 
  : 
  

  

  Tentaculites, 
  small 
  form, 
  but 
  similar 
  to 
  T. 
  hellulus. 
  

  

  Zeptodesma 
  JRogersi. 
  

  

  Ziopteria, 
  small, 
  suberect 
  form 
  with 
  sharp 
  concentric 
  lines. 
  

  

  Leda 
  diver 
  sa, 
  small 
  but 
  typical. 
  

  

  jBeyriehia, 
  sp. 
  ? 
  

  

  Orbiculoidea 
  media. 
  

  

  These 
  shales 
  abound 
  in 
  small, 
  spherical 
  or 
  flattened 
  bodies, 
  

   one 
  millimeter 
  in 
  diameter, 
  covered 
  with 
  a 
  black 
  carbonaceous 
  

   film, 
  probably 
  spores 
  of 
  lycopodiaceous 
  plants. 
  

  

  (5) 
  Greenish, 
  irregularly 
  schistose 
  sandstones, 
  presenting 
  

   smooth, 
  compact 
  wall 
  faces. 
  At 
  their 
  base, 
  between 
  it 
  and 
  the 
  

   shaly 
  stratum 
  (4), 
  is 
  a 
  layer 
  of 
  coarse 
  shale 
  pebbles 
  in 
  which 
  was 
  

   found 
  Spirifer 
  mesastrialis, 
  small 
  form. 
  JSTo 
  other 
  fossil 
  

   observed; 
  ten 
  feet. 
  

  

  Station 
  P. 
  West 
  bank 
  of 
  Genegantslet 
  creek, 
  four 
  miles 
  north- 
  

   west 
  of 
  Greene 
  ; 
  quarry 
  on 
  land 
  owned 
  by 
  Stephen 
  Davis 
  and 
  

   Seymour 
  Whitmarsh. 
  

  

  There 
  are 
  exposed 
  twelve 
  feet 
  of 
  heavy-bedded, 
  light 
  gray 
  

   sandstone, 
  broken 
  and 
  schistose 
  at 
  the 
  top. 
  The 
  stone 
  is 
  of 
  the 
  

   same 
  quality 
  as 
  that 
  at 
  base 
  of 
  section 
  O. 
  

  

  Station 
  Q. 
  Two 
  miles 
  northwest 
  of 
  Oxford 
  on 
  road 
  to 
  

   McDonough. 
  Quarry 
  on 
  property 
  of 
  Phoebe 
  Westover, 
  situated 
  

   on 
  the 
  bank 
  of 
  a 
  small 
  stream, 
  about 
  200 
  feet 
  above 
  the 
  

   Chenango 
  river; 
  exposure, 
  gray, 
  heavy-bedded 
  sandstone, 
  six 
  

   feet; 
  no 
  fossils. 
  

  

  Also, 
  on 
  highway 
  one- 
  quarter 
  mile 
  east 
  of 
  East 
  McDonough 
  is 
  

   an 
  exposure 
  of 
  two 
  feet 
  of 
  greenish 
  sandstone, 
  followed 
  below 
  

   by 
  two 
  feet 
  of 
  red 
  and 
  green 
  shales 
  and 
  red 
  sandstone, 
  resting 
  

   upon 
  three 
  feet 
  of 
  green 
  flags. 
  No 
  fossils 
  observed. 
  

  

  Also, 
  on 
  highway 
  one-quarter 
  mile 
  west 
  of 
  East 
  McDonough, 
  

   five 
  feet 
  of 
  soft 
  green 
  clay 
  shales 
  with 
  quartz 
  pebbles, 
  and 
  thin 
  

   interlamiuated 
  sandstone. 
  Compare 
  the 
  shales 
  at 
  station 
  O 
  (4). 
  

   The 
  only 
  fossil 
  observed 
  was 
  an 
  undetermined 
  Microdon 
  or 
  

   Palceoneilo. 
  This 
  locality 
  is 
  about 
  fifty 
  feet 
  above 
  that 
  last 
  

   mentioned. 
  Between 
  these 
  points 
  and 
  the 
  village 
  of 
  Oxford 
  the 
  

   red 
  shales 
  and 
  sands 
  abound 
  over 
  the 
  surface, 
  coloring 
  the 
  soil 
  

   perceptibly 
  though 
  affording 
  no 
  well-defined 
  exposures. 
  Their 
  

  

  