﻿Report 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  Geologist 
  745 
  

  

  Microdon 
  bellistriatus. 
  

  

  Hhynchonella 
  congregata. 
  

  

  Spirifer 
  mesastrialis. 
  

  

  S. 
  audaculus. 
  

  

  Ghonetes 
  scitula, 
  in 
  masses. 
  

  

  LiorJiynehus 
  mesacostalis. 
  

  

  Toward 
  the 
  summit 
  of 
  this^section 
  injthe 
  vicinity 
  of 
  Pitcher 
  

   Springs, 
  sandstones 
  and 
  flags 
  predominate, 
  but 
  fossils 
  are 
  found 
  

   throughout. 
  The 
  total 
  height 
  of 
  the 
  exposure 
  is 
  about 
  eighty- 
  

   five 
  feet. 
  

  

  At 
  South 
  Otselic, 
  six 
  miles 
  north 
  and 
  about 
  100 
  feet 
  higher, 
  is 
  

   an 
  excellent 
  exposure 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  sandy 
  shales, 
  sparingly 
  fossil- 
  

   if 
  erous. 
  This 
  is 
  seen 
  to 
  best 
  advantage 
  on 
  the 
  plank-road 
  entering 
  

   the 
  village 
  from 
  the 
  east. 
  

  

  On 
  account 
  of 
  continued 
  rainy 
  weather 
  these 
  exposures 
  in 
  the 
  

   towns 
  of 
  Pitcher 
  and 
  Otselic 
  were 
  studied 
  at 
  a 
  great 
  disadvantage 
  

   and 
  extensive 
  collections 
  of 
  fossils 
  were 
  not 
  made. 
  

  

  Station 
  V. 
  Town 
  of 
  Cincinnatus, 
  Cortland 
  county 
  ; 
  brook 
  enter- 
  

   ing 
  the 
  town 
  from 
  the 
  northwest 
  and 
  meeting 
  the 
  Otselic 
  river 
  

   at 
  Lower 
  Cincinnatus. 
  Geological 
  horizon 
  essentially 
  the 
  

   same 
  as 
  at 
  Pitcher, 
  the 
  less 
  elevation 
  at 
  Cincinnatus 
  being 
  com- 
  

   pensated 
  by 
  the 
  dip 
  of 
  the 
  strata. 
  The 
  section 
  affords 
  at 
  the 
  

   base: 
  

  

  (1) 
  Soft, 
  bluish 
  to 
  greenish 
  clay 
  shales; 
  fossils 
  rare, 
  single 
  

   specimen 
  of 
  Liopteria 
  sp. 
  only 
  observed. 
  Six 
  feet. 
  

  

  (2) 
  Sandy 
  shales 
  with 
  flags. 
  Forty 
  feet. 
  

  

  (3) 
  Heavy 
  sandstones. 
  

  

  In 
  (2) 
  and 
  (3) 
  fossils 
  are 
  not 
  uncommon, 
  and 
  those 
  observed 
  

   are 
  mentioned 
  in 
  the 
  following 
  list 
  : 
  

  

  JPhacops 
  rana, 
  rare. 
  

  

  Spirifer 
  mesastrialis, 
  large 
  and 
  characteristic 
  ; 
  abundant. 
  

  

  Sp. 
  audacuhis^msXL\ 
  rare. 
  

  

  Sp. 
  mueronatus, 
  a 
  short- 
  winged, 
  highly 
  lamellose 
  form, 
  

   resembling 
  S. 
  seulptilis. 
  

  

  ffliynchonella 
  congregata, 
  abundant. 
  

  

  Oyrtina 
  Hamiltonia}. 
  

  

  Ambocmlia 
  umbonata, 
  rare. 
  

  

  Liorhynchus 
  mesacostalis, 
  abundant. 
  

  

  Cryptonella 
  sp. 
  

  

  L. 
  94 
  

  

  