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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  coarse, 
  greenish 
  gray 
  sandstone 
  of 
  A 
  4 
  , 
  is 
  in 
  the 
  Catskill 
  forma- 
  

   tion. 
  However, 
  farther 
  to 
  the 
  east 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  other 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  

   small 
  valley 
  are 
  thin 
  bedded, 
  grayish 
  sandstones 
  near 
  the 
  summit 
  

   of 
  the 
  hill, 
  which 
  contain 
  occasional 
  small 
  Crinoid 
  segments. 
  To 
  

   the 
  east 
  of 
  the 
  road 
  north 
  of 
  Merrickville 
  at 
  the 
  above 
  locality 
  

   there 
  is 
  a 
  ledge 
  of 
  this 
  sandstone 
  eight 
  feet 
  in 
  thickness, 
  and 
  

   about 
  25 
  feet 
  higher 
  on 
  the 
  highest 
  point 
  of 
  the 
  hill 
  are 
  ledges 
  

   of 
  coarser 
  grained 
  grayish 
  sandstone. 
  On 
  the 
  western 
  side 
  of 
  

   the 
  road 
  at 
  the 
  head 
  of 
  the 
  small 
  brook 
  and 
  narrow 
  valley 
  and 
  80 
  

   feet 
  lower 
  is 
  a 
  ledge 
  of 
  finer 
  gray 
  sandstone 
  some 
  15 
  feet 
  in 
  

   thickness. 
  

  

  XXX 
  D 
  2 
  . 
  One 
  fourth 
  mile 
  south 
  of 
  Franklin 
  village 
  is 
  a 
  steep 
  

   and 
  rather 
  high 
  hill 
  between 
  the 
  Ouleout 
  and 
  Handsome 
  brook 
  

   valleys 
  known 
  as 
  Round 
  Top. 
  The 
  lower 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  hill 
  being 
  

   somewhat 
  covered 
  only 
  occasional 
  outcrops 
  of 
  red 
  and 
  gray 
  sand- 
  

   stones 
  and 
  shales 
  occur 
  and 
  at 
  an 
  altitude 
  of 
  234 
  feet 
  above 
  the 
  

   level 
  of 
  Ouleout 
  brook 
  is 
  a 
  stratum 
  of 
  breccia, 
  eight 
  inches 
  or 
  

   so 
  in 
  thickness, 
  above 
  which 
  is 
  red 
  sandstone. 
  The 
  red 
  rocks 
  

   continue 
  to 
  332 
  feet 
  where 
  the 
  last 
  ledge 
  of 
  thin, 
  red 
  sandstone 
  

   was 
  seen. 
  10 
  feet 
  higher 
  is 
  the 
  bottom 
  of 
  D 
  3 
  , 
  a 
  zone- 
  composed 
  

   of 
  slightly 
  greenish 
  to 
  grayish 
  thin 
  bedded 
  and 
  shaly 
  sandstones 
  

   which 
  continues 
  for 
  about 
  45 
  feet 
  to 
  the 
  top 
  of 
  the 
  hill. 
  Some 
  

   of 
  the 
  layers 
  contain 
  fossils 
  the 
  most 
  abundant 
  being 
  crinoid 
  

   segments 
  but 
  Atrypa 
  reticularis 
  (Lin.) 
  Dal., 
  several 
  species 
  of 
  

   Lamellibranchs, 
  and. 
  fragments 
  of 
  fish 
  were 
  also 
  found. 
  The 
  

   top 
  of 
  this 
  hill 
  is 
  clearly 
  in 
  the 
  zone 
  which 
  is 
  referred 
  to 
  the 
  

   lower 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  Chemung 
  in 
  this 
  report. 
  The 
  following 
  species 
  

   were 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  shaly 
  sandstones 
  of 
  D 
  3 
  : 
  

  

  1 
  Atrypa 
  reticularis 
  (Lin.) 
  Dal. 
  (r) 
  

  

  2 
  Sphenotus 
  contractus 
  Hall 
  ( 
  ?) 
  ' 
  (rr) 
  

  

  3 
  Grammy 
  sia 
  elliptica 
  Hall 
  (rr) 
  

  

  4 
  Edmondia 
  cf. 
  philipi 
  Hall 
  (c) 
  

  

  5 
  E. 
  cf. 
  subovata 
  Hall 
  (rr) 
  

  

  6 
  Gonioplxora 
  subrecta 
  Hall 
  (rr) 
  

  

  7 
  ProtJiyris 
  cf. 
  lanceolata 
  Hall 
  (rr) 
  

  

  