﻿CLASSIFICATION, 
  ETC. 
  OF 
  HAMILTON 
  AND 
  CHEMUNG 
  SERIES 
  1ST 
  

  

  important 
  outcrop, 
  for 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  thin 
  layers 
  of 
  the 
  bluish 
  shales 
  

   contain 
  abundant 
  specimens 
  of 
  a 
  few 
  species 
  of 
  fossils. 
  Spirifer 
  

   mesastrialis 
  Hall 
  is 
  a 
  common 
  species 
  and 
  this 
  zone 
  is 
  in 
  the 
  

   Ithaca 
  formation 
  which 
  covers 
  the 
  high 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  plateau 
  to 
  the 
  

   south 
  of 
  Panther 
  creek 
  and 
  west 
  of 
  the 
  Schoharie 
  river 
  in 
  the 
  

   southern 
  part 
  of 
  Fulton 
  township. 
  In 
  coarser 
  shales 
  above 
  the 
  

   bluish 
  ones 
  the 
  fossils 
  are 
  not 
  so 
  common. 
  The 
  following 
  species 
  

   were 
  collected 
  in 
  a 
  few 
  minutes 
  and 
  a 
  thorough 
  search 
  would 
  

   undoubtedly 
  materially 
  increase 
  the 
  number: 
  

  

  1 
  Spirifer 
  mucronatus 
  (Con.) 
  Bill. 
  (a) 
  

  

  2 
  8. 
  mesastrialis 
  Hall 
  (c) 
  

  

  3 
  Orihonota 
  undulata 
  Con. 
  (c) 
  

  

  4 
  Splienotus 
  truncatus 
  (Con.) 
  Hall 
  (a) 
  

  

  5 
  Schizodus 
  appressus 
  (Con.) 
  Hall 
  (rr) 
  

  

  6 
  8. 
  cf. 
  ellipticus 
  Hall 
  • 
  (r) 
  

  

  7 
  Grammy 
  sia 
  (Splienomya) 
  cuneata 
  Hall 
  '(?) 
  (r) 
  

  

  Specimens 
  broken 
  and 
  imperfectly 
  preserved. 
  

  

  8 
  Palaeoneilo 
  cf. 
  plana 
  Hall 
  (rr) 
  

  

  9 
  Liopteria 
  Ugsbyi 
  Hall 
  (r) 
  

  

  10 
  Athyris 
  spiriferoides 
  (Eaton) 
  Hall 
  (rr) 
  

  

  11 
  Orbiculoidea 
  cf. 
  media 
  (Hall) 
  H. 
  & 
  C. 
  (rr) 
  

  

  The 
  pedicle 
  passage 
  seems 
  to 
  be 
  wider 
  than 
  in 
  the 
  figures 
  of 
  

   this 
  species 
  and 
  scarcely 
  connected 
  at 
  margin. 
  

  

  About 
  45 
  feet 
  higher, 
  lacking 
  but 
  10 
  feet 
  of 
  the 
  summit 
  on 
  the 
  

   highway 
  or 
  approximately 
  1335 
  feet 
  above 
  the 
  level 
  of 
  the 
  Scho- 
  

   harie 
  river, 
  is 
  a 
  coarse 
  grained 
  somewhat 
  greenish 
  gray 
  sandstone 
  

   (X 
  7 
  ). 
  On 
  the 
  next 
  ridge 
  to 
  the 
  west, 
  at 
  the 
  same 
  level 
  as 
  X 
  7 
  , 
  is 
  

   another 
  outcrop 
  of 
  the 
  coarse 
  grained, 
  massive 
  sandstone 
  on 
  

   which 
  glacial 
  striae 
  are 
  well 
  preserved, 
  their 
  direction 
  being 
  from 
  

   the 
  n 
  e 
  toward 
  the 
  s 
  w. 
  

  

  XXVIII 
  Y. 
  Nearly 
  one 
  and 
  one 
  half 
  miles 
  west 
  of 
  West 
  Fulton 
  

   is 
  a 
  road 
  which 
  turning 
  to 
  the 
  south 
  climbs 
  the 
  steep 
  hill 
  on 
  the 
  

   southern 
  side 
  of 
  Panther 
  creek. 
  A 
  section 
  was 
  followed 
  along 
  this 
  

   highway 
  which 
  is 
  about 
  two 
  miles 
  west 
  of 
  XXVIII 
  X 
  and 
  partly 
  

   parallel 
  to 
  it. 
  The 
  highway 
  bridge 
  across 
  Panther 
  creek 
  near 
  the 
  

   base 
  of 
  the 
  steep 
  hill 
  is 
  approximately 
  280 
  feet 
  above 
  the 
  level 
  of 
  

  

  