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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  the 
  creek 
  in 
  West 
  Fulton. 
  The 
  rocks 
  wherever 
  exposed 
  along 
  

   the 
  lower 
  slopes 
  of 
  the 
  hills 
  bordering 
  this 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  course 
  of 
  

   Panther 
  creek 
  are 
  clearly 
  of 
  Hamilton 
  age. 
  On 
  the 
  highway 
  375 
  

   feet 
  above 
  the 
  bridge, 
  or 
  655 
  feet 
  above 
  West 
  Fulton 
  are 
  coarse, 
  

   irregular, 
  bluish 
  shales, 
  (Y 
  3 
  ) 
  which 
  contain 
  plenty 
  of 
  fossils. 
  The 
  

   species 
  so 
  far 
  as 
  noted 
  in 
  a 
  hasty 
  examination 
  are 
  Hamilton 
  and 
  

   this 
  zone 
  is 
  considered 
  to 
  be 
  near 
  the 
  top 
  of 
  the 
  Hamilton 
  forma- 
  

   tion. 
  About 
  85 
  feet 
  higher, 
  or 
  approximately 
  1190 
  feet 
  above 
  the 
  

   Schoharie 
  river, 
  is 
  a 
  prominent 
  outcrop 
  of 
  massive, 
  greenish 
  gray 
  

   to 
  bluish 
  sandstone 
  (Y 
  5 
  ) 
  on 
  the 
  highway 
  leading 
  south 
  well 
  

   toward 
  the 
  corners. 
  The 
  sandstone 
  is 
  quite 
  coarse 
  grained, 
  some 
  

   15 
  feet 
  being 
  exposed, 
  and 
  one 
  layer 
  shows 
  ripple 
  marks. 
  This 
  

   zone 
  is 
  referred 
  to 
  the 
  Sherburne 
  formation, 
  and 
  it 
  will 
  be 
  re- 
  

   called 
  that 
  a 
  similar 
  sandstone 
  in 
  the 
  section 
  to 
  the 
  east 
  (X 
  5 
  ) 
  

   1135 
  feet 
  above 
  the 
  Schoharie 
  river 
  was 
  also 
  considered 
  as 
  in 
  this 
  

   formation. 
  Some 
  195 
  feet 
  higher 
  on 
  the 
  main 
  east 
  and 
  west 
  

   road 
  on 
  top 
  of 
  the 
  plateau 
  is 
  a 
  ledge 
  of 
  thin 
  bedded 
  sandstones 
  

   (Y 
  7 
  ). 
  This 
  ledge 
  crosses 
  the 
  highway 
  just 
  west 
  of 
  schoolhouse 
  

   no. 
  6, 
  in 
  a 
  straight 
  line 
  about 
  two 
  and 
  one 
  half 
  miles 
  southwest 
  

   of 
  West 
  Fulton, 
  approximately 
  950 
  feet 
  higher 
  and 
  is 
  at 
  about 
  

   the 
  -summit 
  of 
  this 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  plateau. 
  The 
  sandstones 
  are 
  

   moderately 
  fossiliferous, 
  Spirifer 
  mesastrialis 
  Hall 
  (?) 
  being 
  the 
  

   most 
  common 
  species. 
  The 
  rocks 
  belong 
  in 
  the 
  Ithaca 
  formation, 
  

   which, 
  as 
  stated 
  in 
  the 
  description 
  of 
  section 
  X 
  covers 
  the 
  high 
  

   part 
  of 
  the 
  plateau 
  to 
  the. 
  south 
  of 
  Panther 
  creek. 
  The 
  follow- 
  

   ing 
  species 
  were 
  collected: 
  

  

  1 
  Spirifer 
  mesastrialis 
  Hall 
  (?) 
  (c) 
  

  

  Too 
  imperfectly 
  preserved 
  to 
  show 
  whether 
  there 
  are 
  fine 
  

   striae 
  or 
  not. 
  

  

  2 
  Palaeoneilo 
  emarginata 
  (Con.) 
  Hall 
  var. 
  (r) 
  

  

  The 
  form 
  with 
  only 
  a 
  faint 
  posterior 
  constriction. 
  

  

  3 
  Bellerophon 
  patulus 
  Hall 
  (rr) 
  

  

  4 
  B. 
  acutilira 
  Hall 
  (?) 
  (rr) 
  

  

  5 
  Cyrtolites 
  (Cyrtonella) 
  pileolus 
  Hall 
  (?) 
  (rr) 
  

  

  Imperfectly 
  preserved. 
  

   Pectlnidae 
  sp. 
  (rr) 
  

  

  Too 
  imperfect 
  for 
  generic 
  identification. 
  

  

  