30 NEW-rOEK bTATE COLLECTION. 



The Collection of Fossils made by John Gebhard junior has 

 been purchased by the State, and is now in the State Geological 

 Eooms at Albany, but, for want of room, is not yet arranged. The 

 following is a synopsis of its contents, with the exception of the 

 fossils from the Coralline limestone (mentioned on pages 28 & 29), 

 which have been placed in the cases : 



Names of Formations. JVumber of Specimens. 



CALClFEROrS SANDROCK , 2 



ChAZT LIMESTONE 10 



birdsete limestone 22 



Trenton limestone 92 



Utica shale w , 36 



Medina sandstone 9 



Clinton group 33 



Niagara group, Lockport 132 



Hudson-river group 5 



Coralline limestone, Schoharie 79 



Tentaculite limestone, " 30 



Pentamerus galeatus limestone, " 672 



CaTSKILL SHALT LIMESTONE, " . 4438 



ScUTELLA LIMESTONE, " 6 



Upper Pentamerus limestone, " < , 894 



Oriskany sandstone, ' 557 



Schoharie GRIT, " 1162 



Onondaga LIMESTONE, " 373 



CORNIEEROUS LIMESTONE,- '' 1000 



Marcellus shales and Goniatite ) ., .j,,^ 



LIMESTONE, ) 



Hamilton group (Lower part), " 1423 



Hamilton group (Upper part), including Chemung and 1 -loio 

 uppermost rocks of Schoharie, ) 



Plaster casts of fossils (mostly trilobites) 131 



Pish scales (two specieis), Old Red, Pennsylvania. .... 2 



Coal plants from Pennsylvania 37 



Coal plants from Ohio 3 



Pish remains from Durham, Connecticut 7 



Bchrstone formation of Georgia 11 



Tertiary, Macon, Georgia 2 



Tertiary, Banks of the Potomac 2 



Cretaceous formation of New-Jersey 5 



Tertiary formations of Italy 46 



Dudley rooks, England 48 



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