WILLIAMS AND 
KINDLE. 
KENTUCKY SECTIONS. 
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Iii a sandy shale, just south ol* Riley station (section 1372 B), the 
following- Knobstone faunule was collected: 
Faunule of section 1372 />', south of Riley station, Kentucky. 
[a, abundant; c, common; r, rare] 
1. Orthothetes crenistria (c). 
2. Chonetes illinoisensis (a). 
3. Productella shumardana (a). 
4. Prod actus burlingtonensis (c). 
5. P. punctatus (r). 
6. P. semireticulatus (c) . 
7. Schizophoria sp. (r). 
8. Camarotoechia sappho (r). 
9. Spiriferina subelliptica (c). 
10. Spirifer marionensis (r). 
11. S. sp. (r). 
12. Syringothyris texta (r). 
13. Palseoneilo bedfordensis (r). 
14. Macrodon cf. newarkensis (r). 
15. Streblopteria sp. (r). 
16. Cypricardinia sp. (<•). 
PARKSVILLE, BOYLE COUNTY, KY. 
About three- fourths of a mile west of Parksville the black shale 
rests directly on the Ordovician, as shown in the accompanying 
section: 
Section 1373 A, at Parksville. Ki/. 
2. Black shale 
1. Soft blue shaly sandstone 
Feet. 
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The following species were collected from the shaly sandstone of the 
above section: 
Fan iiule of zone 1 of section 1373 A, near Parksville, Ky. 
1. Hebertella cf. occidentalis (rare). I 3. P. lynx (common). 
2. Platystrophia laticosta (common). 
The black shale about Parksville is about 25 feet thick. The blue 
clay shale above it has its usual appearance. The Knobstone Hills, 
just south of the railroad, are about 150 feet high and have an abun- 
dance of loose limestone fragments on their summits. No beds of the 
limestone were seen in place. 
At an old quarry in the "Knobstone" sandstone (section 1373 B), 
H miles west of Parksville, the following species were collected: 
Fan mile of section 137 S B, near Parksville, Ky. 
[c, common; r, rare.] 
1. Orthothetes crenistria (c). 
2. Productella cf. shumardana (r). 
3. Productus alternatus (r). 
4. P. semireticulatus (r). 
5. Camarotoechia sp. (r). 
t>. 1 Melasma cf. formosa (c). 
7. Spirifer keokuk (c). 
8. S. lateralis (r). 
9. Reticularia pseudolineata (c). 
10. Eumetria marcyi (r). 
11. Leiopteria sp. (r). 
12. Platyceras bodensis (r). 
