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1. Paracardium doris (c). 
2. Buchiola speciosa (c). 
3. Nucula corbuliformis (c). 
Faunule of section 1382 D, near Covington, Va. 
[c, common; r, rare. J 
4. Palseoneilo sp. (r). 
5. Pterochaenia fragile (c). 
6. Goniatites sp. (r). 
HOT SPRINGS, BATH COUNTY, VA. 
Hot Springs is about 25 miles north of Covington. Immediately 
northwest of the springs the Paleozoic beds, from the Devonian black 
shale to the Cambrian, have been tilted until they stand almost verti- 
cal. The "black shale" is not all black, some of the lower beds 
being a pure creamy white in color. A bed of very hard cherty sand- 
stone, 50 or 60 feet in thickness, lies at the base of the black shale. 
This formation, which stands vertical here, resists weathering more 
effectively than those on either side, and resembles the ruins of a mas- 
sive wall running up the side of the mountain. 
All of the fossils collected at Hot Springs are from the beds above 
the sandy chert exposed along the railroad northwest of Hot Springs. 
The section at Hot Springs northwest of the springs, along the 
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway, is as follows: 
Section 1383 A, at Hot Springs, Va. 
Feet. 
9. Dark greenish to drab-colored shale, just below section house, about If miles 
below Hot Springs 25 
8. Dull bluish-gray shales 30 
7. Tough sandy black shale, below automatic switch No. 1 60 
Concealed 150 
6. Ash-colored shale 10 
5. Black and gray shales alternating 40 
Concealed 60 
4. Ash-colored shale 50 
Concealed 60 
3. White or cream-colored clay shale 9 
2. Black shale (Romney ) 10 
1. Hard cherty sandstone ( ' ' Oriskany " ) 50-60 
The following lists show the faunal associations disclosed in the 
several zones of this section (Romney -Jennings): 
Faunule of zone 2 of section 1383 A, at Hot Springs, Va. 
[a, abundant; c, common; r, rare.] 
1. Orbicuioidea doria (c). j 3. Anoplotheca cf. acutiplicata (a). 
2. Chonetes cf. coronatus (r). 4. Styliola fissurella (c). 
Faunule of zone 3 of section 1383 . I, at Hot Springs, Va. 
[a, abundant; c, common; r, rare.] 
1. Crinoid stem (r). 
2. Orbicuioidea doria (r) 
3. Pholidops sp. ( c) . 
4. Anoplia sp. (c). 
5. Bellerophon leda (r). 
6. Styliola fissurella (a). 
7. Coleolus sp. (r). 
8. Goniatites sp. (r). 
9. Ostracods (c). 
