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Sec. 2, T. 33 S., R. 18 E
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Just above Railroad Bridge
Measured By J.M. Jewett, 1939
Locality of Corals
Unit No. Description Thickness
4 Limestone weathers as limestone below many fossil fragments (Collection) 2 ft.
3 Limestone dove gray upper part largely mass of Organ pipe cases 1 ft.
2 Nodular limestone in shale Maryenifera 4 ft.
1 Shale dark gray flaky, Ambocoelia, Mesolokes, Trepospira, small gastropods, Lecrostynen (Collection) 4.5 ft.
  Lorally - limestone lenses  
  Sandstone just above section below  
8 Coquina, slabby crystalline 0.7 ft.
7 Shale 0.7 ft.
6 Limestone 0.2 ft.
5 Shale gray 6.5 ft.
4 Coal ? ft.
3 Shale 1 ft.
2 Limestone, brown, earthy, Fucoids, Rhombopass  
1 Shale gray above dark below Dictyoclostus, Corals, Myrids of Trachyodoss and broken organ pipe cords 13.7 ft.
  Note: (2) is above (1)  

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