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A section at the old George W. Defenbaugh quarry southeast of Kokomo, Indiana, shows the exact relation between the eurypterid-bearing layers and the brachiopod bed (67, 7).
FEET | INCHES | |
Heavy bedded fossiliferous limestone | 1 | 8 |
Chert, thin, bedded, with ostracods | 1 | |
Thin bedded fossiliferous limestone | 2 | |
Base of brachiopod horizon | ||
Darker layer of limestone | 2 | |
Thin bedded limestone | 10 | |
Heavier bedded limestone, but thinly laminated | 1 | 4 |
Thin bedded limestone | 9 | |
Darker limestone | 3 | |
Layer with merostomata |
The line of reasoning which was adopted to show that the Bertie was a clastic, river-borne deposit which was spread out on the land
Fig. 7. Section Southeast of Kokomo, Indiana, Showing Distinctness of Brachiopod and Eurypterid Horizons |