The Oriskany Fauna of Becraft Mountain, Columbia County, N.Y. (University of the State of New York, Memoir of the New York State Museum, No. 3, Vol. 3, October 1900)
Albany, New York: University of the State of New York, 1900. First Edition. Large Hardcover. Good / No Jacket. Item #2330881
First edition. One plate loose but included, stained, spine creased with some loss to spine base.
128 pp. Illustrated with plates. CONTENTS: Prefatory Note; Introduction; Stratigraphic Structure of Becraft Mountain; Description of the Fauna; Vertical Range of Species; Faunal Values of Species; Nature and Distribution of the Oriskany Fauna in New York; Distribution of the Calcareous facies; Ulster County; Orange County; Albany and Schoharie Counties; The Original Oriskany Sandstone; Fauna of the Gaspe Limestones; The Devonic Age of the Helderbergian Fauna and the Base of the Devonic System in New York; The Argument from Correlation; The Argument from the Intrinsic Character of the Fauna; The Argument from Stratigraphy; Fauna of the Manlius Limestone; Explanation of Plates; Index.
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