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Geology and Paleontology of Eighteen Mile Creek and the Lake Shore Sections of Erie County, New York

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This book has excellent descriptions and images of all the fossil fauna you are likely to encounter at Eighteen Mile Creek, the Shore of Lake Erie, and the Penn-Dixie quarry. The book deals primarily with the following formations: Wanakah Shale Member, Ludlowville Formation, Hamilton Group; Tichenor Limestone Member, Moscow Formation, Hamilton Group; Windom Shale Member, Moscow Formation, Hamilton Group. For the purposes of this 100+ year old book....the equivalents, as they were called 100 years ago: Windom Shale = Moscow Shale....Tichenor Limestone = Encrinal Limestone...Hamilton Shale = Wanakah Shale.

In addition to being excellent visually, it is also an easy read. Grabau writes in a more modern prose, not in the vernacular of the late 19th century. If you are collecting in these formations, having this book is a necessity. You will not be disappointed. Especially for the price.