xt79s46h348c https://exploreuk.uky.edu/dips/xt79s46h348c/data/mets.xml Alabama Alabama Museum of Natural History 1930 Other titles include: Alabama Museum of Natural History museum paper, Geological Survey of Alabama, Museum of the Geological Survey of Alabama. Other creators include: United States. Work Projects Administration, Geological Survey of Alabama, Tennessee Valley Authority. Issues for 1, 3 carry no series numbering. No. 2 also as Education papers no. 1. UK holds archival copy for ASERL Collaborative Federal Depository Program libraries. Call number AS36 .A2. journals English University, Ala. : Alabama Museum of Natural History, 1910-1960 This digital resource may be freely searched and displayed in accordance with U. S. copyright laws. Alabama Works Progress Administration Publications Museum Paper, no. 9, 1930 - including "Footprints from the Coal Measures of Alabama" by T.H. Aldrich, Sr. and Walter B. Jones text Museum Paper, no. 9, 1930 - including "Footprints from the Coal Measures of Alabama" by T.H. Aldrich, Sr. and Walter B. Jones 1930 1930 2015 true xt79s46h348c section xt79s46h348c ,§
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;;·;» ’n the shale above the Jagger coal in the Number ll Kline of the T °
il. xy Coal Company. near Carbon llill. \\'alker County. These things ,, ‘ ' ’
Am ; ity rst noticed several years ago by workmen. who called them to the T 1 g
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l l" t" `ingineer. The original discovery tracks have been very appropri— ·- M
li Q an ined ClIi}l(`O.S`tIll}'lt5 C0/»l>z` Aldrich. (see Plates fi and T). and were i , ’
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t ' V _\ or so ago, Macfntosh s soke to Arthur Blair, Geologist of the Ten- A ` ; z
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ly, ; air .`··al_ fron & Railroad Company of Birmingham. about the tracks lj _ l
Jl T ar like any good geologist, was rather skeptical. Early in Decem— » · `jl
._ ie ist year, Blair and f. \\f. Miller. of the Land Department of the '
`?·i Q l `·.. ·e Company, visited Number ll and went to see the new find. _ A i
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3;; I isi » tl took the slab to his Birmingham office. ft was the author`s · , 5 ~
__ i to nine to be in his office when he brought in the find and it was _ T i. -
"" ~i¤·~:~ fiat they were entirely new to Alabama geology. David Defar- . i ·~·.
3;; ‘ writ —istant Curator of the Museum, visited the mine soon after that. { ' . yi * QQ
W ° in ~ A specimens for our collection and for study. Delarnette obtained l _ N [ 4 §Q
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3:% ? it s V author made a trip to the mine on December 12, 1929, and was A { ` _ TQ
A *. *1l~l txt still other new varieties. The diversity of the fauna was most · A " _. · i
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t >l- *1. Several other trips have been made by members ot the staff. · ,_
Jl · l`*¥“‘ All the specimens hereinafter described. {
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s»~ the splendid cooperation oi the Galloway Coal Company. par- . t ·. g
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YU lioreman. All of the specimens have been taken out by the li F g
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1. Um —l.3' Shales, sandstones ~. '
_I ` I} Gillespy Seam L · ‘
l `»¤LE< —,- l7l1' Shales, sandstones V ‘ `; _
_ New Castle Seam l ·
· J2' Shales. sandstones V _ “
i Horse Creek Seam 5 ` ’ I
Ii S7' Shales, sandstones ? I ‘ g
L lilue Creek Seam i _ I | ; ‘ §
_ lt)' Shalcs. sandstones t { ` · lI S ~ f
l Qlagger Seam l {I ;
t S2' Conglomerates, shales, sandstones ` `_
t jp; · Ream Seam ; _ ‘ y F
mp Z 5o' Shales, sandstones, with some little limestone in places l
*· “ * l,ick Creek Seam -
ly]; l 4S' Sandstonesr. shales ’ ~_ t
L_ jefferson Seam l p ·’ g
li` -· B5' Samdstones, shales t. _
ily j Black Creek Seam · ‘
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¤?¤’·£i Q `{ve evidently the sediments which compose this group were laid Q I .g
`¥ll" ii tlow., li a constantly shifting shore—line, ranging from swamp deposits · I
· _} oi Y water amd a luxurious vegetation to shallow seas with their sprink— i ‘
7 lil; ~narine invertebrates. That these conditions carried also a rather § `, ‘ y · .
‘ nc. ~·l»rate fauna is no surprise when one considers the ideal surround- ; _l i'
V rites inst such animals as these. 'l he sandy beaches amd mud tlats ‘ [ ;
1 betv t the sea and the swamps must have been at splendid place for these t \
unit. to play amd rest. _ j ‘ .
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~‘l plants from the coal beds have been known since mnnng began, . l ‘ l
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g Milli ·· have been a iew scattering occurrences ot marine invertebrate _ r. ~§ 3
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levi l his discovery of vertebrate tracks is the first in .·\labama, and the j L ¤
V amzr which made them may safely be listed as among the oldest known. ‘ { , i·
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_ >·»lt~ the tiacks quite evidently belong to reptiles. although there prob— ~· 2 5
_ I .V . . . . ‘ · »
¤ sb; no great dttlerence between reptiles amd amphibians at that time. l y A [ ·
i tracks are found in the slate some 30 to —l‘2 inches above the top _ ._
i _ . . . . l iV 1
‘ "l s- ger coal_ and are limited to slopes and entries wltlcll h2t\’C l?CC11 Q ` `{ §
l `llI"·‘~ 1 the roof for additional clearance, or in caved roof. ln manv P ' · l
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LM" `filcks can be followed trom the slate on one side over at distance [ 3 Q
"l ll Tian lll feet. into the slate of the opposite side. Usually. they I I I I i
.~ ¢ . - _ - » - - , _ . ·' t ‘
I Wl * rl lot only a tew feet. _l`hey have been tound in several parts ‘ A _ I Q
”‘ ill` but the fourth left entry off the southwest slope has been the I { l
_, **1 ` for collecting, _ t I '
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· »· · i·,· time these beds were deposited, the dominant land animals _ l ll · ;
· ; MVC ¥»· · 1Yllll€lllS_ which were usually f0ur—f0Ot€(l, Cll1lNS}' tl1i11§S. T1“E1Cll,<.><31C.»\L SL'R\'l-ZY OF .»\I,ABAMA
t gt — In H W I VI iwfrw `I r "?WI?*"*r '''' rr 7" 3 .
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a ll of amphibians have been found in rocks much older than the Jagger ut Q tg
but reptile footprints in older rocks are very rare. The Carbon leli I (I
€%lj eovety is replete with interest and is one of the most important i, jug
I years. ~ All
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fh? I he earltest known tracks seem to have been found in Lanail lu W
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, t in the Ivnited States Dr. .·\. 'l`. King descrtbed some in 1545 in \'ol_ .,§ , `
the .»\nierican lournal of Science, p. ‘2l¤i. Ifrom the figures give is I IV
. "|g__ 'I ` I · l . " ` pbh
i ity prob;tl»le that these tracks were amphibtan. In the nnpresstons he att-4
j ["_jQ_ that the forefoot only had four toes and the hind foot had five. one U Y
'ZJ wears .¤reviouslv Prof. C. II. Hitchcock described tracks that ere
5 W ‘ mssiltlv bird tracks m the 'I`r1assic. but so far as we can find, Dr. il`.
· IH ‘ .. . . s . ' I
Q HI lung was the ftrst to describe tracks in the Larboniferous. In IN l` aaa { ‘
I .·; . . . . p. . . a _ 1
f ,§{j·2, l.ea ot Phtlatlelplna dtscovered some tootprtnts tn the Coal Kfeae » ol
· .*.` . . . . ,, _ .
2 hlgl _ l‘ennsylvaina. His account was probably published tn the lransaca ~» of
; ` the I\tnerican Philosophical Societv. In 1875 Prof. D. Cope dt 'lietl 1
. *15;* . N ‘. . . _ ». , I J. .
‘ "*+$l - a skull from the Coal Measures from Istnton, Ohto. thee Ceo. 11rv. »
l »·I· . . .. . · ,
g Q y Ulno. \ ol. ‘2, Part ‘?, p. QUT, plate ill. fig. 2.)
» · . . . . . ,. s , . II
l all lhe next writer tn the proceedings ot the U. b. battonal XI Ltin. ij I
§ \`t·l. IW. described some specimens from the Kansas Coal Measure Ibis li"
' ll ‘ Il _ 7 . . . .
[ writer. I{. I., Hoodie. subsequently reviewed the subject very t ally
.` WW and apparently brought it down to llllti. His excellent work I Ilttl
' .§· ,.., , { I _ · . . . . . . V. _
I pill. I ltr L ttul rllett.tttre.r .'flll]"fllf’lt! ot .\ortlt qlttiertrti, published by t. cat-
g negic Institute of \\'ashington. Iillli. Prof. O, C. Marsh. of Y. has I
; also written quite a, few papers upon the same subject. The ;r ~ ef .
i me these ancient animals have been of verv little benefit to the au listi
. 'Ixl and mor tholoutsts of the L ntted btates. However. the work of Dr. II`··l1t‘
~ lt. I: . . I · . . . . .. ,
. 'llf. · ts more encvclo tethc than anv other writer. Un were Qtll in }Io·i»·tI. —Ir·~1‘l< _
_ fp.,} . I , I > W
r ‘i_>gE wtll be tounil a list of the footorints known and the names attaclle ‘Ci¤*· Illl"
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tal i· ti givin 5l’lQCIE$ .·\ L‘TH01R Hoktzox l.0c,vt,t’1‘y il . . . .
`lS— ‘;'_#rai·a/ifv Marsh Coal Measures Osage County, ~ · 1
fm Y __ v_ Kansas V I x .
{ y4\- K pa/m·z·r.<¤¤»is1 king Du Pennsylvania ; · ;·
’ (Qtr//iiszzilriitlm King Do Do ~ · - 2
NH . _; $315 rift:iztgnwuiisis Leidy Do Do Q ·»
" _ ,‘,~;;m_¢ Marsh Do Osage County, 1 ‘ {
in ' Kansas . i T ` t VE
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’ Ul I t;`jt`(la.v· Dawson D0 D0 ’ ' ‘ i
had it, inclcl. UU DO _ i l
` 2 {_ · qugzzrx Marsh D0 Osage County, l l g·
fill'- __ Kansas '_ . l lr
ft. waiia/zi.t Marsh D0 D0 · . V l
‘ ``Vr 1 atimaziricimir Butts Do Missouri E ·_ l _.
TIN. t lz izzrzwztt Butts Do D0 g T ` °l ;‘
`lii; . ‘ {tits aatirgisittr Dawson iuhcarboniterous Nova Scotia ;` t _ . 1
_ V p:·i¤:zt1t·r·sz.v ljea Coal Measures Pennsylvania ‘ · ,
il¤l)' ; .»·ym!w:isi.v Dawson D0 U Qape Breton Island ` ‘ g
fittl ¤ ¤f1fUfl€f¤`*' DHWSOI1 Carl>0n1tcr0us Bova Scotia
._ _ lhl1llSIOllC grit) ` `. _ _ ;
Wk _ Ti: lt·,l`tmlt:rr_i·!a; King Coal Measures Pennsylvania
has ~r‘<·f