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Palaeontology of the upper Missouri : a report upon collections made principally by the expeditions under command of Lieut. G.K. Warren, U.S. Top. Engrs., in 1855 and 1856. Part 1. Invertebrates / by F.B. Meek and F.V. Hayden.
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- Format:
- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- Meek, F. B. (Fielding Bradford), 1817-1876, author.
- Hayden, F. V. (Ferdinand Vandeveer), 1829-1887, author.
- Series:
- Smithsonian contributions to knowledge ; v. 14, art. 5.
- Publication (Smithsonian Institution) ; 172.
- Smithsonian contributions to knowledge ; v.14, art.5
- Smithsonian Institution publication 172.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Paleontology--Nebraska.
- Paleontology.
- Invertebrates, Fossil.
- Nebraska.
- Paleontology--North Dakota.
- Paleontology--South Dakota.
- Paleontology--Montana.
- Montana.
- Invertebrates, Fossil--Nebraska.
- Invertebrates, Fossil--North Dakota.
- Invertebrates, Fossil--South Dakota.
- Invertebrates, Fossil--Montana.
- South Dakota.
- North Dakota.
- Penn Provenance:
- Adams, Mark B., (former owner) (Adams copy)
- Physical Description:
- ix pages, 1 unnumbered page, 136 pages, 5 leaves of plates : illustrations ; 33 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington : Published by the Smithsonian Institution, April,1865.
- New York : D. Appleton & Co.
- Contents:
- Silurian Age. Postdam Period. Mollusca ; Articulata
- Carboniferous Age, Carboniferous Period. Protozoa ; Mollusca
- Carboniferous Age, Permian Period. Mollusca
- Reptilian Age, Jurassic Period. Radiata ; Mollusca ; Articulata.
- Notes:
- Cover title.
- "Accepted for publication, May, 1864."
- Each plate preceded by leaf with descriptive letterpress.
- In the original plan two other parts on the Cretaceous and Tertiary fossils were to follow. These were finally published in 1876, as a separate report forming vol. IX of the Report of the United States Geological Survey of the Territories. F.V. Hayden, United States Geologist in charge.
- Originally issued in 1865 as Smithsonian Institution publication 172; later reprinted in 1865 as article 5 of volume 14 of the Smithsonian contributions to knowledge (simultaneously Smithsonian Institution publication 184).
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Kislak Center copy gifted by Dr. Mark B. Adams in 2018.
- OCLC:
- 3612612
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