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E.D. Cope

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USGS1878

Descriptions of fishes from the cretaceous and tertiary deposits west of the Mississippi River

This, with the genus following, introduces for the first time into the North American extinct fauna the family of the Dercetiform fishes. The relationship of the family has been discussed by various authors, especially by Pictet and Von der Marek. The former regards them as Teleostei ; the latter as "Ganoids". As I do not adopt the division signified by the last name, I find Professor Pictet's view nearer to the point. The specimens indicate further that the Dercetidae belong to the Actinopteri , and probably to the order Hemibranchii . The only alternative is the order Isospondyli , and the characters which separate the two are not clearly shown in the specimens. Distinct bones below the pectoral fins may be interclavicles, which belong to the Hemibranchii .

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USGS1877

Report upon United States geological surveys west of the one hundredth meridian, Volume IV: Paleontology

I [G.M. Wheeler] have the honor to submit herewith a report, in two parts, upon the paleontological results arising from the collections and examinations made during the years 1871, 1872, 1873, 1874, and 1875, in connection with geographical explorations and surveys west of the one hundredth meridian, for publication as Volume IV of the reports authorized by acts of Congress approved June 23, 1874, and February 15, 1875.

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USGS1877

Bulletin of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories: Volume III, Number 4

Table of Contents ART. XXIX.---The First Discovered Traces of Fossil Insects in the American Tertiaries. By Samuel H. Scudder.....741-762 ART. XXX.----Description of Two Species of Carabidae found in the Interglactial Deposits of Scarboro' Heights, near Toronto, Canada. By Samuel H. Scudder.....763-764 ART. XXX.-----Report upon the Insects collected by P.R. Uhler during the Explorations of 1875, including Monographs of the Families Cydnidae and Saldae , and the Hemiptera collected by A.S. Packard, Jr., M.D. By P. R. Uhler. (Continued from p. 475).....765-802 ART. XXXII.---Description of Cambarus Couesi , a New Species of Crawfish from Dakota. By Thos. H. Streets, M.D., U.S.N.....802-894 ART. XXXIII.--On a Carnivorous Dinosaurian from the Dakota Beds of Colorado. By E.D. Cope .....805-806 ART. XXXIV.--A Contribution to the Knowledge of tlhe Ichthylological Fauna of the Green River Shales. By E.D. Cope.....807-820 ART. XXXV.---On the Genus Erisichthe . By E.D. Cope.....821-823 Index .....825-856

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USGS1875

Systematic catalogue of vertebrata of the Eocene of New Mexico, collected in 1874

The present essay completes the determination of the species of vertebrata obtained by the geographical survey under your charge in the Eocene formation of New Mexico during the field-season of 1874. The descriptions which have already appeared in your [George M. Wheeler] report to the Chief of Engineers, as published in the annual report of the latter for 1874, are not now repeated. The total number of mammalia is forty-seven species, of which the present report introduces twenty-four for the first time.

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