The extinct mammalian fauna of Dakota and Nebraska : Including an account of some allied forms from other localities, together with a synopsis of the mammalian remains of North America

1869·29.5 MB·English

by  Leidy, Joseph, 1823-1891

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JOURNAL
OP
THE ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES
OF
PHILADELPHIA
VOL. VII .—S ECOND SERIES
PHILADELPHIA:
PUBLISHED FOR T H E ACAD K M Y
,
BY J.B.LIPPINCOTT & CO.
1869.

THE EXTINCT MAMMALIAN FAUNA
OF
DAKOTA AND NEBRASKA,
INCLUDING AN ACCOUNT OF SOME ALLIED FORMS FROM OTHER LOCALITIES,
TOGETHER WITH A
SYINOPSIS
OF THE
MAMMALIAN REMAINS OF NORTH AMERICA,
ILLUSTEATED WITH 30 PLATES.
BY JOSEPH LEIDY, M. D., LL D.,
PROFESSOR OP ANATOMY IN THE DNIVERSITV OP PENNSTLVANIA CURATOR OF THE ACADEMY OP NATURAL SCIENCES, PHILA-
DTEHLEPHNIAAT;. MHIESMTB.ESROCO,PBTOHSETONNA;T.LYAC.CANDA.T.OFHISSTC.I,ENNCEEWS;YAOMREKR;.A;PCHAIDL.OS.OPSOSCC,IENPCHEISL,ADSAT..;LOAUIMSE.R;.IAMCPA.D.SOCA.RTOSPANNADTUSRCAIL.,ISATNSD,
MOSCOW; IMP. LEOP. CAROL. ACAD. SCI., JENA; ROY. ZOOL.-BOT. SOC, VIENNA; ROY. ACAD. SCI., MUNICH; ROY. EOHEM. SOC.
SCI., PRAGUE BIOLOGICAL SOC, PARIS GEOLOGICAL AND ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETIES, LONDON NAT. HIST. SOC, DUBLIN ETC.
; ; ; ;
PRECEDED WITH AN INTRODUCTION
ON THE
GEOLOGY OF THE TERTIARY FORMATIONS OF
DAKOTA AND NEBRASKA,
ACCOMPANIED WITH A MAP.
BY F. Y. HAYDES", M. D.,
PROAPFCHIAELDSO.SSO.SRCIS.OO,PCC,HMAIINCNADEGRAOACL;AODEG.SYSNEAAXTN.DINSSCGTIE..,ONLPAOHTIG.LYAHDIISANT..;,THNSEAATL.UENMHI,IVSMETAR.SSSSI.OT,CY,ETOBPCOSPTEONNN;SYLLYVC.ANNIAAT;. HUI.STS..,GNEOELWOGYIOSRTK;;MAECMABDE.RSCOIF.,TSHT.ELAOMUEIRS.j
PHILADELPHIA, 1869.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
ARE DUE TO
JOSEPH JEAITES, AND WILLIAM P. WILSTACH,
Through whose just appreciation of scientific research and liberality, a preliminary geological explo-
ration was made, and the Academy of Natural Sciences was provided with the means by
which it has been enabled to publish the present volume.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
ARE LIKEWISE DUE TO THE
Smithsonian Institution, at Washington, the Academy of Sciences of St. Louis, and to Prof.
James Hall, of Albany, for the unrestricted use and loan of the greater portion of the
material ofthat part of the work on " The Extinct Mammalian Fauna
of Dakota and Nebraska."
QE
HI