The first discovery of a Cretaceous mammal

Title Variants

Alternative: Cretaceous mammal

Related Titles

Series: American Museum novitates, no. 2285

By

Van Valen, Leigh M.

Wortman, J. L. (Jacob Lawson), 1856-1926
Hill, R S

Type

Book

Material

Published material

Publication info

New York, N.Y, American Museum of Natural History, [1967]

Notes

Title from caption.

"March 10, 1967."

"Discovered by Jacob L. Wortman and his field companion [R.S.] Hill in 1882."

"The first discovery (recognition) of a Cretaceous mammal was that of Meniscoessus conquistus by Wortman in 1882. Its type locality can be restricted to part of Harding County, South Dakota, from newly uncovered correspondence. Mammals of the late Cretaceous Bug Creek facies occur in Wyoming as well as in eastern Montana, and were first collected in 1892"--P. [1].

Subjects

56.9(117:78.3) , Cretaceous , Harding County , Mammals, Fossil , Meniscoessus conquistus , Paleontology , South Dakota

Call Number

QL1 .A436 no.2285, 1967

Language

English

Identifiers

OCLC: 41023887