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the Cretaceous fossils from Syria, including the Mt Lebanon dis- 

 trict; trilobites from the Potsdam sandstones of Wisconsin, 

 figured and described in the 16th report of the state cabinet; 

 a series of Niagara group fossils from Waldron Ind., illustrated 

 in the 28th report of the state cabinet; the type series of 

 eurypterids from the Waterlime beds of Waterville, Williams- 

 Yille and East Buffalo N. Y. ; also the specimen of fossil scorpion 

 from the same formation, described in the bulletin of the 

 museum by R. P. Whitfield. This array of type material of 

 invertebrate fossils brought together in one collection and in 

 one room far exceeds that of any other collection known. 



The department exhibits collections illustrating the geology 

 and paleontology of Iowa and Wisconsin as given in the geo- 

 logic reports of those states, with geologic specimens showing 

 the grouping of fossils in the rocks and the lithologic and phe- 

 nomenal features; a typical series of the bryozoans of the 

 Cincinnati beds, described, determined and labeled by E. O. 

 Ulrich; a large collection of fossil fishes from the Green river 

 and Twin creek Tertiary beds of AVyoming; many from the 

 Jurassic slates of Solenhofen, Bavaria; and a large collection 

 of Devonian fossil fishes from the Portage shales of Lorain 

 county, O. presented by W. E. Dodge. There is also a collec- 

 tion of fossil fishes of the Jura-Trias beds of the Connecticut 

 valley and Boonton N. J., and a general collection of fossils 

 from various European countries, from different sources, largely 

 from Prof. Karl von Zittel and Prof. Lindstrom, containing a 

 typical series of the fossil plants from Oeningen, identified and 

 labeled by Prof. Heer; a collection of Devonian fossil plants 

 obtained by exchange from Sir William Dawson; an interest- 

 ing and instructive series of fossil cycad trunks from Dakota, 

 and a series of fossil gums from Demarara, Zanzibar etc., 

 inclosing leaves, insects, arachnoids, etc. 



VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY. A The Cope COllcctioU of fOSSil 



mammals of North America gathered by the late Prof. Cope 

 between 1870 and 1890, and presented to the museum by trustees 

 and friends in 1895 and 1900. It contains 500 types and 1000 



