APPENDIX 



LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS AND SYMBOLS 



f extinct. 



Noiii. nov. . . . new (group) name. 



Inc. Sed (^IncertcB Sedis), of uncertain 



systematic position. 



Fam family. 



Bas Basal. 



L Lower. 



M Middle. 



U Upper. 



Trias. . . . Triassic. 



Jur Jurassic. 



Cret Cretaceous. 



Eoc Eocene. 



Olig Oligocene. 



Mioc. . . . Miocene. 

 Plioc. . . . Pliocene. 

 Pleist. . . . Pleistocene. 

 Rec Recent. 



In cases where the generally accepted name is preoccupied it is placed within 

 quotation marks, and the technically correct name is placed after it in brackets, 

 e.g. ^Echidna' (^—Tachyglossus). 



Following is a list of the general works consulted in drawing up 

 the classification. Works dealing with particular groups are cited 

 below. 



Ameghixo, F. . . . Contribucion al Conocimiento de los IVLamiferos Fosiles de la 

 Repiiblica Argentina. Buenos Aires. 1889. 



Beddard, F. E. . . Mammalia. The Cambridge Natural History, Vol. X. Lon- 

 don. 1902. 



Cope, E. D The Vertebrata of the Tertiary Formations of the West. 



Rept. U.S. Geol. Sure. (Ilayden). Washington. 188L 



Deperet, C. . . . L'evolution des Mammiferes tertiaires ; importance des migra- 

 tions. C. B. Acad. ScL Paris, Vol. cxli, sea. Nov. 0, 190.'5; 

 Vol. cxlii, sea. March 12, 1906 ; Vol. cxliii, sea. Dec. 24, 1900. 



Transl. by Johanna Kroeber, Anier. Natural., Vol. xlii, Nos. 

 494, 495, 497, Feb., March, and May, 1908, pp. 109-114, 

 pp. 166-170, pp. 303-307. 



[Latest and most authoritative review of Tertiary faunas of 

 Europe.] 



Elliot, D. G. . . . A Catalogue of the Collection of Mammals in tlie Field Colum- 

 bian Museum. Field Columhian Museum J'uliL, No. 115. 

 Chicago, 1907. 

 The Land and Sea Mammals of Middle America and the 

 West Indies. Field Cohunbian Mus. Publ., 95. Chicago, 

 1904. [Very numerous illustrations, including drawings of 

 the animals, and photographs of the skulls.] 

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