This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1852 Excerpt: ... of the East India Company's museum; and one half of the lower jaw, and several teeth of the fossil Tapirus Americanus, from the late Dr. Carpenter, of New Orleans. The professors of the Jar din des Plantes presented several casts of Anoplotherium and Palseotherium; and Mr. Joseph Culbertson deposited unique specimens ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1852 Excerpt: ... of the East India Company's museum; and one half of the lower jaw, and several teeth of the fossil Tapirus Americanus, from the late Dr. Carpenter, of New Orleans. The professors of the Jar din des Plantes presented several casts of Anoplotherium and Palseotherium; and Mr. Joseph Culbertson deposited unique specimens of a fossil mammal, the Poebr other ium. Dr. Wilson deposited a very perfect specimen of Ichthyosaurus intermedins; and presented Mr. Conrad's collection of American fossils, which includes Dr. Morton's originals from the cretaceous formation, and consists of about 3,000 specimens of 1,000 species: a general collection of British fossils, which includes selected specimens from the cabinet of the late Miss Bennet, of England, and contains 9,402 specimens of 2,935 species: a collection of German fossils, containing 650 specimens of 500 species: and a collection of Italian fossils from the tertiary of Piedmont, containing 2,000 specimens of 600 species, the whole forming an aggregate of 17,207 specimens of 5,545 species. Besides the above, 128 specimens have been received from several different sources. In the year 1849, the American Philosophical Society deposited its large and very valuable collection of mammalian fossils in the Academy. Dr. T. B. Wilson presented 1,552 specimens of 658 species of British fossils; and from other sources, chiefly from Dr. Morton, Mr. Verreaux, of Paris, and Messrs. Budd and McMinn, 197 specimens were received. In 1850, Dr. T. B. Wilson presented 88 specimens of bones of different species of Binornis and Palapteryx, obtained in New Zealand by Walter Mantell, Esq., of London. This collection contains a complete foot of Dinornis giganteus. Dr. Joel Y. Schelly, of Hereford, Pennsylvania, presented 58 fragments of En...
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