Card catalogue of North American fossils

✍ Scribed by J.S.H.

• Book ID: 104129505
• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1934
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 60 KB
• Volume: 217
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0016-0032
• DOI: 10.1016/s0016-0032(34)90518-4

✦ Synopsis

HOWELL (Bull. Wagner Free Inst. of Science, 1934, IX, IO5-IO8 ), "it is practically impossible for most paleontologists to consult all the museum specimens or the literature that they ought to consult in order to do their work properly." This is due to the rareness or inaccessibility of specimens or publications. In order to overcome this difficulty, the Wagner Free Institute of Science is about to publish the requisite information concerning North American fossils on cards. The first publication is an "Illustrated Catalogue of the Devonian Invertebrates of North America." Each card will measure 8.5 by II inches, and contain one or more figures of the original type specimen or specimens, a description of the species, and information concerning its known time and geographic ranges, and the place of preservation of the original type specimens. Bibliographical indexes are being prepared to accompany the cards.

J. S. H.