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Synopsis of the ichnology of New England to the year 1858
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Creator: Hitchcock, Edward, 1793-1864
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1858
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1 item (12 pages)
Abstract
A document by Edward Hitchcock outlining information about what Hitchcock calls lithichnozoa, meaning the fossil animals which left their footprints in the sandstone of the Connecticut River Valley. Hitchcock lists what he considers proof that these tracks come from the lower part of the Jurassic, the types of rock that contain these tracks, other trace fossils found with the tracks, and he includes an outline of the groups and genera to which the lithicnozoa belong. Also included are notes about the Ichnological Cabinet, housed within the Appleton Cabinet, then at Amherst College and notes to himself to discuss coal beds in Texas and to read a letter from Dr. Francis Moore.
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English
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