A Brief Contribution to the Geology and Paleontology of Northwestern Louisiana (Classic Reprint)

Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Brief Contribution to the Geology and Paleontology of Northwestern Louisiana In the lists Of the Species, references to the publications where they were first described are omitted, because in Prof. G. D. Harris's report on the Tertiary geology of southern Arkansas' numerous references are given. Professor Harris has written a Monograph of the Terti ary Mollusca of Texas (not yet published), and Mr. O. W. Johnson, curator of the museum of the Wagner Free Institute of Science, of Philadelphia, is engaged in making a catalogue, with bibliographic references, of the Species in the Isaac Lea memorial collection of Eocene fossils. These publications will contain references to practically all of the species listed in the present paper. Dr. William H. Dall has prepared a paper, which will probably appear in the Eighteenth Annual Report of the Survey, dealing with the nomenclature and correlation of the Tertiary beds of the United States. In this contribution Dr. Dall has shown that the Vicksburg and the Grand Gulf and the beds hitherto denominated Lower Miocene should be considered Oligocene, the first belonging to the Lower Oligocene and the second to the Upper Oligocene. Through the courtesy of Dr. Dal], I have utilized that classification in the present paper. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.