Case, E. C.

A Revision of the Cotylosauria of North America.

Washington, DC: Carnegie Institute of Washington, 1911. First edition. Pp. 122; 14 full page plates (black-and-white photos, and folding line-drawings). Publisher’s original dark green cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine, and with blind-stamped border lines on the front and rear covers, lg 4to (12 x 9.5 inches). Published by the Carnegie Institute of Washington, Publication no. 145. Today, the taxonomic term ‘Cotylosauria’ is considered a synonym of the family Captorhinidae. The Captorhinidae are the earliest group of true reptiles from the Carboniferous through the Permian. This monograph describes the North American species of that group. Originally from the research collection of Stanford University herpetologist/ichthyologist George S. Myers with his name stamp/address on the front endpaper and on the verso of the title page. Later from the research collection of herpetologist Lauren C. Brown with his signature on the front endpaper. Light foxing to the endpapers only; a tight copy in near fine condition..

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Book number: 9516

Catalogue: Paleontology

Cassinis, Giuseppe (editor)

Permian and Permian-Triassic boundary in the South-Alpine segment of the western Tethys, and additional regional reports.

Roma: Societa Geologica Italiana, 1988. First edition. Pp. 336; numerous black-and-white photos, maps, geological sections and stratigraphic charts. Original printed tan wrappers, lg 8vo. This presents the proceedings of a field conference held in Brescia, 4-12 July 1986. Published in: Memoire della Societa Geologica Italiana volume 34. From the research library of paleontologist Brian F. Glenister with his signature on the front wrapper. Spine lightly sunned, small bump to top outer front corner; a bright and clean copy in near fine condition..

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Book number: 5437

Catalogue: Paleontology

Clarke, John M.

Monographias do Servico Geologico e Mineralogico do Brasil, Volume I: Fosseis Devonianos do Parana

Rio de Janeiro: Servico Geologico e Mineralogico do Brasil, 1913. First edition. Pp. xx, 353; 27 black-and-white plates (fine lithographs) each with a descriptive leaf of text. Publisher’s original orange wrappers lettered in black on the front cover, 4to. This monograph presents the Devonian fauna of the state of Paraná, Brazil where the fossils were unearthed. This fauna contains some nicely preserved trilobites which are well illustrated. The text is bilingual in English and Brazilian. No ownership marks. Slight damp-staining to the spine margins of the front wrapper, light edge wear to the wrappers; a tight and clean copy in near fine condition..

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Book number: 9447

Catalogue: Paleontology

Colbert, E. H.

Fossil Mammals from Burma in the American Museum of Natural History

New York: American Museum of Natural History, 1938. First edition. Pp. 255-436; 64 text-figures (maps, line-drawings and black-and-white photos). Publisher’s original gray printed wrappers, lg 8vo. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, volume 74, number 6. This monograph documents the fossils collected for the AMNH by Barnum Brown in the later Eocene Pondaung Hills of Burma in 1925. Colbert describes the fossil fauna dominated by anthracotheres in great detail. This study also includes descriptions of the controversial primate genera Pondaungia and Amphipithecus from the same fauna. This is a landmark study. The pages are uncut and unopened; a tight copy in near fine condition..

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Book number: 9716

Catalogue: Paleontology

Cowper-Reed, F. R.

Brachiopoda and Mollusca from the Productus Limestones of the Salt Range.

Calcutta: Geological Survey of India, 1944. First edition. Pp. xiv, 678, 65 full page photo-plates. Publisher's original tan printed wrappers, folio. Memoirs of the Geological Survey of India, Palaeontologia Indica, new series, volume 23, memoir no. 2. A truly mammoth work on the fossil mollusks and brachiopods of the Paleozoic Salt Range of what is now Pakistan. No ownership marks. Bump to top outer corner, external wrappers a bit foxed, some uniform age-toning to the text, the photo-plates, that were printed on clay-coated paper, are very bright and clean, spine a little cocked; a solid copy in good condition of a rare work..

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Book number: 4084

Catalogue: Paleontology

Keywords: Paleontology Geology Paleozoic Brachiopoda Mollusa mollusks molluscs aquatic invertebrates Salt Range Pakistan Memoirs of the Geological Survey of India Palaeontologia Indica Asia

Cray, P. E.

Marsupialia, Insectivora, Primates, Creodonta and Carnivora from the Headon Beds (Upper Eocene) of Southern England.

London: British Museum (Natural History), 1973. First edition. Pp. 102; 6 full page photo- plates. Original printed blue wrappers, lg 8vo. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Geology, volume 23, no. 1. No ownership marks and no signs of use. Fine (new) copy..

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Book number: 4682

Catalogue: Paleontology

Keywords: Paleontology geology fossil mammals Marsupialia Insectivora Primates Creodonta Carnivora Headon Beds Upper Eocene Southern England Europe

Cross, Margaret W. and Maglio, Vincent J.

A Bibliography of the Fossil Mammals of Africa 1950-1972

Princeton, NJ: Department of Geological and Geophysical Sciences, Princeton University, 1975. First edition. Pp. 291. Publisher’s printed pictorial red stiff wrappers, lettered in black on the cover and spine, 8vo. This volume details the 2,300 publications on African fossil mammals published between 1950 and 1972. No ownership marks. Light sunning to spine, tape on inside top corner of front wrapper, a near fine copy..

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Book number: 9354

Catalogue: Paleontology

Darwin, Charles

A Monograph of the Fossil Lepadidae, or, Pedunculated Cirripedes of Great Britain

New York: Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1966. Reprint. Pp. iv, 88, 4 text-figures, 5 plates. Publisher’s tan and black wrappers, lettered in black on cover, 4to. This is a reprint of an 1851 volume published by the Palaeontographical Society of London, volume 5, no. 13. This volume is from the research collection of herpetologist Lauren E. Brown with his signature and another signature on the front wrapper. Light wear to wrappers, a very good copy..

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Book number: 9166

Catalogue: Paleontology and Geology

Darwin, Charles

A Monograph on the Fossil Balanidae and Verrucidae of Great Britain

New York: Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1966. Reprint. Pp. 44, 7 text-figures, 2 plates. Publisher’s tan and black wrappers, lettered in black on cover, 4to. This is a reprint of an 1854 volume published by the Palaeontographical Society of London, volume 8, no. 30. This volume is from the research collection of herpetologist Lauren E. Brown with his signature and another signature on the front wrapper. Light wear to wrappers, bump to top right corner, ink stain to front wrapper, a very good copy..

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Book number: 9170

Catalogue: Paleontology and Geology

Davies, L. Merson and Pinfold, E. S.

The Eocene Beds of the Punjab Salt Range (India).

Calcutta: Geological Survey of India, 1937. First edition. Pp. iii, 79; 7 full page plates (1 map, 1 geological diagram, 5 black-and-white photographs of invertebrate fossils). Publisher's original printed tan wrappers, folio. Memoirs of the Geological Survey of India, new series, volume 24, no. 1. Covers the forams (Nummulitidae), echinoderms and others of the Eocene limestone and shale beds the Salt Range of present day India and Pakistan. No ownership marks. Soiling to the wrappers, spine signatures are loose due to loss of paper backing; overall a good solid copy..

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Book number: 6205

Catalogue: Paleontology

Davies, L. Merson and Pinfold, E. S.

The Eocene Beds of the Punjab Salt Range (India)

Calcutta: Geological Survey of India, 1937. First edition Pp. iii, 79; 7 full page plates (1 map, 1 geological diagram, 5 black-and-white photographs of invertebrate fossils). Publisher's original printed tan wrappers, folio. Memoirs of the Geological Survey of India, new series, volume 24, no. 1. Covers the forams (Nummulitidae), echinoderms and other fossils of the Eocene limestone and shale beds the Salt Range of present day India and Pakistan. No ownership marks. Light soiling to the spine edge of the wrappers, wrappers a little chipped along the spine; a tight and clean copy in very good condition..

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Book number: 7376

Catalogue: Paleontology

Degen, E.

IX. Ecdysis, as Morphological Evidence of the Original Tetradactyle Feathering of the Bird's Fore-Limb, based especially on the perennial moult in Gymnorhina tibicen.

London: Zoological Society, 1903. Pp. 82, 3 full page plates. Full black bonded leather, folio. Trans. Zool. Soc. Lond., vol. 16, part 8, no. 1. Near fine..

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Book number: 0424

Catalogue: Paleontology

Keywords: Bird feathers comparative anatomy Natural Sciences Natural Science

Delson, Eric

Fossil Colobine Monkeys of the Circum-Mediterranean region and the Evolutionary History of the Cercopithecidae (Primates, Mammalia), in two volumes, complete

Ann Arbor: University Microfilms, 1973. First edition. Pp. (4), 1-856; 124 text-figures (black-and-white photographs, line-drawings), other text-figures. Publisher's original dark blue cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine, 8vo. This is Dr. Delson's Ph.D. dissertation on the evolution of Old World monkeys with special emphasis on the fossil colobines of the Mediterranean region of Europe. This 856 page dissertation, in two thick bound volumes, is one of the more detailed and through analyses of fossil Old World monkeys ever published. No ownership marks and no signs of use. A few light pencil checkmarks in text; a fine (as new) copy..

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Book number: 8502

Catalogue: Paleontology

Deperet, Ch. and Roman, F.

Le Felsinotherium serresi des sables Pliocenes de Montpellier et les Rameaux Phyletiques des Sireniens Fossiles (Archives du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle de Lyon, Volume 12)

Lyon: Henri Georg, 1920. First edition. Pp. (2), 1-56 + 7 full page photogravure black-and-white plates each with a tissue guard and a descriptive leaf of text, one plate is a double-page fold-out, 14 text-figures (black-and-white photos, halftones and line-drawings). Publisher's original printed and decorated tan wrappers that are lettered in black, folio (14.75 x 11.25 inches; 375 x 285 mm). Archives du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle de Lyon, volume 12, pp. 1-57. This work describes a new genus and species of a fossil sirenian, Felsinotherium serresi, from the Pliocene sands of Montpellier, France. It also discusses the phyletic affinities of other known fossil sirenians. No ownership marks. Most pages are uncut and unopened. Rare work seldom offered. Light wear to the wrappers along the spine, small water mark along the spine that has no effect on the text; a tight copy in very good condition..

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Book number: 8118

Catalogue: Paleontology

Ducrocq, Stephane

Etude Biochronologique des Bassins Continentaux Tertiaires du Sud-Estb Asiatique: Contribution de Faunes de Mammiferes, in 2 volumes (text and plates), complete

Montpellier: Universite Montpellier II, 1992.First edition. Pp. 245; 64 full page plates (black-and-white photos and line-drawings), numerous text-figures and maps, 3 tables. Original printed light blue wrappers, tall 4to. These presentee a l'Universite de Sciences et Techniques de Languedoc pour obtenir le diplome de DOCTORAT. Volume 1 presents the complete text and volume 2 has the metric tables and the plates for the monograph. This work documents the anthracothere (Anthracotheriidae) fauna of from the upper Eocene of Krabi, Thailand. It compares these anthracothere fossils with similar species found in the upper Eocene fauna of Myanmar. This work is inscribed by the author on the title page. Small bump to one outer top corner; a bright and clean copy in near fine condition..

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Book number: 8226

Catalogue: Paleontology