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Search - Catalogue Of The Fossil Mammalia In The British Museum (Natural History) - Part I

Catalogue Of The Fossil Mammalia In The British Museum - Part I - Natural History
Author: Various

PREFACE. THE recent removal of the Geological Collections from the over- crowded apartments of the British Museum in Bloomsbury to the new and spacious galleries of the present building, has afforded ample convenience to the scientific staff of the Department to carefully examine and re-arrange the entire Collection a work upon which they are st... more »ill engaged, and one that must necessarily occupy many years to complete. One result of the re-arrangement has been to bring into greater prominence the need, long felt, of a series of Descriptive Catalogues of each class of Fossil Eemains, suited to the wants of the scientific worker, in the same manner that it is hoped the Guide-books satisfy the requirements of the ordinary visitor. The present volume, which has been most carefully prepared by Mr. R. Lydekker, forms Part I. of a series intended to embrace the whole of the Fossil Vertebrata. Catalogues of other Classes have been already printed or are now in course of preparation and it is confidently hoped that, before many years have elapsed, Geological Collection will have been published. British Museum Natural History, Department of Geology, January 1, 1885. similar records of the entire HENRY WOODWARD. INTRODUCTION. Iif the present Catalogue I have endeavoured, as far as possible, to follow in the lines laid down by Professor W. H. Mower 1 in respect to the nomenclature of species and genera, and in regard to general systematic arrangement. A larger number of synonyms are, how- ever, introduced, because in the case of fossils there is at present, unfortunately, but little uniformity in nomenclature, and the same species is still quoted by different writers under different designa- tions. In the case of the less frequently employed synonyms references are not always given. For each generic and specific name adopted I have given, as far as possible, the place and date of its first occurrence, and in many of the less perfectly known forms references are added to figures or full descriptions. Great care has been taken in endeavouring to find the proper name of each genug and species. In regard to systematic arrangement, I have endeavoured to so Professor Flower as to make it include the modify that adopted by host of extinct forms which are here dealt with, as it would be inconvenient to be continually referring groups to an Incerta sedes. In the case of well-known forms very frequently no specific or generic characters are given but in instances where there are a number of closely allied genera, or a large number of species be- longing to one genus, and distinguished by characters which are not always readily apparent, I have frequently added a short notice of some of the more important generic and specific characters which are applicable to fossils. These characters are more fully given in the case of imperfectly known forms and in some instances indi- vidual specimens which are of more than ordinary interest are more or less fully described. Species which still exist are indicated by their names being printed in Old-English characters. 1 Catalogue of Specimens of Vertebrated Animals in the Museum of the Royal College of Surgeons, part ii. 1884. viil INTRODUCTION. There has been some difficulty in deciding on the number of specimens which should bo introduced into tho Catalogue, since the Museum contains such vast quantities of the remains of some of the commoner species that the introduction of the whole would be utterly useless...

ISBN-13: 9781406780475
ISBN-10: 1406780472
Publication Date: 9/10/2007
Pages: 300
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