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| Material Type: | Government publication, National government publication |
|---|---|
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Thomas Wayland Vaughan; United States National Museum.; Smithsonian Institution. |
| OCLC Number: | 2969223 |
| Notes: | Smithsonian Institution. United States National Museum. Thomas Wayland Vaughan is given credit for preparing Bulletin 103 for publication. At head of title of individual extracts from Bulletin 103: "Contributions to the geology and paleontology of the Canal Zone, Panama, and geologically related areas in Central America and the West Indies." |
| Description: | xviii, 612, [154 plates] p. : ill., plates ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | On some fossil and recent Lithothamnieae of the Panama Canal Zone. By Marshall A. Howe. pp. 1-13. plates 1-11. The fossil higher plants from the Canal Zone. by Edward W. Berry. pp. 15-44. plates 12-18. The smaller fossil foraminifera of the Panama Canal Zone. by Joseph Augustine Cushman. pp. 45-87. Plates 19-33. The larger fossil foraminifera of the Panamal Canal Zone. by Joseph Augustine Cushman. pp. 89-102. plates. 34-45. Fossil Echini of the Panama Canal Zone and Costa Rica. by Robert Tracy Jackson. pp. 103-116. plates. 46-52. Bryozoa of the Canal Zone and related areas. by Ferdinand Canu and Ray S. Bassler. pp. 117-122. plates 53. Decapod crustaceans from the Panama region. by Mary J. Rathbun. pp. 123-184. plates 54-66. Cirripedia from the Panama Canal Zone. by Henry A. Pilsbry. pp. 185-188. plate 67. Fossil corals from Central America, Cuba, and Porto Rico, with an account of the American Tertiary, Pleistocene, and recent coral reefs. by Thomas Wayland Vaughan. pp. 189-524. plates 68-152. The sedimentary formations of the Panama Canal Zone, with special reference to the stratigraphic relations of the fossiliferous beds. by Donald Francis MacDonald. pp. 525-545. plates 153-154. The biologic character and geologic correlation of the sedimentary formations of Panama in their relation to the geologic history of Central America and the West Indies. by Thomas Wayland Vaughan. pp. 547-612. |
| Series Title: | Bulletin of the United States National Museum, No. 103.; Bulletin of the United States National Museum :, No. 103. |
| Responsibility: | Thomas Wayland Vaughan. |
Abstract:
Bulletin 103 contains eleven separate "extracts" dealing with the geological and paleontological nature of the Panama Canal Zone and related areas of Central America and the West Indies.
Topics covered include fossil plants, echinoderms, crustaceans, bryozoa, sedimentary formations and fossil-bearing beds.
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- Fossils -- Panama -- Canal Zone.
- Bryozoa, Fossil -- Panama -- Canal Zone.
- Corals, Fossil -- Panama -- Canal Zone.
- Cirripedia, Fossil -- Panama -- Canal Zone.
- Crustacea, Fossil -- Panama -- Canal Zone.
- Foraminifera, Fossil -- Panama -- Canal Zone.
- Geology -- Panama -- Canal Zone.
- Paleontology -- Panama -- Canal Zone.
- Plants, Fossil -- Panama -- Canal Zone.
- Sedimentary structures -- Panama -- Canal Zone.
