goldste Posted October 19, 2011 Share Posted October 19, 2011 (edited) Hi again, For those of you collecting Pliocene and Miocene fossils in the central Atlantic coast, these are really interesting and filled with plates of photos for helping with ID's. They are free online copies of Julia Gardner's work from the late 1940's, Mollusca from the Miocene and Pliocene of Virginia and the Carolinas, parts 1 and 2. To access them go to the USGS publications warehouse and put in a search for Gardner or mollusca. These are great alternatives to some of the other works, complete and scholarly. Her papers on Alum Bluff are here also. When you input mollusca you also come up with works on the molluscan fauna of other parts of the country, including a few gems: Lauck Ward's original description of the genus Chesapecten, and Shattuck and Vaughan's 1903 study ( again with loads of plates, a map! and a stratigraphic section ) of the Buda Limestone, near Austin Texas. Like the Smithsonian site, this is a boatload of free, definitive, publications. Worth a look and it will give you some better ideas when trying to identify all those wonderful finds. Enjoy the hunt Edited October 19, 2011 by goldste Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted October 19, 2011 Share Posted October 19, 2011 Most excellent; thank you! "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharkbyte Posted October 19, 2011 Share Posted October 19, 2011 Thanks for the information. That will be helpfull. "A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step." - Confucius Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xonenine Posted October 19, 2011 Share Posted October 19, 2011 another great resource, thanks for posting! "Your serpent of Egypt is bred now of your mud by the operation of your sun; so is your crocodile." Lepidus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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