A review of the fossil Ostreidae of North America, and a comparison of the fossil with the living forms
By: by Charles A. White ; with appendices by Angelo Heilprin and John A. Ryder.
Contributors: Heilprin, Angelo, 1853-1907.; Ryder, John A. 1852-1895.
Series: CIHM/ICMH microfiche series -- no. 27366
Publisher: s.n.
Published: 1982
Place of publication: [S.l
Language: eng
Format: Microform
Number of pages: 137
Subjects: Bivalvia, Fossil.; Oysters.
Notes: Submitted to the Hon. H.J. Powell, director of the United States Geological Survey, for their Annual report for 1883.

Filmed from a copy of the original publication held by the Dana Porter Arts Library, University of Waterloo. Ottawa : Canadian Institute for Historical Microreproductions, 1982.
Table of contents: title: Appendix I: North American Tertiary Ostreidae / Angelo Heilprin; title: Appendix II: A sketch of the life-history of the oyster / John A. Ryder.