A study of fossil vertebrate types in the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia
Subtitle: taxonomic, systematic, and historical perspectives
By: Earle E. Spamer, Edward Daeschler, and L. Gay Vostreys-Shapiro.
Contributors: Daeschler, Edward.; Vostreys-Shapiro, L. Gay.; Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.
Series: Special publication / Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia,; 16; Special publication (Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia) ;; no. 16.
Publisher: The Academy
Published: 1995
Place of publication: Philadelphia, Pa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 434
Subjects: Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia -- Natural history collections -- Catalogs.; Vertebrates, Fossil -- Type specimens -- Catalogs and collections -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.; Type specimens (Natural history) -- Catalogs and collections -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Notes: Includes bibibliographical references (p. 323-382) and index.
"Published 5 November 1995"--T.p verso.
Table of contents: title: Wrecks of another world : vertebrate paleontology in the Academy of Natural Sciences, with emphasis on the study of type specimens; title: A study of type specimens of fossil vertebrates in the Academy of Natural Sciences; title: Studying a collection of type specimens.