Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences. Philadelphia. New Series. Vol. I. Part I.: Mr. Gambel on the birds of California; Miscellanea Zoologica; Prof. Owen on certain fossil bones; Mr. Tuomey on teh Zeuglodon; Fossil Genus Basilosaurus. First edition.
Philadelphia: The Academy, 1847. Folio. 27 x 36 cm. Original front wrap. 90pp. and 10 plates hors texte, incl. 2 color lithographs..Professor Richard Owen's work on fossil bones led him to coin the term Dinosauria in 1842, creating the formal group for extinct creatures like Megalosaurus, Iguanodon, and Hylaeosaurus based on anatomical similarities. He recognized these reptiles shared a unique combination of features and established Dinosauria as a distinct subgroup of "saurian reptiles". Owen also used the fossil record to develop the concept of homologous structures and the "vertebral archetyp
The journal began publication in 1817. Its first series, consisting of 8 volumes, ended in 1842. A second series began in 1847, and ceased publication in 1918 after 16 volumes
From the collection of Frederic Gale Ruffner, Jr., the founder of Gale Research, Detroit. Item #16-6273
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