The Guadalupian Fauna
Girty GL. 1908. The Guadalupian Fauna. U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Professional Paper. No. 58. United States Government Printing Office. Washington, DC
Huge book describing fossils found in the Guadalupe Mountains (Protozoa, Spongiae, Coelenterata, Echinodermata, Vermes, Molluscoidea, Mossuca, and Arthropoda. Includes 31 pages of drawings and an index. The first descriptions of the Guadalupian fauna were published nearly fifty years ago. This early account of Shumard's was meager enough, but gave promise of a facies interesting and novel among the known Carboniferous faunas of North America. The following pages add largely to our knowledge of Guadalupian life, and I believe more than make good any promise contained in the previous account. Nevertheless, even the collections of the Guadalupian fauna here described fail to do justice to its richness and diversity, and the present report is completed with the hope of returning to the subject after another visit to the Guadalupe Mountains. Although a description of this range and the adjacent region can be found elsewhere, a repetition of the more important facts will conduce to a better understanding of the geologic relations of the fauna described herein and will serve to illustrate the references to localities and horizons necessarily involved in the paleontologic discussion.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Girty, George
- Date of Issue
- 1908
- Publisher
- United States Government Printing Office
- Units
- GUMO , HIST
- Keywords
- Arthropods (Arthropoda), echinoderms (Echinodermata), ehistory, Fossils, Geology, History, jellyfish (Coelenterata), Mollusks (Mollusca), Paleontology, Protozoa, Sponges (Porifera), Worms