Description of the fossil bones of the Megalonyx, discovered in 'White Cave,' Kentucky / by R. Harlan.

  • Harlan, Richard, 1796-1843.
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[1831]
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Credit: Description of the fossil bones of the Megalonyx, discovered in 'White Cave,' Kentucky / by R. Harlan. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    y FOSSIL HONES OF THE MEG'A Description of (he Fossil Bones of the Megalonyx, discovered in i( White Cave,” Kentucky. By R. Harlan, M. D. [Read March 8th, 1831.] Megalonyx laqueatus. For many years it was ascertained that the collec- tion of fossils in the cabinet of the late Mr. Clifford of Kentucky, contained some of the remains of a Me- galonyx. On the death of this gentleman, his whole collection passed into the hands of Mr. Dorfeuille, proprietor of the Cincinnati Museum,—who added a very extensive collection of fossils of almost every variety, principally from the Basin of the Mis- sissippi. During the summer of 1829, this collec- tion was offered for sale; when my estimable friend John Price Wetherill, Esq. with that distinguished liberality which he has so repeatedly displayed to- wards the sciences and those who cultivate them, authorized me when on a visit to Cincinnati in the autumn of the same year, to purchase these invalua- ble reliques, which, together with other admirable contributions in this department, he has caused to be arranged in the cabinet of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. The fossil bones which form the immediate sub- ject of the present dissertation were labelled “ White Cave,” Kentucky ; being one of those saltpetre caves VOL. VI.— MARCH, 1831. 35