Catalogue of the organic remains : which, with other geological and some mineral articles, were presented to the New York Lyceum of Natural History, in August 1826, by their associate, Samuel L. Mitchill.

  • Mitchill, Samuel L. (Samuel Latham), 1764-1831.
Date:
1826
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Credit: Catalogue of the organic remains : which, with other geological and some mineral articles, were presented to the New York Lyceum of Natural History, in August 1826, by their associate, Samuel L. Mitchill. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    N° I. Lowermost Shelf, beginning on the right. 1. Petrified occiput, and clints of horns, from New Madrid, on the Mississippi; cast up by one of the earth- quakes in 1811-12; supposed to belong to the North American bison, or buffalo.—Captain Hill. 2. Left side of the lower jaw, with the symphysis of the chin, and two grinders, belonging to a fossil mammoth, found at Southhold, on the north side of Long-Island, be- tween high and low water mark, though they have been satisfactorily traced to Kentucky.—My own purchase. 3. Joint of a whale's back-bone, with fragments of ribs, covered in part by a ferruginous incrustation, containing scallops, oysters, and other organic remains of the salt water : from the bank of York River, Virginia, where it is reported there are many other relics of a similar kind.— Captain Mix and E. J. Townsend. (a) Impression of a huge scallop, and other shells, in clay. Nottaway River, Virginia. 4. Considerable portion of the tibia of a mastodon, from Louisiana, below New-Orleans.—Jaspar Lynch. 5. Vertebral joint of some cetaceous animal from the bank of James' River, Virginia.—Captain Prior. 6. A collection of silicious fossils, from the Honourable Captain Redwood of Antigua ; consisting of (a) Consummate red jaspers, varied with pale agate. (b) Wood and bark of the tamarind and other trees, completely agatized and converted to flint: one of the specimens more than a foot in diameter.