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Smith, J. Lawrence (detail)
   
1844
[Communication on some fossil bones.]
Amer. Jour. Sci. (1)47: 116-117.
–Pp. 116-117: {{"Dr. J. Lawrence Smith, of Charleston, S. C., made a communication on some fossil bones from the vicinity of Charleston. The bones noticed were fragments of a rib, resembling that of the Manatus, and of a marine turtle and ray. The character of [117] the formation in which they occur was described, it being that extensive calcareous bed which underlies a large portion of South Carolina and some of the neighboring states.
  "A discussion arose upon the geological age of the formation furnishing the specimens exhibited by Dr. Smith."}}

Related Index Records (2)

Manatus BrĂ¼nnich, 1771
(= Trichechus)
  x 1844 Smith, J.L. (fossil, South Carolina; 116-117.)

South Carolina
  x 1844 Smith, J.L. (fossil ?Manatus; 116-117.)


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