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Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology Order Number Price Volume I 1924 001 1. Stratigraphy and Fauna of the Hackberry Stage of the Upper Devonian, by C.L. Fenton and M.A. Fenton. Pp. 1-260, 45 plates, 9 figures, 1 map. (1924) (Soft bound only) .................................................................................. $5.00 Volume II 1924-1927: 002 1. A Possible Explanation of Fenestration in the Primitive Reptilian Skull, with Notes on the Temporal Region of the Genus Dimetrodon, by E.C. Case. Pp. 1-12, 5 figures. (1924) ........................................................... $1.00 003 2. Occurrence of the Collingwood Formation in Michigan, by R. Ruedemann and G.M. Ehlers. Pp. 13-18. (1924) ................................................................... $.80 004 3. Silurian Cephalopods of Northern Michigan, by A.F. Foerste. Pp. 19-86, 17 plates. (1924) .............................................................................................. $1.85 005 4. A Specimen of Stylemys nebrascensis Leidy, with the Skull Preserved, by E.C. Case. Pp. 87-91, 7 figures. (1925) ............................................................ $.90 006 5. Note on a New Species of the Eocene Crocodilian Allognathosuchus, A. wartheni, by E.C. Case. Pp. 93-97, 1 plate, 1 figure. (1925) ........................ $.90 007 6. Two New Crinoids from the Devonian of Michigan, by G.M. Ehlers. Pp. 99-104, 1 plate. (1925) ............................................................................... .$.90 008 7. New Brachiopods from the Warsaw Formation of Wayne County, Kentucky, by G.M. Ehlers and M.S. Chang. Pp. 105-111, 1 plate. (1926) ........ $.90 009 8. The Richmond Formation of Michigan, by R.C. Hussey. Pp. 113-187, 11 plates, 12 figures, 1 map. (1926) ................................................................ $1.55 010 9. Devonian Cephalopods from Alpena in Michigan, by A.F. Foerste. Pp. 189-208, 5 plates. (1927) .......................................................................... $1.05 011 10. The Vertebral Column of Coelophysis Cope, by E.C. Case. Pp. 209-222, 1 plate, 9 figures. (1927) .................................................................................... $.95 012 11. A New Species of Trionychid Turtle, Amyda nelsoni, from the Eocene Beds of Southwestern Wyoming, by E.C. Case. Pp. 223-226, 1 plate, 3 figures. (1927) ................................................................................................. $.90 013 12. A Complete Phytosaur Pelvis from the Triassic Beds of Western Texas, by E.C. Case. Pp. 227-229, 1 plate. (1927) ....................................................... $.90 Order Number Price 014 13. Discovery of a Hamilton Fauna in Southeastern Michigan, by G.M. Ehlers and M.E. Cooley. Pp. 231-236. (1927) .............................................................. $.80 015 14. Anisotrypa waynensis, A New Bryozoan from the Warsaw Formation of Kentucky, by C.F. Deiss, Jr. Pp. 237-239, 2 plates. (1927) .............................. $.90 016 Complete Unbound Set Volume II: Fourteen papers. Numbers 1-14. Pp. 1-239. (1924-1927) .................................................................................. $12.90 Volume III 1928-1932: 018 1. Indications of a Cotylosaur and of a New Form of Fish from the Triassic Beds of Texas, with Remarks on the Shinarump Conglomerate, by E.C. Case. Pp. 1-14, 1 plate. (1928) .................................................................. $.95 019 2. Fossil Fishes from the Triassic of Texas, by A.S. Warthin, Jr., Pp. 15-18, 1 plate. (1928) .................................................................................................... $.90 020 3. Contributions to the Geology of Foxe Land, Baffin Island, by L.M. Gould, A.F. Foerste, and R.C. Hussey. Pp. 19-76, 17 plates, 1 figure, 1 map. (1928) ............................................................................................................... $1.55 021 4. Cystoids from the Trenton Rocks of Michigan, by R.C. Hussey. Pp. 77-79, 1 plate. (1928) .................................................................................................... $.90 022 5. Description of a Nearly Complete Skeleton of Ostodolepis brevispinatus Williston, by E.C. Case. Pp. 81-107, 3 plates, 12 figures. (1929) ................... $1.05 023 6. The Color Patterns of Fossil Cephalopods and Brachiopods, with Notes on Gastropods and Pelecypods, by A.F. Foerste. Pp. 109-150, 5 plates. (1930) ............................................................................................................... $1.25 024 7. Additional Notes on Nephriticerina, by A.F. Foerste. Pp. 151-154, 1 plate, 1 figure. (1930) ...................................................................................... $.80 025 8. On the Lower Jaw of Brachysuchus megalodon, by E.C. Case. Pp. 155-161, 5 plates, 2 figures. (1930) .......................................................... $1.00 026 9. Arthrodiran Remains from the Devonian of Michigan, by E.C. Case. Pp. 163-182, 5 plates, 13 figures. (1931) .............................................. $1.05 027 10. Life Models of the Heads of Two Types of Phytosaurs, by E.C. Case. Pp. 183-185, 1 plate. (1931).................................................................... $.90 028 11. Description of a New Species of Buettneria, with a Discussion of the Brain Case, by E.C. Case.Pp. 187-206, 3 plates, 11 figures. (1931) ....................... $1.05 029 12. On Callixylon newberryi (Dawson) Elkins et Wieland, by C.A. Arnold. Pp. 207-232, 7 plates, 9 figures. (1931) .......................................................... $1.25 Order Number Price 030 13. A Description and Stratigraphic Correlation of the Fenestellidae from the Devonian of Michigan, by C.F. Deiss, Pp. 233-275, 14 plates. (1932) ........... $1.40 Volume IV 1932-1935: 034 2. A Perfectly Preserved Segment of the Armor of a Phytosaur, with Associated Vertebrae, by E.C. Case. Pp. 57-80, 8 plates, 6 figures. (1932) .. $1.00 035 3. On the Caudal Region of Coelophysis sp. And on Some New or Little Known Forms from the Upper Triassic of Western Texas, by E.C. Case. Pp. 81-91, 11 figures. (1932) ............................................................................. $.90 036 4. Cylindrophyllum panicum (Winchell) and Cylindrophyllum hindshawi, sp. nov., Tetracoralla from the Traverse Group of Michigan, by G.M. Ehlers and T.E. White.Pp. 93-100, 5 plates. (1932) .......................................... $.90 037 5. Gypidula petoskeyensis, sp. nov., A New Brachiopod from the Traverse Group of Michigan, by R.W. Imlay. Pp. 101-104, 1 plate. (1932) ...................... $.80 042 10. Revision of Alexander Winchell's Types of Brachiopods from the Middle Devonian Traverse Group of Rocks of Michigan, by G.M. Ehlers and V. Kline. Pp. 143-176, 4 plates, 1 figure, 1 map. (1934) ................................. $1.05 Volume V 1936-1939: ..................................................................................................... Out of Print Volume VI 1939-1947: 064 2. Lepidodendron johnsonii, sp. nov., from the Lower Pennsylvanian of Central Colorado, by C.A. Arnold. Pp. 21-52, 11 plates, 4 figures. ................. $1.40 Volume VII 1948-1950: 073 1. The Priority of Dana, 1846-48, versus Hall, 1847, and of Rominger, 1876, versus Hall, 1876 (1877?), by E.C. Stumm. Pp. 1-6. (1948) ............................. $.95 074 2. Lower Middle Devonian Species of the Tetracoral Genus Hexagonaria of East-Central North America, by E.C. Stumm. Pp. 7-49, 14 plates. (1948) ..... $2.15 075 3. A Revision of the Aulacophylloid Tetracoral Genus Odontophyllum, by E.C. Stumm. Pp. 51-61, 2 plates. (1949) .................................................... $1.05 076 4. Pleistocene Stratigraphy and Paleontology of Meade County, Kansas, by C.W. Hibbard. Pp. 63-90, 1 plate, 2 figures, 3 maps. (1949) ..................... $1.55 077 5. Pliocene Saw Rock Canyon Fauna in Kansas, by C.W. Hibbard. Pp. 91-105, 2 figures. (1949) ........................................................................... $1.10 078 6. Tremarctotherium from the Pleistocene of Meade County, Kansas, by G.C. Rinker. Pp. 107-112, 1 plate. (1949) .................................................... $.95 Order Number Price 079 7. New Uncoiled Gastropods from the Middle Devonian of Michigan and Manitoba, by A. La Rocque. Pp. 113-122, 3 plates. (1949) ..................... $1.00 082 10. Pre-Traverse Devonian Pelecypods of Michigan, by A. La Rocque. Pp. 271-366, 19 plates. (1950) ........................................................................ $3.05 Volume VIII 1949-1951: 083 1. Pachyphyllum vagabundum, A New Coral from the Upper Devonian Strata of New York, by G.M. Ehlers. Pp. 1-6, 3 plates. (1949) ................................... $1.00 084 2. Techniques of Collecting Microvertebrate Fossils, by C.W. Hibbard. Pp. 7-19, 4 plates. (1949) ................................................................................ $1.25 086 4. A New Testudo from Madison County, Montana, by T.M. Oelrich. Pp. 43-58, 1 plate, 4 figures. (1950) ................................................................ $1.25 087 5. Megaspores from the Michigan Coal Basin, by C.A. Arnold. Pp. 59-111, 18 plates. (1950) .......................................................................... $1.45 088 6. Mammals of the Rexroad Formation from Fox Canyon, Meade County Kansas, by C.W. Hibbard. Pp. 113-192, 5 plates, 23 figures. ........... $2.45 089 7. New Evidence of the Lower Miocene Age of the
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    BRIGHAM GEOLOGY YOUNG STUDIES UNIVERSITY Volume 19: Part 1 - December 1972 CONTENTS An Ealy Cembrian Trilobite Faunule from Utah .................... .... ......................... R. A. Robism and L. F. Hintze 3 Cbeirscystelld antiqm gn. d sp. nev. from the Lower Ordovician of Western Utah, and Its Bearing en the Evsluti~nof the Cheirocrinidae (Rhombifera: Glyptocystitida) ................... ...... ......................... C. R. C. Paul 15 Gc~lta~of the Mill Fork Area, Utah ................................ W. C. Metrill 65 Geology ef the Thistle Quadrangle, Utah ........................ M. L. Pinnell 89 Study of Internal Structures of Fine-Grained Clastic Rocks by X-radiography ........................................... A. M. Jones 131 Publications and Maps of the Geology Department ............................. 159 Brigham Young University Geology Studies Volume 19, Part 1 - December, 1972 Contents An Early Cambrian Trilobite Faunule from Utah ........................................................ R. A. Robison and L. F. Hintze 3 Cheit.orystella a~ztiua gen. et sp. nov. from the Lower Ordovician o Y Western Utah, and Its Bearing on the Evolution of the Cheirocrinidae (Rhombifera: Glyptocystitida) ........................................................ C. R. C. Paul 15 Geology of the Mill Fork Area, Utah ................................ R. C. Merrill 65 Geology of the Thistle Quadrangle, Utah .......................... M. L. Pinnell 89 Study of Internal Structures of Fine-Grained Clastic Rocks by X-radiography ...........................................