Artifacts & Documents: Printed Material

"Ornithichnology—Description of the Foot marks of Birds", American Journal of Science, January 1836

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"Ornithichnology—Description of the Foot marks of Birds, (Ornithichnites) on New Red Sandstone in Massachusetts", by Edward Hitchcock, is the first article published on the tracks of the Connecticut River Valley, a landmark in the field of ichnology and paleontology. 

Date:
January 1836
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