William Dougal (1822–1895) of Washington, D.C. engraved this print "Paleontology, Cretaceous, Pl. 6" after original illustrations by Smithsonian paleontologist Fielding Bradford Meek (1817-1876).
The image was published in “Paleontology and Geology of the Boundary" by paleontologist James Hall (1811 – 1898)” and published in Volume 1, Part 2 of the Report on the United States and Mexican Boundary Survey. The volume was printed in 1857 by A. O. P. Nicholson of Washington, D.C. The species described in the plate include: 1. Cytherea Leonensis, 2 C. Texana, 3. Arga Subelongata, 4. Cardium Multistriatum, 5 C. Congestum, 6 C.Texanum, 7 C. Filosum, 8. Cardita Eminula, 9. Corbula Occidentalis, and 10. Plicatula Incongrua.
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