Kansas School Naturalist: Permian Insect Fossils of Elmo, Kansas

I owe a debt of gratitude to a number of people who helped to make this issue possible. Drs. Sonny Ramaswamy and Ralph Charlton (Kansas State Univ. Entomology Department) allowed me to scan fossils in the KSU collection and provided copies of papers on Elmo fossils, including D.A. Wilbur, Sr.'s KSU report. Jason Dinges of Hays, Kansas, who is currently working the Elmo site under lease, allowed me to visit and photograph the site. Rod Asher (Cawthron Institute, Nelson, New Zealand), provided scanned images of the glass plates made to illustrate a number of Dr. R.J. Tillyards' original type descriptions of Kansas Permian Insects, and authorized their use here. Liz Brosius (Kansas Geological Survey) provided of her articles and notes on Dr. Frank M. Carpenter and photos of him as well. Tim White (Sr. Collections Manager, Invertabrate Paleontology, Yale's Peobody Museum of Natural History) provided photos of Dunbar and Schuchert as well as images of Elmo fossils in the Yale collection. Dr. Ebbe S. Nielsen (Dir., Australian National Insect Collection, Canberra, Australia) authorized use of a photo of R. J. Tillyard. Dr. George Byers (Kansas Univ.) allowed me to scan specimens from his personal teaching collection of Elmo fossils. Ann Molineux (Collections Manager, Non-vertabrate Paleontology, Texas Memorial Museum, Univ. of Texas) provided a photo and information on E. H. Sellards. The Snow Entomological Museum allowed use of their photo of Frank Carpenter. Special thanks to Liz Brosius, George Byers, and J. Richard Schrock for reviewing and thereby much improving this issue. --Roy Beckemeyer, 12/99