Volume 46, Number 1,
February 2000:
The Permian Insect Fossils
of Elmo, Kansas


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ABOUT THIS ISSUE
- about KSN
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IN THIS ISSUE
- introduction
- the elmo site as part of the Kansas-Oklahoma permian
- a short history of the discovery and study of the elmo fossils
- the insects: part 1, part 2, part 3,
- references
- back cover

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The Permian Insect Fossils of Elmo, Kansas
by Roy J. Beckemeyer

Permian Insect Fossils of Elmo, KS Index of Images

Fig. 5. Charles Schuchert (1856-1942) was born in Cincinnati, Ohio on July 3, 1856 to Philip and Agatha (Mueller) Schuchert. Schuchert went to Yale in 1904. He was Chair of the Geology Department (1909-1921) and administrative head of the Peabody Museum (1904-1923) during the time of the Yale Elmo expedition (1921). Megatypus schucherti and Permohymen schucherti were among the insects named in his honor. Photo courtesy Peabody Museum.

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