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



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ABOUT THIS ISSUE
- about KSN
- about the author


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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September 18, 2003



 

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



Fig. 6. Frank M. Carpenter (1902-1994) was born and grew up in the Boston area. His first trip away from New England was to the Elmo site in Kansas. Carpenter received his PhD from Harvard. He became the premier American student of fossil insects. Photo courtesy of the Snow Entomological Museum, Kansas University.
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