GL photographs and sketches of Pecopteris stellata, Orthotarbus rotundus, Crossotheca, etc. including descriptive sketches and text

Manuscript entitled, "Fossil Flora and Fauna of the Pennsylvanian Period, Will County, Illinois"
by George Langford (1876-1964)
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George Langford And His Fossils, [An Appendix] by Sydne Holmes

[To view any of these images at high resolution (300 dots per inch instead of 100 as on the full-page images) right-click on the image and select view image - GL,III, ed.]

Pecopteris stellata - Fertile vs. Sterile

Pecopteris Stellata fertile versus sterile, GL photograph

Pecopteris Stellata - GL sketch and descriptive sketches

Spider - Orthotarbus robustus, New genus, New Species.

Orthotarbus robustus, GL sketch and descriptive text

GL's "developed" (left) vs. as found (right) fossils

Crossotheca
Developed (left) and original (right) fossils - GL photograph

[George Langford, Sr.'s "developed" fossil on the left - Cleaned with water, dental picks and lots of elbow grease, then dried and coated with a dilute aqueous solution of Gum Arabic - GL,III, ed.]

Horseshoe Crabs

Euproops danae

Streptocyclus langfordi -Holotype - Photographs by GL

Streptocyclus langfordi. Holotype [first found - GL,III]
[It's now on exhibit at the Illinois State Museum - GL,III, ed.]

Holotype - means first ever found and the only one of its kind - SHL, author.

Insect Wing.

Lithoneura mirifica. Holotype. New Species.

[Above is] one of the best preserved insect wings ever found - GL, Sr.

Heterologus langfordorum. Holotype, GL photograph

Heterologus langfordorum. Holotype.
[It's now on exhibit at the Illinois State Museum - GL,III, ed.]

Insects and Wings are Rare.

Lithoneura unirifira. Holotype, largest ever found at Wilmington. GL photograph

Lithoneura mirifica. Holotype.
[Maybe mis-identified here; see Langford p.117, where the same fossil is identified as: Thesoneura americana Carpenter.
It's a new species and a holotype there. GL,III, ed.]

Largest ever found at Wilmington.
Wing-span [of the dragon-fly, GL,III] would be about 10 inches.

Archaeophleron holmesi. Holotype.

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