Notice of some new vertebrate fossils

Citation

Marsh, O. C. (1877). Notice of some new vertebrate fossils. American Journal of Science s3-14(81): 249-256. American Journal of Science (AJS). doi:10.2475/ajs.s3-14.81.249

Names first published here

• Apatodon genus
• Apatodon mirus species
• Nanosaurus genus
• Nanosaurus agilis species

Cited by genera

• Apatodon

  Erects the genus and species on a fragment from the Rocky Mountain region, interpreting it as a mammalian lower jaw and giving the horizon as Lower Cretaceous or Jurassic.

• Nanosaurus