Hary,
i believe that Jefferson has been given the title of the Father of
American Paleontology. He was quite interested in natural history, this
was one of the reason for the Lewis and Clark expedition. I know of no
such interests on the part of Madison.
> Thanks, Charlie. It was described by Thomas Say in the same year. Same
> paper?
>
> While Thomas Jefferson was an avid naturalist (including fossil
> collecting), I've not read that of James Madison.
>
> Harry
>
>
> At 11:24 PM 11/17/2008, you wrote:
>>Harry,
>>
>>Don't forget Chesapecten madisonius.
>> >
>> > Chesapecten jeffersonius (Say, 1824), the State
>> > Fossil of VA, is the real thing, however.
>> >
>> > Harry
>>
>>
>>Regards,
>>Charlie
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>>Charlie Sturm
>>Research Associate - Section of Mollusks
>>Carnegie Museum of Natural History
>>Pittsburgh, PA, USA
>>
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>>Fellow-Academy of Wilderness Medicine
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