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• Benton, M.J., 1991, The rise of the mammals: New York, Crescent Books, 144 p.
• Blumenbach, J.F., 1797, Handbuch der Naturgeschichte: Gottingen, Germany, Heinrich Dieterich, 531 p.
• Cincinnati Museum Center, no date, Annotated bibliography of Big Bone Lick publications: 53 p. [based partly on the annotated bibliography in Jillson (1936)], www.cincymuseum.org/sites/default/files/Big%20Bone%20Lick%20Pubs%20by%20Year%20sort.pdf [accessed 05/16/2018].
• Cooper, C.L., 1931, The Pleistocene fauna of Kentucky, in Jillson, W.R., ed., The paleontology of Kentucky: Kentucky Geological Survey, ser. 6, v. 36, p. 435-461.
• Croghan, G., 1767, Letter to the Earl of Shelburne, New York, January 16, 1767, in Kindle, E.M., 1931, The story of the discovery of Big Bone Lick: Kentucky Geological Survey, ser. 6, v. 41, p. 195-212.
• Cuvier, G., 1796, Mémoire sur les espèeces d’éléphans, tant vivantes que fossiles [Memoir on the species of elephants, both living and fossil]: Magasin encyclopédique, v. 3, p. 440-445 [translated and reprinted in Rudwick, M.J.S., 1997, Georges Cuvier, fossil bones, and geological catastrophes: New translations and interpretations of the primary texts: Chicago, University of Chicago Press, p. 18-24.]
• Cuvier, G.,1806, Sur le grand Mastodonte [On the grand mastodon]: Annales du Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle, v. 8, p. 270-312.
• Cuvier, G., 1812, Sur le grand Mastodonte, in Cuvier, G., Recherches sur les ossemens fossils [Research on the fossil bones]: Où l'on rétablit les charactères de plusieurs animaux dont les révolutions du globe ont détruit les espèces: Paris, Dufour et E. d'Ocagne, various pagination.
• Cuvier, G., 1813 (2nd ed., 1815), Théore de la terre [Essay on the Theory of the Earth (also titled Discours sur les révolutions de la surface du globe): Robert Kerr translation in English, 2009, Cambridge University Press, 332 p.
• Fillson, J., 1785, Carte de Kentucke d’après les observations actuelles [Map of Kentucky based on actual observations]: Map 7, Lafon Allen Maps Collection, Rare Books, University of Louisville, https://digital.library.louisville.edu/cdm/singleitem/collection/maps/id/226/rec/7 [accessed 5/20/2018].
• Franklin, B., 1767, Letter to George Croghan, London, August 5, in Jillson, 1931, The story of the discovery of Big Bone Lick: Kentucky Geological Survey, ser. 6, v. 41, p. 191-212, referencing Bigelow, J., ed., 1904, The works of Benjamin Franklin: New York, Federal Edition, v. 6, p. 303-304.
• Franklin, B., 1768, Letter to l’Abbé Chappe d’Auteroche, London, January, 31, in Jillson, 1931, The story of the discovery of Big Bone Lick: Kentucky Geological Survey, ser. 6, v. 41, p. 191-212, referencing Smith, A., ed., 1907, The writings of Benjamin Franklin: New York, Federal Edition, v. 5, p. 92.
• Heeden, S., 2008, Big Bone Lick—The cradle of American paleontology: Lexington, University Press of Kentucky, 182 p.
• Hunter, W., 1768, Observations on the bones, commonly supposed to be elephants bones, which have been found near the river Ohio in America: Philosophical Transactions, v. 58, p. 34-45.
• Hutchins, T., 1778, A new map of the western parts of Virginia, Pennsylvania, Maryland, and North Carolina; comprehending the river Ohio, and all the rivers, which fall into it; part of the river Mississippi, the whole of the Illinois River, Lake Erie; part of the Lakes Huron, Michigan &c. and all the country bordering on these lakes and rivers: U.S. Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/resource/g3707o.ar078901/?r=0.383,0.372,0.248,0.106,0 [accessed 5/20/2018].
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• Jefferson, T., Wilkinson, J., Turner, G., Wistar, C., Seybert, A., Peale, C.W., and Williams, J., 1799, Circular letter: The society having appointed a committee to collect information respecting the past and present state of this country, the committee during the last year addressed the following letter to such persons as were likely, in their opinion to advance the object of the society: Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, v. 4, 3 p.
• Jillson, W.R., 1936, Big Bone Lick—An outline of its history, geology, and paleontology: Louisville, Ky., Standard Printing Co., 161 p.
• Jillson, W.R., 1968, The extinct vertebrata of the Pleistocene in Kentucky: Frankfort, Ky., Roberts Printing Co., 122 p.
• Kindle, E., 1931, The story of the discovery of Big Bone Lick: Kentucky Geological Survey, series 6, v. 31, p. 189-212.
• Lewis and Clark Foundation, 1998, Pleistocene boneyard: Discovering Lewis and Clark: www.lewis-clark.org/article/2737 [accessed 05/16/2018].
• Schultz, C.B., Tanner, L.G., Whitmore, F.C., Jr., Ray, L.L., and Crawford, E.C., 1963, Paleontological investigations at Big Bone Lick State Park, Kentucky: A preliminary report: Science, New Series, v. 142, no. 3596, p. 1167-1169.
• Stiles, E., 1784, Letter to Thomas Jefferson, Yale College, June 21, in Boyd, J.P., ed., 1953, The papers of Thomas Jefferson: Princeton, N.J., Princeton University Press, v. 7, p. 312-317.
• Sylvanus, U., 1752, Of the fossil Nautilus—Prodigious teeth: The Gentleman’s Magazine and Historical Chronicle, v. 22, p. 301-302.
• Tankersley, K.B., Waters, M.R., and Stafford, T.W., 2009, Clovis and the American mastodon at Big Bone Lick, Kentucky: American Antiquity, v. 74, no. 3, p. 558-567.
• Thomas Jefferson Foundation, no date, Big Bone Lick Kentucky: www.monticello.org/site/research-and-collections/big-bone-lick-kentucky#footnote1_z76ysg3 [accessed 5/16/2018].

 

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