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Wortman Expedition to the Rocky Mountains; Rocky Mountains Expedition II
birth: 1892 February
death: 1892 August
To collect fossil mammals (0ver 1,000 specimens) in order to present a historical development of the evolution of mammals in North America. Expedition was sent to the Puerco region with exploration in the San Juan Basin of northwestern New Mexico.
Personnel: Wortman, J.L., leader; Peterson, O.A., sci.; Mr. Gidley; Raffierty, Thomas, sci
Department: Department of Mammalian Palaeontology
Sources: AMNH Annual Report No. 24, 1892, p. 11; Bulletin of the AMNH, Vol. VI, 1894, pp. 199-228; Bulletin of the AMNH, Vol. VlI, 1895, p. 1-70
See also later expeditions - 1890s