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April 21-1908 Tuesday.
Had breakfast with Prof. Dells,
Then to Selma's to see Camptosaurus.
Had lunch with Barler at Moody's
Met Kindle. The Osage limestone has
two faunas, the Upper Devonian one described
by Girty and another one he calls Mississippian.
Kindle was trying to make out a large Schiz-
othra with comparative law-uses. Beautiful
specimens. Led to me record to J. Swallier.
This Mississippian fauna Kindle tells me has
a strong Devonian impress (that of the Madison)
but he would not commit himself. I would not
be surprised if the Iowa Phleifer hengejandi
takes the Osage fauna at the top of the
Upper Devonian. The Mississippian above in then
partly Kindlehood.
Baleott called in Martin and myself to
help him on an International Committee. Ostrom
bragged of in the morning before the National Academy
a motion for a Committee on Prime Correlation.
Baleott is the chairman of the Inner circles, he
will organize an America Committee. For the
European assistance I suggested Man of Cam-