Excerpt from Triassic Ichthyosauria: With Special Reference to the American FormsIn the initial stages of the work the writer was greatly indebted to Presi dent Benjamin Ide Wheeler of the University of California, through whose support it was made possible to extend the scale of the investigation so as to cover the broader field of the evolution of the Ichthyosauria as a whole.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.