"Walter Granger, 1872-1941, Paleontologist" is the first biography of Walter Granger to be published. This is a .pdf version of Morgan, V. L. and Lucas, S. G., 2002, Walter Granger, 1872-1941, Paleontologist: New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 19, p. 1-58. To accommodate file size and ease of access the .pdf is posted in 5 parts, as follows:

Part 1: Cover - p. 7 Part 2: p. 8 - p. 17 Part 3: p. 18 - p. 23 Part 4: p. 24 - p. 31 Part 5: p. 32 - 58

So that you can see what is in each part, below is the table of contents: PROLOGUE 1 EARLY LIFE 2 MUSEUM LIFE 3 EOCENE OF THE AMERICAN WEST 8 MARRIAGE 10 FAYUM EXPEDITION 11 MUSEUM ADMINISTRATION 14 RETURN TO WYOMING 14 BEARINGS SET 16 GRANGER IN CHINA AND MONGOLIA 21 On The Trail of Ancient Man 23 Southern China 25 Gobi Expeditions 26 More Backdrop to Gobi Expeditions 29 LEAVING ASIA 34 The Last Decade 34 Roots 36 Death 36 Last Ride Home 36 A Museum's Tribute 36 Denouement 36 GRANGER'S SCIENTIFIC CONTRIBUTIONS 38 Singular Discoveries 38 Paleogene Mammals 38 Stratigraphy and Biostratigraphy 40 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 41 NOTES 42 REFERENCES AND RESOURCES 51 Sources for Figures 51 References 52 Institutional Archives 52 Interviews-Apropos Communication 52 Supplemental Bibilography 52 APPENDIX A - BIBLIOGRAPHY OF WALTER GRANGER 54 Preface 54 Bibliography 55 APPENDIX B - MUSEUM EXPEDITIONS BY WALTER GRANGER 58

The softbound version of this paper may be obtained from: New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science 1801 Mountain Road N.W. Albuquerque, NM 87104

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