| Administrative History | The fossil fox in question, which was found in the autumn of 1828, was described in: Murchison, R I. "On a Fossil Fox found at Œningen near Constance; with an Account of the Deposit in which it was imbedded", Transactions of the Geological Society of London, series 2, vol 3 (1832), pp277-290 and in Gideon Mantell's paper "Anatomical description of the Fox", Transactions of the Geological Society of London, series 2, vol 3 (1832), 291-293. |