This bibliographical record has been prepared for the purpose of conveying to the public a brief general view of the work that has hitherto been done in the Invertebrate Paleontology of North America, and also of furnishing students and investigators with a ready index to the works of all the authors who have made contributions to it.

North American Index Fossils. Volume 2. Conularida, pteropoda, cerhalopoda, annelida, trilobita, phyllopoda, ostracoda, cirripedia, malacostraca, merostomata, arachnida, myriopoda, insecta, cystoidea, blastoidea, crinoidea, ophiuroidea, asteroidea, echinodea and appendices.