Edward Drinker Cope

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Edward Drinker Cope (July 28, 1840 – April 12, 1897), U.S. paleontologist and comparative anatomist, as well as a noted herpetologist and ichthyologist.

He discovered, described, and named more than 1,000 vertebrate species including hundreds of fishes and dozens of dinosaurs, and made more than 1,200 publications.

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• 802 taxon names authored by Edward Drinker Cope

Eponyms

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• 10 eponyms of Edward Drinker Cope

Publications

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1859

• Cope, E.D. 1859. On the primary divisions of the Salamandridae, with descriptions of two new species. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 11: 122–128. BHL Reference page. 

1860

• Cope, E.D. [1859] 1860. Notes and descriptions of foreign reptiles. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 11: 294–297. BHL Reference page. 
• Cope, E.D. [1859] 1860. Catalogue of the venomous serpents in the Museum of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, with notes on the families, genera and species. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 11: 332–347. BHL Reference page. 
• Cope, E.D. 1860. Supplement to "A Catalogue of the Venomous Serpents in the Museum of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 12: 72–74. BHL Reference page. 
• Cope, E.D. 1860. Catalogue of Colubridae in the Museum of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. I. Calamarinae. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 12: 74–79. BHL Reference page. 
• Cope, E.D. 1860. Catalogue of the Colubridae in the Museum of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, with notes and descriptions of new species. Part 2. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 12: 241–266. BHL Reference page. 
• Cope, E.D. 1860. Notes and descriptions of new and little known species of American reptiles. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 12: 339–345. BHL Reference page. 
• Cope, E.D. 1860. An enumeration of the genera and species of rattlesnakes, with synonymy and references. Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge 12(Appendix A): 119–126. BHL Reference page. 

1861

• Cope, E.D. [1860] 1861. Descriptions of reptiles from tropical America and Asia. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 12: 368–374. BHL Reference page. 
• Cope, E.D. [1860] 1861. Description of new species of the reptilian genera Hyperolius, Liuperus and Tropidodipsas. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 12: 517–518. BHL Reference page. 
• Cope, E.D. [1860] 1861. List of the recent species of Emydosaurian Reptiles in the Museum of the Academy of Natural Sciences. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 12: 549–550. BHL Reference page. 
• Cope, E.D. [1860] 1861. Catalogue of the Colubridae in the Museum of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Part 3. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 12: 553–566. BHL Reference page. 
• Cope, E.D. 1861. Remarks on Reptiles (Changes in Nomenclature: Species of Tantilla: Specific Characters of Lepidosternum floridanum). Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 13: 73–75. BHL Reference page. 
• Cope, E.D. 1861. Remarks on Reptiles (Diphalus; Amphisbaena angustifrons; Loxocemus Cope). Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 13: 75–77. BHL Reference page. 
• Cope, E.D. 1861. On an Iguana from Andros Island. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 13: 123. BHL Reference page. 
• Cope, E.D. 1861. On Amblystoma from Chester Co., Pennsylvania. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 13: 123–124. BHL Reference page. 
• Cope, E.D. 1861. Notes and Descriptions of Anoles. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 13: 208–215. BHL Reference page. 
• Cope, E.D. 1861. Contributions to the Ophiology of Lower California, Mexico and Central America. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 13: 292–306. BHL Reference page. 
• Cope, E.D. 1861. On the Reptiles of Sombrero and Bermuda. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 13: 312–314. BHL Reference page. 

1862

• Cope, E.D. [1861] 1862. On the Genera Panolopus, Centropyx, Aristelliger and Sphaerodactylus. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 13: 494–500. BHL Reference page. 
• Cope, E.D. [1861] 1862. Observations upon certain Cyprinoid Fish in Pennsylvania. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 13: 522–524. BHL Reference page. 
• Cope, E.D. [1861] 1862. On Elapomorphus, Sympholis, and Coniophanes. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 13: 524. BHL Reference page. 
• Cope, E.D. 1862. On the Dentition of Herpeton tentaculatum, and on the Habitat of Gerarda prevostiana and Rhabdosoma lineatum. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 14: 1. BHL Reference page. 
• Cope, E.D. 1862. Synopsis of the Species of Holcosus and Ameiva, with Diagnoses of new West Indian and South American Colubridae. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 14: 60–82. BHL Reference page. 
• Cope, E.D. 1862. On some new and little known American Anura. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 14: 151–159. BHL Reference page. 
• Cope, E.D. 1862. Contributions to Neotropical Saurology. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 14: 176–188. BHL Reference page. 
• Cope, E.D. 1862. On Neosorex albibarbis. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 14: 188–189. BHL Reference page. 
• Cope, E.D. 1862. On Lacerta echinata and Tiliqua dura. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 14: 189–191. BHL Reference page. 
• Cope, E.D. 1862. On Carphoptis harpesti. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 14: 249. BHL Reference page. 
• Cope, E.D. 1862. Notes upon some Reptiles of the Old World. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 14: 337–344. BHL Reference page. 
• Cope, E.D. 1862. On a Cuban Bufanoid: Peltaphryne etnpusa. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 14: 344. BHL Reference page. 
• Cope, E.D. 1862. Catalogue of the Reptiles obtained during the Explorations of the Parana, Paraguay, Vermejo and Uraguay Rivers, by Capt. Thos. J. Page, U. S. N.; and of those procured by Lieut. N. Michler, U. S. Top. Eng., Commander of the Expedition conducting the Survey of the Atrato River. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 14: 346–359. BHL Reference page. 

1863

• Cope, E.D. 1863. On Part II. of Prof. G. Jan’s Prodromo della Iconografia Generale degli Ofidi. The American Journal of Science and Arts, Series 2, 35(105): 455–458. Reference page. 
• Cope, E.D. 1863. On Hololepis simus. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 15: 42. BHL Reference page. 
• Cope, E.D. 1863. On Trachycephalus, Scaphiopus and other American Batrachia. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 15: 43–54. BHL Reference page. 
• Cope, E.D. 1863. On a species of Vipera hitherto unknown. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1863: 229–230. BHL Reference page. 
• Cope, E.D. 1863. Descriptions of new American Squamata, in the Museum of the Smithsonian Institution, Washington. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 15: 100–106. BHL Reference page. 

1864

• Cope, E.D. 1864. Contributions to the herpetology of tropical America. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 16: 166–181. BHL Reference page. 
• Cope, E.D. 1864. On the characters of the higher groups of Reptilia Squamata—and especially of the Diploglossa. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 16: 224–231. BHL Reference page. 

1865

• Cope, E.D. 1865. Partial catalogue of the cold-blooded Vertebrata of Michigan. Part II. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 17: 78–88. BHL Reference page. 

1866

• Cope, E.D. 1866. [On the remains of a gigantic extinct dinosaur, from the Cretaceous Green Sand of New Jersey]. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 18: 275–279. BHL Reference page. 
• Cope, E.D. 1866. [On the anomalous relations existing between the tibia and fibula in certain of the Dinosauria]. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 18: 316–317. Reference page. 
• Cope, E.D. 1866. On the Structures and Distribution of the Genera of the Arciferous Anura. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (2) 6(1): 67–112. BHL
• Cope, E.D. 1866. On the Families of the Raniform Anura. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (2) 6(2): 189–206. BHL

1867

• Cope, E.D. 1867. Supplement on some new species of American and African fishes. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, (New Series) 13(3) (art. 13): 400–407. BHL Reference page. 

1868

• Cope, E.D. 1868. An examination of the Reptilia and Batrachia obtained by the Orton Expedition to Equador and the Upper Amazon, with notes on other species. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 20: 96–140. BHL Reference page. 
• Cope, E.D. 1868. [Extinct Cetacea from the Miocene bed of Maryland.] Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 20: 159–160. BHL Reference page. 
• Cope, E.D. 1868. Second contribution to the history of the Vertebrata of the Miocene period of the United States. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 20: 184–194. BHL Reference page. 
• Cope, E.D. 1868. On some Cretaceous Reptilia. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 20: 233–242. BHL
• Cope, E.D. 1868. On the Distribution of Fresh-water Fishes in the Allegheny Region of South-western Virginia. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (2) 6(3): 207–247. BHL

1869

• Cope, E.D. 1869. On the reptilian orders Pythonomorpha and Streptosauria. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 12: 250–266. Biostor Reference page. 
• Cope, E.D. 1869. Descriptions of some extinct fishes previously unknown. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 12: 310–317.
• Cope, E.D. 1869. Second addition to the history of the fishes of the Cretaceous of United States. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 11(81): 240–244.
• Cope, E.D. 1869 [1868]. Sixth contribution to the herpetology of tropical America. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 20: 305–312.
• Cope, E.D. 1869. A review of the species of Plethodontidae and Desmognathidae. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 21: 93–118.
• Cope, E.D. 1869–70. Synopsis of the extinct batrachia, reptilia and aves of North America. Part I [1869] pp. 1–104, II [1870] pp. 105–252. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society 14: 1–252. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.60499 BHL Reference page. 
• Cope, E.D. 1869. Systematic synopsis of the species of the cetaceans of the West Coast of North America. Pp. 14–32 in Scammon, C.M. (eds.). Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 21:13-63. BHL Reference page. 

1870

• Cope, E.D. 1869–70. Synopsis of the extinct batrachia, reptilia and aves of North America. Part I [1869] pp. 1–104, II [1870] pp. 105–252. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society 14: 1–252. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.60499 BHL Reference page. 
• Cope, E.D. 1870. On the skull of dicynodont Reptilia. Lystrosaurus frontosus from Cape Colony. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 11: 419.
• Cope, E.D. 1870. Contribution to the ichthyology of the Marañon. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, Second series 11: 559–570. BHL Reference page. 
• Cope, E. D. 1870. Partial synopsis of the fishes of the fresh waters of North Carolina. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, 11(84): 448–495. BHL Reference page. 
• Cope, E.D. 1870. On the Saurodontidae. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, 11: 529–538. Reference page. 

1871

• Cope, E.D. 1871. On the fossil reptiles and fishes of the Cretaceous rocks of Kansas: United States Geological Survey of Wyoming and portions of the Contiguous Territories (F.V. Hayden), 4th Annual Report, 385–242. Reference page. 
• Cope, E.D. 1871. Some anatomical points of importance in the classification of the siluroids of the Amazon. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 23: 112–113. BHL Reference page. 
• Cope, E.D. 1871. The Port Kennedy Bone Cave. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 12: 15.
• Cope, E.D. 1871. Supplement to the “Synopsis of the Extinct Batrachia and Reptilia of North America”. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 12: 41–52.
• Cope, E.D. 1871. On Two Extinct Forms of Physostomi of the Neotropical RePION. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 12: 52–55.
• Cope, E.D. 1871. On the Occurrence of Fossil Cobitidae in Idaho. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 12: 55.
• Cope, E.D. 1871. Preliminary Report on the Vertebrata discovered in the Port Kennedy Bone Cave. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 12: 73–102.
• Cope, E.D. 1871. On Megaptera Bellicosa. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 12: 103–108.
• Cope, E.D. 1871. Aditional note on Balaenoptera vel Sibbaldius sulfureus. Cope. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 12: 108.
• Cope, E.D. 1871. Nite of some Cretaceous Vertebrata in the State Agricultural College of Kansas, U.S.A. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 12: 168–170.
• Cope, E.D. 1871. Sketch of an Expedition in the Valley of the Smoky Hill River in Kansas. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 12: 174–176.
• Cope, E.D. 1871. Observations on the Extinet Batrachian Fauna of the Carboniferous of Linton, Ohio. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 12: 177.
• Cope, E.D. 1871. Observations on the Distribution of certain Extinct Vertebrata in North Carolina. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 12: 210–216.
• Cope, E.D. 1871. Catalogue of the Pythonomorpha found in the Cretaceous strata of Kansas. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 12: 264–287.
• Cope, E.D. 1871. On a new Testudinate from the Chalk of Kansas. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 12: 308–310.

1872

• Cope, E.D. 1872. On the fishes of the Ambyiacu River. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 23: 250–294, Pls. 3–16. BHL Reference page. 
• Cope, E.D. 1872. Observations on the systematic relations of the fishes. Proceedings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science 2, 20: 317–343. (Dated 1871 when paper was presented orally, but published in 1872). Reference page. 
• Cope, E.D. 1872. On the families of fishes of the Cretaceous Formation of Kansas. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 12: 327–357. Reference page. 
• Cope, E.D. 1872. On the Wyandotte Cave and its fauna. The American Naturalist 6(7): 406–422. BHL. Reference page. 
• Cope, E.D. 1872. Second account of New Vertebrata from the Bridger Eocene. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 12: 466–468. BHL Reference page. 
• Cope, E.D. 1872. On Bathmodon, an extinct genus of Ungulates. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 12: 417–420.
• Cope, E.D. 1872. On two new Ornithosaurians from Kansas. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 12: 420–422.
• Cope, E.D. 1872. A Description of the Genus Protostega, a form of Extinct Testudinata. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 12: 422–433.
• Cope, E.D. 1872. Descriptions of some New Vertebrata from the Bridger Group of the Eocene. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 12: 460–465.
• Cope, E.D. 1872. Third account of New Vertebrata from the Bridger Eocene of Wyoming Territory. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 12: 469–472.
• Cope, E.D. 1872. On a new genus of Pleurodira from the Eocene of Wyoming. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 12: 472–477.
• Cope, E.D. 1871 [1872]. On the Tertiary Coal and Fossils of Osino, Nevada. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 12(86): 478–481. ISSN 0003-049X.  JSTOR Reference page. 
• Cope, E.D. 1872. On the existence of Dinosauri in the Transition Beds of Wyoming. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 12: 481–483.
• Cope, E.D. 1872. Notices of New Vertebrata from the Upper Waters of Bitter Creek, Wyoming Territory. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 12: 483–486.
• Cope, E.D. 1872. Second notice of Extinct Vertebrates from Bitter Creek, Wyoming. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 12: 487–488.
• Cope, E.D. 1872. On the Dentition of Metalophodon. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 12: 542–545.
• Cope, E.D. 1872. Descriptions of new Extinct Reptiles from the upper Green River Eocene Basin, Wyoming. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 12: 554–555.
• Cope, E.D. 1872. On a New Vertebrate Genus from the Northern part of the Tertiary Basin of Green River. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 12: 554.
• Cope, E.D. 1872. Notice of Proboscidians from the Eocene of Southern Wyoming. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 12: 580.

1873

• Cope, E.D. 1873. On the short footed ungulata of the Eocene of Wyoming. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 13(90): 38–74. BHL JSTOR Reference page. 

1874

• Cope, E.D. 1874. Report upon vertebrate fossils discovered in New Mexico, with descriptions of new species. Appendix FF 3. Annual Report of the Chief of Engineers, 1874. Washington: Government Printing Office. 588–606. [Extract pp. 1–18] BHL Reference page. 
• Cope, E.D. 1874. Notes on the Eocene and Pliocene Lacustrine Formations of New Mexico, Including Descriptions of Certain New Species of Vertebrates. Annual Report of the Chief of Engineers for 1874. Appendix FF. BHL Reference page. 
• Cope, E.D. 1874. Notes on Eocene and Pliocene lacustrine formations of New Mexico including descriptions of certain new species of vertebrates. Annual Report of the Chief of Engineers, 1874. Washington: Government Printing Office. p. 605. Reference page. 

1875

• Cope, E.D. 1875. On the Batrachia and Reptilia of Costa Rica: With notes on the herpetology and ichthyology of Nicaragua and Peru. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 2:8: 93–154. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.5028 Reference page. 
• Cope, E.D. 1875. Check-list of North American Batrachia and Reptilia; with a systematic list of the higher groups, and an essay on geographical distribution. Based on the specimens contained in the U. S. National Museum. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 1: 1–109. BHL Reference page. 
• Cope, E.D. & Yarrow, H.C. 1875. Report upon the collections of Fishes made in portions of Nevada, Utah, California, Colorado, New Mexico, and Arizona, during the years 1871, 1872, 1873, and 1874. Pp. 635–704 in Report upon Geographical and Geological Explorations and Surveys west of the One Hundredth Meridian. Volume V. Zoölogy. Government Printing Office, Washington DC. BHL Reference page. 

1876

• Cope, E.D. 1876. Report on the Reptiles brought by Professor James Orton from the middle and upper Amazon and western Peru. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia N.S. (2) 8: 159–183 [1875].
• Cope, E.D. (1876). On some extinct reptiles and Batrachia from the Judith River and Fox Hills Beds of Montana. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 28: 340–359.
• Cope, E.D. 1876. On the Taeniodonta, a new group of Eocene mammals. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 28: 39. BHL Reference page. 
• Cope, E.D. 1876. Descriptions of some vertebrate remains from the Fort Union beds of Montana. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 28: 248–261. BHL Reference page. 

1877

• Cope, E.D. 1877. Descriptions of Extinct Vertebrata from the Permian and Triassic Formations of the United States. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 17(1): 182–193. BHL Reference page. 
• Cope, E.D. 1877. A Contribution to the Knowledge of the Ichthyological Fauna of the Green River Shales. Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey of the Territories 3(34): 807-819.  BHL Reference page. 

1878

• Cope, E.D. [1877] 1878. Tenth contribution to the herpetology of tropical America. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 17: 85–98. BHL Reference page. 
• Cope, E.D. 1878. Synopsis of the Cold Blooded Vertebrata procured by Prof. Orton in Peru. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 17(100): 33–49. Reference page. 
• Cope, E.D. 1878. On the Vertebrata of the Bone Bed in Eastern Illinois. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 17(100): 52–63. Reference page. 
• Cope, E.D. 1878. On some little known Reptiles and Fishes from the Austroriparian Region. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 17(100): 63–68. Reference page. 
• Cope, E.D. 1878. On a new Species of Adocidae from the Tertiary of Georgia. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 17(100): 82–84. Reference page. 
• Cope, E.D. 1878. Tenth Contribution to the Herpetology of Tropical America. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 17(100): 85–98. Reference page. 
• Cope, E.D. 1878. On New Reptiles and Fishes of the Cretaceous No. 3 of Kansas. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 17(100): 176–181. Reference page. 
• Cope, E.D. 1878. Description of Extinct Vertebrata from the Permian and Triassic of the United States. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 17(100): 182–193. Reference page. 
• Cope, E.D. 1878. On Reptilian Remains from the Dakota Beds of Colorado. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 17(100): 193–196. Reference page. 
• Cope, E.D. 1878. Descriptions of New Vertebrata from the Upper Tertiary of the West. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 17(100): 219–231. Reference page. 
• Cope, E.D. 1878. On some Saurians, found by Mr. Charles M. Wheatley in the Triassic of Pennsylvania. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 17(100): 231–232. Reference page. 
• Cope, E.D. 1878. On the Vertebrata of the Dakota Epoch of Colorado. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 17(100): 233–247. BHL Reference page. 
• Cope, E.D. 1878. Descriptions of Extinct Batrachia and Reptilia from the Permian Formation of Texas. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 17(101): 505–530. BHL Reference page. 
• Cope, E.D. 1878. Synopsis of the Fishes of the Peruvian Amazon, obtained by Prof. Orton. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 17(101): 673–701. Reference page. 

1879

• Cope, E.D. 1879. Observations on the Faunae of the Miocene Tertiaries of Oregon. Bulletin of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories 5(1): 55–69. BHL Reference page. 
• Cope, E.D. 1879. On the Extinct Species of Rhinoceridae of North America and their Allies. Bulletin of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories 5(2): 227–237. BHL Reference page. 

1880

• Cope, E.D. 1880 [1879]. On the genera of Felidæ and Canidæ. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 31: 168–194. BHL Reference page. 

1881

• Cope, E.D. 1881. Catalogue of Vertebrata of the Permian Formation of the United States. American Naturalist 15: 162–164. BHL Reference page. 
• Cope, E.D. 1881. On some Mammalia of the lowest Eocene beds of New Mexico. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society.
• Cope, E.D. 1881. A new type of Perissodactyla. American Naturalist.
• Cope, E.D. Packard Jr A.S., 1881. The fauna of the Nickajack Cave. The American Naturalist.
• Cope E. D., 1881. Mammalia of the lower Eocene beds. American Naturalist 15:337-338 BHL  
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• Cope, E.D. 1881. Belodon in New Mexico. American Naturalist.
• Cope, E.D. 1881. Review of the Rodentia of the Miocene Period of North America.
• Cope, E.D. 1881. Eocene Plagiaulacidae. American Naturalist.
• Cope, E.D. 1881. The systematic arrangement of the order Perissodactyla. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society.

1882

• Cope, E.D. 1882. New marsupials from the Puerco Eocene. American Naturalist 16: 684–686. BHL Reference page. 
• Cope, E.D. 1882. Third contribution to the history of the Vertebrata of the Permian formation of Texas. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 20: 447–461.
• Cope, E.D. 1882. Contributions to the history of the Vertebrata of the Lower Eocene of Wyoming and New Mexico, made during 1881. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society
• Cope, E.D. 1882. The Rhachitomous Stegocephali. The American Naturalist 16(4): 334–335. BHL Reference page. 
• Cope, E.D 1882. Two new genera of the Puerco Eocene. The American Naturalist 16(5): 417–418. BHL Reference page. 
• Cope, E.D. 1882. Return the hoofed mammals of Palaeocene. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 18(134): 2–32. Reference page. 

1883

• Cope, E.D. 1883. The Vertebrata of the Tertiary Formations of the West. Report of the United States Geological Survey of the Territories, Vol. III. Government Printing Office, Washington; 1009 pp. BHL Reference page. 
• Cope, E.D. 1883. First Addition to the Fauna of the Puerco Eocene Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, 20 (113): 545–563.

1884

• Cope, E.D. 1884. On the structure of the skull in the elasmobranch genus Didymodus. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, 21: 572–590. Reference page. 
• Cope, E.D. 1884. The Tertiary Marsupialia. The American Naturalist 18(7): 686–697. DOI: 10.1086/273711 ; BHL Reference page. 
• Cope, E.D. 1884. The Extinct Mammalia of the Valley of Mexico. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 22(117): 1–21. Reference page. 
• Cope, E.D. 1884. Fifth Contribution to the Knowledge of the Fauna of the Permian Formation of Texas and the Indian Territory. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 22(117): 28–46. Reference page. 
• Cope, E.D. (1884). Hayden, F.V. (ed.). The vertebrata of the Tertiary formations of the West (PDF). Bulletin of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories. Vol. III. pp. 1–1009. doi:10.3133/70038954. Reference page. 

1885

• Cope, E.D. 1885. Twelfth Contribution to the Herpetology of Tropical America. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 22(118): 167–194. Reference page. 
• Cope, E.D. 1885. A Contribution to the Herpetology of Mexico. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 22(120): 379–404. BHL Reference page. 
• Cope, E.D. 1885. Second Contribution of Researches among the Batrachia of the Coal Measures of Ohio. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 22(120): 405–408. Reference page. 
• Cope, E.D., 1885. The Mammalian Genus Hemiganus. American Naturalist 19: 492-493 BHL Reference page. 

1886

• Cope, E.D. 1886. An interesting connecting genus of Chordata. The American Naturalist 20: 1027–1031. DOI: 10.1086/274385 Reference page. 
• Cope, E.D. 1886. A Contribution to the Vertebrate Paleontology of Brazil. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 23(121): 1–21. BHL Reference page. 
• Cope, E.D. 1886. Synonymic List of the North American Species of Bufo and Rana, with Descriptions of Some New Species of Batrachia, from Specimens in the National Museum. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 23(124): 514–526. BHL. Reference page. 

1887

• Cope, E.D. 1887. Geology and palaeontology. The American Naturalist 21: 1104–1019. Reference page. 
• Cope, E.D. 1887. Synopsis of the Batrachia and Reptilia obtained by H. H. Smith in the Province of Mato Grosso, Brazil. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 24: 44–60. Reference page. 
• Cope, E.D. 1887. A Saber-tooth Tiger from the Loup Fork Beds. The American Naturalist 21(11): 1019–1020. BHL Reference page. 

1888

• Cope, E.D. 1888. Synopsis of the Vertebrate Fauna of the Puerco Series. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, New Series 16(2): 298–361. BHL Reference page. 

1889

• Cope, E.D. 1889. Synopsis of the Families of Vertebrata. The American Naturalist 23(274): 849–877. DOI: 10.1086/275018 BHL Reference page. 
• Cope, E.D. 1889. On a new genus of Triassic Dinosauria. The American Naturalist 23: 626.
• Cope, E.D. 1889. The Edentata of North America. The American Naturalist 23(272): p. 657. BHL Reference page. 

1892

• Cope, E.D. 1892. A contribution to the vertebrate paleontology of Texas. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 30(137): 123–131. JSTOR Reference page. 
• Cope, E.D. 1892. On degenerate types of scapular and pelvic arches in the lacertilia. Journal of Morphology 7(1): 223–242. Reference page. 
• Cope, E.D. 1892. On Tiaporus, a new Genus of Teiidae. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 30(137): 132–134. Reference page. 
• Cope, E.D. 1892. On Some New and Little Known Paleozoic Vertebrates. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 30(138): 221–229. BHL Reference page. 
• Cope, E.D. 1892. On the Phylogeny of the Vertebrata. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 30(139): 278–281. BHL Reference page. 
• Cope, E.D. 1892. Fourth Note on the Dinosauria of the Laramie. The American Naturalist 26(309): 756–758. Reference page. 

1893

• Cope, E.D. 1893. Fossil fishes from British Columbia. Proceedings, Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 45: 401-402.  BHL Reference page. 

1894

• Cope, E.D. 1894. New and little known Paleozoic and Mesozoic fishes. Journal of the Academy of Science, Philadelphia 9(2): 427–448. Reference page. 
• Cope, E.D. 1894. Dean on Coprolites. Amer. Nat. Vol. XXIX, 1895, p. 159. [Discussion of Dean's paper in Trans. N. Y. Acad. Sci., 1894, 14 vol. xiii.]
• Cope, E.D. 1894. [The Endowment of Original Research.] Amer. Nat. Vol. XXIX, 1895, pp. 345, 346. [Unsigned editorial. Cited hy Frazer.]
• Cope, E.D. 1894. The Classification of the Ophidia. Trans. Amer. Pliilos. Soc. n. s. Vol. XVIII, 1894, pp. 186–219, Pis. XIV–XXXIII.

1895

• Cope, E.D. 1895. The Batrachia and Reptilia of the University of Pennsylvania West Indian expedition of 1890 and 1891. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 46 [1894]: 429–442.
• Cope, E.D. 1895. On a Collection of Batrachia and Reptilia from the Island of Hainan. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. Vol. XLVI, 1894, PP. 423–428.
• Cope, E.D. 1895. The Neanderthal Man in Java. Amcr. Nat. Vol. XXIX, 1895, pp. 192, 193.
• Cope, E.D. 1895. Modern Systematic Writers. Amer. Nat. Vol. XXIX, 1895, p. 345.
• Cope, E.D. 1895. Fourth Contribution to the Marine Fauna of the Miocene Period of the United States. Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc. Vol. 9 XXXIV, 1895, pp. 135–154, PI. VI. [Abstract, Phylogeny of the Whalebone Whales, Amcr. Nat. Vol. XXIX, 1895, pp. 572–573].

1900

• Cope, E.D. 1900. The crocodilians, lizards, and snakes of North America. Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Report of the U. S. National Museum, Year ending June 30, 1898. Part II: 153–1270. BHL Reference page.