Frederic Augustus Lucas, Sc.D. (1852- ) was an America museum director, born at Plymouth, Mass. He was an assistant in Ward's Natural Science Establishment from 1871-82, and was employed at the United States National Museum afterwards, being curator there from 1893 to 1904. From 1904 to 1911, he was curator in chief of the museum of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences, afterward he served as director of the American Museum of Natural History, New York City. He wrote many papers on the anatomy of birds; on fossil vertebrates; and on museum methods; and published treatises on Animals of the Past (1901) and Animals before Man in North America (1902). ... Plymouth is a town located in Plymouth County, Massachusetts. ... 1871 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1882 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... The Smithsonian Institution Building or Castle on the National Mall serves as the Institutions headquarters. ... 1893 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1904 (MCMIV) is a leap year starting on a Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1904 (MCMIV) is a leap year starting on a Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1911 (MCMXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar). ... The American Museum of Natural History is a landmark of Manhattans Upper West Side in New York, USA, at 79th Street and Central Park West. ... The construction of the Empire State Building, 1930. ... A fossil Ammonite Fossils (from Latin fossus, literally having been dug up) are the mineralized or otherwise preserved remains or traces (such as footprints) of animals, plants, and other organisms. ... Groups Conodonta Hyperoartia Petromyzontidae (lampreys) Pteraspidomorphi (early jawless fish) Thelodonti Anaspida Cephalaspidomorphi (early jawless fish) Galeaspida Pituriaspida Osteostraci Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates) Placodermi Chondrichthyes (cartilaginous fish) Acanthodii Osteichthyes (bony fish) Actinopterygii (ray-finned fish) Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned fish) Actinistia (coelacanths) Dipnoi (lungfish) Tetrapoda Amphibia Amniota Sauropsida/(Reptiles) Aves (Birds) Synapsida Mammalia...