The Pleistocene of North America: and its vertebrated animals from the states east of the Mississippi River and from the Canadian provinces east of longitude 95°Hay, Oliver Perry
Science
The Pleistocene of North America: and its vertebrated animals from the states east of the Mississippi River and from the Canadian provinces east of longitude 95°
Hay, Oliver Perry
Paleontology -- North America; Paleontology -- Pleistocene; Vertebrates, Fossil
1. _Kingsport, Sullivan County._—The writer was informed by Mr. George
P. Torbett, a newspaper man, that D. M. Lafitte, of Bristol, Tennessee,
had a tooth of a mastodon, found near Kingsport. Mr. Torbett had seen
the tooth and recognized its similarity to a mastodon tooth shown him.
2. _St. Clair, Hawkins County._—Dr. S. W. McCallie, State Geologist of
Georgia, waiting in 1892 (Science, vol. XX, p. 333), reported that a
mastodon tooth had been found somewhere in that county. On making
inquiry of Dr. McCallie the writer received the information that the
tooth was found about 3.5 miles nearly due east from St. Clair and about
7 or 8 miles south of Rogersville. The tooth was presented to the
University of Tennessee.
3. _Mossy Creek, Jefferson County._—The writer has received from Mr. W.
C. Bayless the information that a mastodon tooth had been found 3 miles
south of the place named. The more exact locality is given as the farm
of John Silver, 0.75 mile north of Bays Mountain. The tooth was
discovered under a white oak stump, at a depth of 6 feet. It was 7.5
inches long and had 5 cross-crests.
4. _Dandridge, Jefferson County._—The geologist G. Troost, writing in
1835 (Trans. Geol. Soc. Pa., vol. I, p. 142), stated that he had in his
cabinet a tooth of a mastodon from the locality named.
5. _Neuberts Springs, 7 miles Southeast of Knoxville._—Doctor McCallie,
as cited above, reported the discovery of four molars of a mastodon in a
fair state of preservation at a point 7 miles southeast of Knoxville.
They were found beneath 30 inches of a yellow tenacious clay, in which
occurred water-worn stones. In a communication to the writer, Dr.
McCallie indicates that the remains had been buried at a time when
Tennessee River flowed at a higher level than at present.
6. _Eleven miles West of Nashville, Davidson County._—From Mr. William
A. Nelson, a member of the Tennessee Geological Survey, the information
has been received that some mastodon remains, including teeth, had been
found 11 miles west of Nashville, just west of Mill Creek and about 200
yards from Cumberland River. The remains occurred in a very tough
yellowish clay which occupied a solution channel in the Carter Creek
limestone. This was at a depth of about 15 feet from the surface.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
Reviews
Reviews
No reviews yet
Be the first to share your thoughts on this work.
Elsewhere in the archive
Join the Discussion
Join the discussion
Sign in to leave a comment or review.
Sign InorCreate an account