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
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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
5. _Brookville, Franklin County._—Dr. R. Haymond (Amer. Jour. Sci., ser.
1, vol. XLVI, p. 294), under the name _Megatherium_, described a tooth,
evidently of an elephant. In 1869 (1st Ann. Rep. Indiana Geol. Surv., p.
200) Haymond stated that he had the tooth in his possession; but the
family does not now (1910) know what became of it. It measured 13 inches
in length, 6 inches in height, and 4 inches in thickness. It probably
belonged to _E. columbi_. No statement was made as to the exact place of
discovery.
John T. Plummer, in 1843 (Amer. Jour. Sci., ser. 1, vol. XIV, p. 302),
described a tusk found in digging a ditch near Brookville, 15 feet from
the surface. It was nearly 6 feet long, had a diameter of 4 inches, and
was strongly curved. This might have belonged to a mastodon.
ON AREA BETWEEN THE SHELBYVILLE AND THE BLOOMINGTON MORAINES.
6. _Parke, Vermillion, and Putnam Counties._—John Collett, State
geologist in 1881 (2d Ann. Rep. Bur. Statist. and Geol., p. 385) made
the bare statement that mammoth remains had been found in these
counties. The southern portions of Parke and Putnam Counties are
occupied by Illinoian drift; the northern portion of each by Wisconsin.
Collett’s statement is not of great value for us. Some remains might
have been buried on the area covered by the Illinoian drift.
IN AREA NORTH OF THE BLOOMINGTON MORAINE AND SOUTH OF THE WABASH RIVER
AND THE MISSISSINAWA MORAINE.
7. _Montgomery County._—W. H. Thompson, in 1886 (15th Ann. Rep. Indiana
Geol. Surv., p. 159), reported the lower jaw of a mammoth found in the
bed of Black Creek, on the land of Milton N. Waugh, who was not willing
to part with it. Thompson thought that a lake had formerly occupied
parts of Sugar Creek and Madison Townships. The jaw contained two teeth;
besides this jaw, there were two tusks nearly 11 feet long.
The writer was informed by the late Professor Donaldson Bodine that the
locality was on section 12, township 20 north, range 3 west. The teeth
and bones were unearthed by a Mr. Parish and afterwards sold by him; but
it has been found impossible to trace their history. The locality is on
or very near a portion of the Bloomington morainic system, so that it is
evident that the animal lived during the latter portion of the Wisconsin
stage.
16. _Connersville, Fayette County._—M. G. Mock has shown the writer a
sketch of an elephant tooth found some years ago 3 miles southwest of
Connersville. The tooth was 9 inches long, 7 inches high, and weighed 8
pounds. Whether it belonged to _E. primigenius_ or to _E. columbi_ is
not known.
8. _Wayne County._—John Collett, as mentioned under No. 6, stated that
mammoth remains had been found in this county, but he did not enter into
details.
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