New-York tribune., 1873-06-14

nearly mile In some instances, animals doubtless sank
down the mre unable , 70 eIscSe M IN or on the
shores OF such lagoon as has been described Ihs 5u
sequent process OF de1uaatlon after n clprvinG t
down the Colorado River, and leaving IN Du,tes Blu STU
Bad Lands the runs where the paIsontologst n' q"
tOmbed these wonderful temaihS'
MoCENE AND PLIoCBNB FOSSILS.
East Of the mountains in Nebraska and Dakota 10
another BASIN belonging 10 the miocone period Hore
Prof Marsh, 10 1870 discovered many new species
among which were gigantic pachyderm' nearly rs
largo as an elephant which he has described as Brono
heiun ggas-the largest animal YET dlSc9yeIg1 IN ,'
basin In this mocene basin the genus Aneh.ase,tm,
OF the ancestors OF the horse y fOunu ~ hao 'nl0o
toes, all Of which touch the ground , am ,toooro
Above these beds and In the same region arc POCono
beds OF more recent age and here the morse fanny
reached its greatest development These were le ge %
IN which the famous Antelope station wei WdS uus'
The Yale party during explorations on the LOup fOrK
In Nebraska, In 1870 discovered no less than SIX ueIeme
kinds Of fossil horses, most Of them OF tno HpPHD'
type which had two small posterior in addition to
the usual one In the recent horse pOcene Daslh WS
explored In Idaho during the third expedition IN lol.
In this basin fishes were specially abundant ana must
have swarmed In the waters OF the ancient lake low
mammals principally OF the elephant and horse Klnus'
and few birds related 10 the cOrmOrants, were dscOy
cred In the miocene basin OF Eastern Oregon, when
Prof Marsh explored In 1871 many OF the animals "oro
Of similar U those in the Bad Lands OF Dakota east
OF tho mountains Two large species Of Rhinoeeros sew
era gigantic animals related 10 the swine family ana
two small quadrupeds allied TO the horse were most
abundant Besides these, two species OF Oreodon,
rumnang hog several carnvores allied to the panther
and other smaller mammals we're obtained.
In the piocene beds which Overle the above strata in
the same region fossil horses especially abundant
and no less than six species found. one gigantic
rhnOcerOs, two extinct camels. and many carOyorOu5
animals left their remains in the same beds and were
dsnteTred bY the Yale party None OF the many FOSSIL
rhnocerOses yet found In the West had horns.
Tho Antelope Station the Pacific Railroad, In s0uin-
western Nebraska furnished immense supply OF val
liable fossils. While engaged in sinking well at that
place in June 1s68 layer OF bones was found by the
wOrkmen at depth OF 68 feet below the surface, Whch
were at first pronounced 10 be human but during TIP
to the Rocky Mountains Prof. Marsh examined the
locality and bones and found that the latter were re-
mains tertiary animals some OF winch we're OF great
interest The well subsequently, sunk about ~ IeeS
deeper and the bones obtained were secured Dy Ine
Professor. An examination proved that there were
four kinds of fossil horses, one OF which ne descrDod
as Eguus parUutts Although 1T was fullgf9%h
animal IL was not than two and One-hat rect mgh
10 was then by far the smallest horse ever discovered
OF the other kinds of fossil horses one was tnreetoed
horse OF the HppariOH type Including the above lhe
number OF species OF fossil horses discOFeIeu
in this country was II. or the 0ther re-
mains there were two carDiyOrOus animals, one ABOUT
the of lynx, and the other considerably larger
than n liOn-the last twice large as any eNtlncJ
discovered this country Several rutnl-
nants represented There were also the remains
OF an animal Ike the hog, large rhnOcerOS ana Two
kinds OF turtles These together forming 10 species
OF animals and representing IL genera, were an tOund
In a space feet IN diameter and six or eight ieet IN
depth 10 Is supposed that the locality was once the
margin OF great lake. and that the animals sank IN the
Inire when they went down to the water 20 drink