The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-07-28
RncnNr Disco,nntns IN NrnnAsxA
Remains that 1o Fnr Toward Establishing
the Evolutionary hypothesis.


The fossil discoveries in the Rocky noun
tains. near Como station on the Union Pacific
Railroad. have proved 10 be- ot great import
nnce to tho scientilcworld. Until very recently
geological surveyors IA the West. among them
Hayden and King announced that certain los-
silh ot tho reptile character found in the iOrmu-
tons belonging t. what geologists term the
epoch ut the trihsst. or uOlitic period in di 'r-
rht parts 81 Europe. uld not exist in similar
formations in America.
This wtl- n clear contradiction Of tho claims OF
eVviuuouists who. Ike Darwin. believe that tho
approx imation 70 tho age OF man was the result
oil gradntiuns. nirl hence where remains Ol an
nials exist tina, diner worry radically In their
STRUCTURE from ANY others there must OF ueces-
s,ty Ice Il connecting link somewhere; in other
words. various specimens Ol animals must have
existed which have succeeded those who had u
rcsemblanc. TO the first, which wore gradually
lost To siKht IN Tie changed conditions Uihatuic
Mr.. T. ". wlls,on. the assistant q Prof.
Marsh, of Yale College, WHO has been digging
~ fossils for several ycnrs ~ tine mountains.
was in Omaha on SUNNY. IL said: have
hcen with Prof Marsh now for nearly four
years. devoting the summer time 10 the Held
and tie winter 10 cassiilcaiions A. oar labors
cover very extended area, and though extend.
ed over u period 1T nearly four y-ars. the most
inpo rtaut discoveries have been made within
Reporter Your greatest discovery WINS that at
Como station. ON the Union Pacific Railroad.
presume.
Mr. wills,on-No. the greatest was probably
in Colorado; but that 20 Como WAS Of consid.
cradle Importance. The remarkable feature OF
our discovery Is that the fossils that were re-
ported rs not existing in America had hardly
been brought To- Hight I'm one locality before
thousands Of tons OF remnns were simuita-
ncOusly dis covered In different places Among
the leading points nrn Como WYOMING Colo
radO springs. Canyon City, and Morrison.
Of these remainsY
the bones found exhibit animals ~ the reptile
species OF nearly all s1's from that OF = eat up
to one sixty feet in height. The name OF mo
animal found at Como IS what is termed the
DinO~aur-it belongs 10 the reptile species u
the crocodile order. The remains give evidence
that mo ulual stood up ON It's hini legs. some.
what Ike d kangaroo, and Of course IT. bend
must have been about as high a. the Grand
Central Hotel ~ your civ whom he stood w.
We found oue in Colorado that Prot. Marsh es-
Inmates must have been about lOufeo IN length.
We found and collected a srnat many different
belonging to different Species. We must
have shipped iiom Colorado, Wyoming.
OF tho dinosnur and about 1 900 of What are
known by the nam" ~ ptrrodActyl. The latter
are "A species oi dying reptile. or drng IN. tina,
We found q specimen ~ one whose wings were
from thirty 10 forty iert from up - Up. We
found seventeen dihcrcri Species % this Kind
IN The creiacoous or ch"!o lurmnt ons II west
'rn hanahs. We also aud remains OF sN
spocics ~ toothcd binds. Most Of those sumo
character OF fossil are found 10 q lessor extent
also in Grrmamy. Tae 'ims when n 80 amt
dreds ~ thousands OF yrats before the age u
man. II WAS ana axe when the earth must have
trees and vegetation OF which We iiud pctrifac-
toAs IN rock pf tAo same formation possessed
thr same ptulogtiouate giant growth rs these
az mas do - th' present cNieilnL species.
Erlortcr-l il must cost "a vlstamouut Of money
Il, fisgeR npG rorty maklns The c9lleeiions al,
lu" have e.. a about t23lNto.
E'unr''r " i"; Importance ~ You attach 10
your l.- oNerlesf
Mr. " lllsion-Thore 4, rrnat deal. In tho
first place. fuerc we're no such deposits found .u
America uniil iti" over year ata. an when