The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-08-16
4zErGLODON .tT rHE FiIR.
stianta's Exposition to Have u 'i-''or vi
Tertiary Days.

workshops Of the department OF fossils
IN the national Museum bhtdiHs WIN
is being pushed I'm preparing LOT I'M 70
ton mammoth zeIsiodoh. WIZ ~
Gently came into the possession 81 tI.
museum. The work Is IN charge OF 49,. ~,
Lucas and Charles Schu 'hert VINO uv5
the fossil bones away from the iO'h ia
which they were embedded. - -.
on entering the shop one sees ioHb rows
OF what seem % De- rocks h. Ncnr7 hitn
and or inches .n diameter. lhese are
the veriehrae of the prehistoric zeus-
loion When the sun reporter entered
the room Ar. Lucas was mpdellhk
plaster cast Of the huge hean anu "a"
OF the beast. Plaster casts are ueihs
made OF all the bones. ana the icSivIa
ton when completed will. except for the
freshness of It's appearance De a p.l4 'e.
representation OF the amman NoH'9 ''
they were dug out or the ioch.
The zelg!odon was an amman i'S, ..,,,i
bling both the seal and the Wndi'' anu
his bones are found IN the lower pollpn
OF the tertiary strata Of tn soulitl"
United States The heads or lie ~
partment Of Fossils OF the DIlt'l '1"t.o
National Museum have long Dteh tN"lt
Of the existence of exposed FOSSIL nohta
in Miss ssippi and Alabama. fossil npilt7
have been found in the CUR npI"'l
giOu from Florida 10 Texas ~ one Ca
the American text books OF geology APP
peared the statement that the bones OF
the ZeuglOiOn were so numerous lh tn.
two States named that the farmers uuilt
fences out OF them or ustd thrH TT tl'
foundations Of houses and barns. llit'7
figation d'surOvcd this statement Cur
sorry examinations revealed the TACT tN1-
although quantities Of loose bones VIZ
thrown mp by the plough u was Il hll-
ncult thing 10 discover anything i-hg az
entire skeleton. II WAS decided To lp"n
into The matter thoroughly. ana "',pl
ingly Mr. Schuchert and Mt buihs went
down into Alabama and Misslss'pp.' n-
three skeletons watch were seLui ~
Mr. Schuchcri We're dug out OF me edttl
about twenty miles TO the southeast OF
the town of Enterprise MISS, p"l lI
the State Of Alabama. THIS Is ABOUT 10
miles from the Gulf OF Mexico. no fences
were discovered made or tne-e bones.
but evidences of zeuelolon remains WEI
seen iu a narrow east ana west
some cases the badly broken sknil anu
iaxbOnes We're found projecting from the
side of "a bin. and ribs ana otntf nont7
would Doc discovered near ny' nuf 10 ".s
very difficult 20 Dig these bones from
their places Although IN soft mari. me
rrog q was hare in the imm 'iifie Elo,i,'
IS q the skeleton. and the bones ln tne
majority OF instances were embedded 10
solid rock.
bones were dug mp ana shipped 20 W assn
| ington. I'm most eases IL was found iW-
possible 70 take ont The bones without
applying numerous bandases. lhc sira r.
or number of bones received ar the fnu-
scum were embedded in rocks weighing
from ID 90 40 pounds. " hon the Scirni =
81
ISIS kol ht,N ~ ~ Ar-.i' -, i -.
OF digging me bones our or .i' .ii
hrNs '"at neg. i.i ~ IL r.efH sr
much care on account OF lht ZIG
rminar formation oil lnf l.6'' 's.' '.i ,,,r.
very hIlt con. i,l.o", 49, A. Sin ~ a.,
10 cIuninig 1 ~ ,he -ornr,cr I'm
/ q F'tt ai4f"t "'" 20
cnlseL ,.,-..., r-r.,t,s,, orstorniet and
it cri' iit.A I-',e '.i'' .,i-',,i H..
| zooic sltt' '"ci nance e''a ,'. ~ H..
] Ieugioion 'rloil's on "..o-',. ..,,.ls.
yoke FORM OF the iaiss ,....,' ~. m
teeth. nen noun .', H.. .'..-,',, s,,i
/ De about hii4 rex i'it' t"t ,.A' '', ''., .
/ j. ABOUT I'VE zee. ioi7 1~ micro ar.
| rom we TO s'n l"..,.Dii rre,,v az which
io.ly ,e.tI ,ii - we Mo sksicfon has
'i' ru.+. cher. 4r. NOR.
tores f, BE- naljle Of the zeuglodon
~, +to urir.- whale n is r0eslhl,
,Ho, tho 1e,,rioion NAV have bah ruli.
,.,c,tar,. mind is,nhe or nallies. The long
ana no,-1rfii tau of tho animal gave ID
~r.a+ f,rilifv for swimming .l the uur
/ -,,. 80 COL which rroAahlv consisted
...i-lt,..1f,. ~ f.n TIN. large fr.l must