New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-20

and his party. and when these bones have been
assembled they will form the first associated
skeleton OF this animal ever exhibited. Grear
interest is taken in this specimen as II will
enable the scientific world to get it's first really
accurate idea OF how this animal looked Up
to the present time there has been a rather
vague idea Of the appearance OF the titanothe-
rum. The animal large American
niocene mammal, closely allied to the bron-
totheriuu. another extinct beast
The titanotherium is supposed to have lived
about two million years ago. One of the most
striking bones Of the skeleton is that OF the
lower jaw. which measures "A inches in length.
One Of the bones Of the left hind leg measures
81 inches and the other IS inches in length
The skull Of antediluvian rhinoceros. said
to be the largest OF its kind yet found was dug
up on Kane Greek.
Another interesting skull found was that OF
an elotherium. This animal was the ancestor
Of the common everyday hog of the present.
Whatever advantages the hog of to-day pos
sesses over his ancestor of million years ago,
he must take back seat when it comes to
noses, for his ancestor has him beaten several
inches, The skull shows the snout of the ami
mai to have been even longer than that of the
wild hog Of the present time
After a trip into the Black Hills in search Of
dinosaurs which was rewarded by few bones OF
value, Professor LOomis and his assistants re-
turned to the head Of Mule Creek, where a
quantity Of fish skeletons were found. Among
these were four good specimens Of the mosa-
saur, fish lizard about twenty feet long.
Skeletons Of fishes ancestrauy related to the
salmon and pickerel were found, and a speci-
men of the ichthyodctes a deep sea fish like
huge carp. was also secured.
The marine deposit specimens secured by the
Amherst party date back seven or eight million
years. Mule Creek, where most of them were
found, is a part OF the Bad Lands that had
never been searched before The fact that the
bones of the great fish lizards were found With
those of the titAuotherium is regarded as inns
portant, and it is expected to throw more light
upon the nature OF these deposits in the Bad
Lands than has ever been shed before The
bachuICes found by the party are Of q great
deal later period than any found before. over
three thousand bones were included in the COL
lection, representing about five hundred ami
mails.
The work Of assembling the skeletons is ad-
vancing well, but it viii be some time before
they all together. About two-thirds of the
collection will be ready TO exhibit by Christmas
The first shipment of bones was made on Au-
gust l. and there was another smaller shipment
q month later
Altogether Professor LOOMS and his assistants
travelled between eight and nine hundred
miles in the Bad Lands in their search for these
bones. They had cook and a wagon with them.
and managed to get some little sport out OF the
trip. 1t proved no easy task however, to pre-
pare the bones for shipment They were found.
for the most part, in very porous light coI1red
clay. somewhat like chalk This was SO securely
fastened to them that no attempt was made to
remove it n the field When bones were ex-
posed the exposed portions were treated with
q solution Of gum arabic, Tissue paper was
then pasted over them, after which g jacket OF
plaster Of paris was put about them. and they
wrapped in burlaps, to insure their safe
transportation Usually the bones Of one ami
NAL were found scattered over a considerable
area and little attempt made to associate