44 FLORIDA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY-EIGHTH ANNUAL REPORT. 
Measurements of teeth of Odocoileus osceola in millimeters. 
Upper Teeth. 
Lower Teeth. 
1439 
1379 
167764158292 
1443 
167764 
58292 
1446 
Pm 2 length- 
12-5 
12.5 
__ 
Pm 2 length- 
9-5 
7-5 
— 
width- 
10 
10 
— 
width- 
5-5 
4-5 
— 
Pm 3 length- 
10 
10 
__ 
Pm 3 length- 
12 
10.5 
-- 
width- 
11 
11 
_ 
width- 
6-5 
6.5 
— 
Pm 4 length- 
9-5 
9-5 
__ 
Pun length- 
12 
ii -5 
__ 
width- 
12 
12 
__ 
width- 
8-5 
8 
_ 
M 1 length- 
13-5 
13.5 
13 
Mi length- 
14 
13-5 
— 
width- 
13 
14 
14 
width- 
9 ’ 
9.2 
— 
M z length- 
H 
14-5 
14 
M 2 length- 
15 
15 
15 
width- 
15 
15-5 
14 
width- 
10 
10.5 
9-5 
1 M 3 length- 
13-5 
14-5 
-- 
M 3 length- 
20.5 
20.5 
20 
width- 
I 
15 
15-5 
“ 
width- 
10 
10 
10 
It will be observed that the two individuals of O. osceola agree 
closely in the measurements. The fossil teeth are not greatly dif¬ 
ferent. However, in the tooth No. 1443 (pi. 8, fig. 3) the width 
across the hinder lobe is 12 mm.; while in the doe exam¬ 
ined the width is 14 mm.; in the buck, 14 mm. In the molar No. 
1439 (pi- fig- 4) the hinder lobe is only 12 mm. wide. It is 
found too that the third lobe, or talon, of the hinder molar of the 
fossil teeth is 6 mm. wide; while in the existing deer in Florida it 
is only 5 mm. However, in the last lower molar, No. 1446, (pi. 
8, fig. 5) the talon is 5 mm. wide. In the fossil molar No. 
1379 the greatest width, 10 mm., is at the second lobe; while in 
the doe this width is found in the front lobe. The fossil upper mo¬ 
lars seem, therefore, to have a narrower hinder lobe; while the 
talon of the hinder lower molar is wider than in the existing deer. 
On the other hand, the lower last molar, No. 1424, is about 1 mm. 
narrower in all parts than the other two third molars. One would 
hardly be justified in proposing at present a new name for the 
Pleistocene remains of Odocoileus found in Florida, but the differ¬ 
ences need to be noted. 
The finding of the antlers of deer in the Pleistocene deposits 
in Florida and South Carolina is not at all uncommon. 
