Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology 19 



Fossil Mammals of Berrien County 

 The records of fossil mammals from Berrien County here 

 published have been collected by George R. Fox, who has also 

 kindly loaned from the collections under his care several speci- 

 mens for identification. Dr. E. C. Case assisted with the identi- 

 fication of the mammoth teeth. 



Mammut americanum. Mastodon, (i) About 1897 the teeth 

 of a mastodon were dug up by a dredge within the village limits 

 of Eau Claire. Their disposition is unknown. 



(2) At Snow, in section 36, Lake Township, a tooth was found. 

 This came into the possession of Frank Striker of Buchanan. 



(3) A portion of a tusk and part of a skull were found on the 

 Beebe Farm near Baroda. These were sent to Washington, D.C. 



(4) In the excavation of a ditch through a small marsh lying 

 near Bakerstown in Section 3, of Bertrand Township, the dredge 

 uncovered in the distance of between two and three miles bones, 

 teeth, and other evidences of six mastodons. Of these remains 

 the most important was a nearly complete skull with teeth in 

 place and disintegrated parts of the tusks. The skull was secured 

 by Dr. E. H. Crane, who restored parts; the tusks he did not 

 attempt to restore. This skull is now on exhibition at the Ward 

 Museum, Rochester, New York. 



The skull lay about seven feet deep. It was under a bed of 

 matted oak brush on top of which lay a huge stone slab, estimated 

 to weigh two or three tons. Above was a layer of silt, then gravelly 

 clay; above were more silt beds, three in number. W. Hillis 

 Smith, who helped Dr. Crane secure the skull, furnished the above 

 information. 



(5) On the Avery marsh, two miles east of Three Oaks, a 

 badly decayed mastodon skull and several teeth were excavated 

 in 1884. Dr. Bonine, Sr., of Niles, assisted at the excavation. 

 The bones and teeth were in the muck about twenty inches below 

 the surface. Other teeth, making seven in all, were found near 



