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water. There can be little doubt that most of the animals lived near 

 the places where they were buried. They are such forms as would 

 be found in a well-wooded region. In the channel beds, composed of 



EOBASILEUS ZONE 



Eobasileus 

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Eobasileus corniUus 



Dolichorhinus hijogn*tmis 



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Metarhinus earlei 



(Type skull) 

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Manteoceras 



Mesatirhlnus 



Notfiarctus 



HyrevchAjtis 



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Fig 60. — Section (not in scale series) of Lower and Upper Washakie of central Wyoming, 

 showing distribution of the principal types of mammals. Prepared by Granger, 1907. 



coarse materials, there is proof of streams with rapid currents traversing 

 the basin, bordered by swamps in which were formed beds of lignite, or 

 by freshwater bays in which the Unionidae, or freshwater mussels, accu- 

 mulated. While the coarse deposits indicate streams, finer deposits indi- 



