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stratum No. 1, as well as the land and fresh-water molluscan fauna 

 of stratum No. 2, is essentially identical with the modern molluscan 

 fauna. In this respect the invertebrates are in very decided con- 

 trast to the vertebrates among which are many extinct species. 



FOSSILS FROM STRATUM NO. 2 



To the mammals previously listed from stratum No. 2 1 may 

 now be added the genus Mylodon, evidence of the presence of which 

 in stratum No. 2 was obtained in connection with the conference 

 of geologists and anthropologists held at Vero in October. Among 

 other important fossils added in November were about thirty 

 bones from the skeleton of the large extinct wolf, Canis ayersi. 

 These bones were found in the canal bank, from 7 to 10 feet west 

 of the place from which the skull and femur which served as the 

 type specimen of the species were found, and probably belong to 

 the same individual. From the north bank of the canal, 460 feet 

 west of the bridge, was obtained a practically complete skull of 

 the tapir, lacking only the lower jaw. From the south bank of 

 the canal at the railroad bridge was obtained about 4^ feet of the 

 tusk of a proboscidian. This tusk was found at the same place 

 and probably pertains to the mastodon, a part of the skull of which 

 had previously been secured. The recovery of these fossils was 

 due chiefly to high water in the canal, following heavy rains at 

 the close of October. The water cleaned the banks of the canal, 

 thus facilitating both the examination of the section and the col- 

 lecting of fossils. To the birds, of which two species were pre- 

 viously known, a third species, represented by a humerus, may now 

 be added. To the other fossils of this stratum — the plants, inver- 

 tebrates, fishes, batrachians, and reptiles — no species so far as 

 known are added in the new collections. The land and fresh- 

 water invertebrates, which include about twenty-eight identi- 

 fiable species, have been determined as previously reported by 

 Dr. Paul Bartsch and are found to be identical with the modern 

 species. The turtles have been identified by Dr. O. P. Hay and 

 have been found to include chiefly extinct species. 



1 Fla. Geol. Surv., Eighth Ann. Re.pt., p. 158. 



