Vol. i 



No. 10 



TORREYA 



October, 1901 



A FOSSIL NUT PINE FROM IDAHO* 



By F. H. Knowlton 



Some months ago I received from Mr. Waldemar Lindgren, 

 of the U. S. Geological Survey, a fossil pine cone that had been 

 obtained by one of his associates in the Snake River Valley, near 

 Bernard's Ferry, Idaho. Unfortunately it was not found in posi- 





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scales. 



I. Lateral view, showing the 



Fig. 2. Lateral view, showing scales 

 with seed-cavities at their bases. 



tion, having been picked up by a local ranch owner, but with 

 little doubt it is from the Pliocene lake beds that are so abun- 

 dantly exposed in that vicinity. It is silicified and in general so 

 closely resembles material from the lake beds as to make it rea- 

 sonably certain that it came from them. 



* Published by permission of the Director of the U. S. Geological Survey. 



[The exact date of publication of each issue of TORREYA is given in the succeed- 

 ing number. Vol. i, No. 9, comprising pages 101-112, was issued September 28, 

 1901.] 



