REPORT OF THE STATE PALEONTOLOGIST 1902 931 



Monroe county 

 1817 Rochester 



Some remains were found in Rochester, in a hollow or 

 watercourse. De Kay. Nat. Hist. N. Y.; Zool. 1842. 

 pt 1, p. 103 

 1830 Pittsford 



Tusk and one cervical vertebra. Bank, of Irondequoit 

 creek, 2% miles from Pittsford. J. A. Guernsey. Am. 

 Jour. Set. 1831. 19:358 

 1838 Rochester 



Along Genesee valley canal on Sophia street. Tusk, 

 bones of head, several ribs, vertebrae, tibia and part of 

 pelvis. These were found in gravel covered by clay and 

 loam, and above them a deposit of shell marl. They 

 were placed in the State Museum. Hall. Oeol. Fourth 

 Dist. 1843. p. 364 

 1866? Rochester 



A few remains at Mount Hope cemetery. H. L. Ward 



Ontario county 

 1885 Seneca 



Excavated by Henry J. Peck on farm of Charles Greg- 

 ory, where the bones had been discovered about 1882. 

 Found beneath marl and diatom earth, about 3 feet from 

 ■ the surface. Sixty-five bones were obtained, mostly ribs 

 and vertebrae with one tusk, 9 feet on outer curve, and 

 styloid 1 inch longer than in the Warren mastodon. The 

 antler of an elk was also found [see pi. 2]. The bones 

 are now in the collection of Amherst College. H. J. Peck 



Livingston county 

 1826 Geneseo 



One half mile east of Geneseo. Tusks, head and lower 

 jaw with eight teeth, pelvis and many other bones. 

 Jer. Van Rensselaer. Am. Jour. Sci. 1827. p. 381 



Subsequent excavations were made by James Hall and 

 Sir Charles Lyell, and fragments of bones were found 

 mixed with marl and fresh-water shells. 



