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Semaine 
MEMOIRS 
OF THE 
CARNEGIE MUSEUM. 
VOL. IV. INOS: 
DESCRIPTION OF NEW CARNIVORES FROM THE MIOCENE OF 
WESTERN NEBRASKA. 
By O. A. Prrerson. 
While prospecting in the layer of fossil bones, which is exposed around “ Car- 
negie Hill” and “University Hill” in the Miocene formation on the upper 
Niobrara River in Sioux County, Nebraska, with a view to opening additional quar- 
ries,’ the writer, assisted by Messrs. T. F. Olcott and A. A. Dodd, was extremely 
fortunate in finding in what is now called Quarry No. 3 (see Fig. 1, 3) various 
Fic. 1. Agate Spring Fossil Quarries. 1-2, quarries Nos. 1 and 2, on Carnegie Hill; 3, quarry No. 3; AM, 
American Museum quarry on Carnegie Hill; NU, Nebraska State University quarry on University Hill; A, quarry A. 
(From a photograph by the author. ) 
remains of carnivora, among which is a nearly complete skeleton of a canid. The 
material having been entirely freed from the matrix and prepared for mounting by 
the skillful work of Mr. 8. Agostini, the writer was entrusted by Director W. J. 
Holland with the task of describing and illustrating the new material. 
1 No quarries except quarry A had at that time (1904) been opened in these hills. 
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