204 PROCEEDINGS OF THE PALEONTOLOGICAL SOCIETY 



PRESENTATION OF PAPERS ON PALEONTOLOGY 



At 11 a. m., with the conclusion of the business meeting, the reading 

 of papers was commenced by the presentation of a short discussion b)^ 

 each of the authors of an interesting occurrence of a fossil horse in New 

 York State. The specimens on which this discovery was based were 

 exhibited and the subject was discussed by F. B. Loomis and the authors. 



SUPPOSED FOSSIL HORSE FROM THE LATE PLEISTOCENE FOUND AT MONROE, 

 ORANGE COUNTY, NEW YORK 



BY JOHN M. CLARKE AND W. D. MATTHEW 



(Ahstract) 



In tbe State Museum at Albany is part of the skeleton of the mastodon from 

 a postglacial peat-bog in Monroe County, New York. Thiai find was investi- 

 gated by Dr. Clarke, and with the mastodon bones were found a lower jaw, 

 femur, etcetera, of a horse and part of the femur of a bear. The horse 

 shows no characters to distinguish it from the domestic species, but the state 

 of preservation of the bones indicates, although not positively, that it is not 

 of- recent introduction and is coeval with the mastodon. The bear femur 

 appears to be too large for the black bear, Ursus americaniis, and accords in 

 size with the grizzly, U. horriMlis, but it is not further determinable. 



If these fossils are of the same age as the mastodon, they indicate (1) that 

 native species of Equus survived the Wisconsin glaciation in eastern North 

 America; (2) that a larger species of bear, perhaps the grizzly, existed at the 

 same time and place. 



Several very interesting restorations of Devonian marine life now on 

 exhibition at the New York State Museum were then described by Dr. 

 Clarke and illustrated with colored lantern slides. 



RECENT RESTORATIONS OF FOSSIL INVERTEBRATES 

 BY JOHN M. CLARKE 



Our use of the term^^ssils" was discussed in the next paper and sug- 

 gestions for its proper usage were offered. The paper was discussed by 

 President Jackson and Dr. John M. Clarke. 



THE ''GOOD USE" OF THE TERM ''FOSSIL" 

 BY RICHARD M. FIELD 



For the benefit of the visiting paleontologists, Dr. Eaymond described 

 the local collections of fossils and announced arrangements for personally 

 conducted tours through the various museums of Boston and vicinity. 



