ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS 161 



ELECTION OF OFFICERS 



The following officers were elected for the ensuing year : 



President, Bruce L. Clark^ University of California. 



y ice-President, Chester Stock, University of California. 



Secretary-Treasurer, Chester Stock, University of California. 



PRESENTATION OF PAPERS 



The following papers were then read : 



SYm'EMATIC POSITION OF THE DIRE WOLVES OF THE AMERICAN 



PLEISTOCENE 



BY J. C. MERRIAM 



NOTE ON THE OCCURRENCE OF A MAMMALIAN JAW, PRESUMABLY FROM 

 THE TRUCKEE BEDS OF WESTERN NEVADA 



BY J. C. JONES 



(Al)stract) 



During the siimiiier of 1916 a small luamniallaii jaw came into the possession 

 of the University of Nevada that had heen found in digging a shallow well 

 near Washoe City, Nevada. While the jaw was found in the recent alluvium 

 at present covering the greater iiart of the floor of Washoe Valley, yet the 

 only sedimentary beds from which it could have been eroded are similar in 

 composition to the Truckee beds and believed to be of the same age. 



Eead hy title. 



PINNIPEDS FROM MIOCENE AND PLEISTOCENE DEPOSITS OF CALIFORNIA 

 BY REMINGTON KELLOGG 



{Abstract) 



A new genus and species of sea-lion from the Temblor, together with seal 

 remains from the Santa Margarita and San Pedro, are described. The dis- 

 cussion includes a resume of current theories regarding origin of the Pinni- 

 pedia. 



PUMA-LIKE CATS OF RAN C HO LA BREA 

 BY J. C. MERRIAM 



ORAVIQRADE EDENTATES IN LATER TERTIARY DEPOSITS OF NORTH 



A ME RICA 



BY CHESTER STOCK 



i Abstract) 



A review of occurrence of gravigrade edentates in Miocene and Pliocene de- 

 posits of North America. Parti<'ular attention is directed to recent discoveries 



