ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS 211 



RESTORATION OF BLASTOMERYX 

 BY R. S. LULL 



The author showed photographs of a mounted skeleton of Blastomeryce in 

 the Peabody Museum, with the form of the body restored on one side. It is 

 based on two individuals from the later Miocene. The species shows well 

 developed laniary tusks and a rudimentary horn over the orbit, unlike the 

 Lower Miocene species described by Matthew. 



T)r. Matthew remarked that the Blastomeryx described by Scott in 1891, 

 also probably from the Upper Miocene, had a rudimentary horn. 



SUPPOSED LABYRINTHODONT FOOTPRINTS FROM THE MARYLAND 



(J A RBONIFER O US 



BY B. S. LULL 



(Abstract) 



The series of footprints described were exposed on a considerable surface of 

 shale. They were not as clear in detail as might be desired, but represented 

 a large animal, comparable in size to Pareiosaurus. 



A large limb-bone from the Pennsylvanian of West Virginia, submitted some 

 years ago to the Society by Dr. I. C. White, was thought to represent a type 

 that might be responsible for such footprints as the author described. Dr. 

 White's specimen was considered as pretty certainly a natural cast of a limb- 

 bone, although some authorities had questioned it. 



Discussed by Dr. Matthew and Dr. Wieland. 



UPPER PAWNEE CREEK BEDS 

 BY F. B. LOOMIS 



(Abstract) 



During field-work last summer the author had verified the existence of a 

 distinct upper fossil zone overlying the true Pawnee Creek beds in Weld 

 County, Colorado, as suspected by Matthew and Osborn from faunal studies. 

 The fauna was of Lower Pliocene age, but with a considerable admixture of 

 redeposited fossils from the true Pawnee Creek beds. 



LOWER MIOCENE AT VAN TASSEL, WYOMING 

 BY F. B. LOOMIS 



(Abstract) 



A rich fossiliferous pocket in the Lower Harrison beds close to the village 

 of Van Tassel had been profitably exploited by the author and was well worth 

 further work. The fauna contains elements which are found at Agate, Ne- 

 braska, but differs in being dominantly a deposit of Oreodonts. The collection 

 from this region is described, there being several new species, and a horse, 

 Parahippus tyleri, which gives a much more complete idea of this formerly 

 little known type. The fauna fills in much that is lacking at Agate and gives 

 with the Agate forms a much more balanced idea of the life of the time. 



