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LATER TERTIARY FORMATIONS OF WESTERN NEBRASKA 

 BY W. D. MATTHEW 



GEOLOGIC TOUR OF WESTERN NEBRASKA 

 BY H. F. OSBORN 



A motion to the effect that the Vertebrate Section hold adjourned 

 meetings at the American Museum of Natural History, in New York City, 

 December 38, 29, as arranged in the program, was carried. 



At 5 o'clock the session adjourned to attend a public address given in 

 Chancellor's Hall, entitled 



THE PULSE OP LIFE 

 BT E. S. LXJU:. 



Wednesday evening the members attended the annual dinner with the 

 Fellows of the Geological Society of America at the Ten Eyck Hotel. 



Session of Thursday, December 28 



Thursday morning, at 9.30 o'clock, the Section of Invertebrate and 

 General Paleontology met, with Vice-President Foerste in the chair. 



The first paper on the program was of especial general interest on 

 account of its bearing on the antiquity of man in America. It was pre- 

 sented by the author and was discussed by Messrs. Sellards, Schuchert, 

 and Berry. 



PLANTS ASSOCIATED WITH HUMAN REMAINS AT YERO, FLORIDA 

 BY E. W. BEBRY 



{Abstract) 



The significance of the plants found at Vero, Florida, in association with 

 human remains and a Pleistocene vertebrate fauna M^as discussed. These 

 plants include numerous fragments of leaves and a great variety of fruits and 

 seeds preserved in an impure peat, and seem to indicate slightly different 

 physical conditions and vegetation from that prevailing at the present time in 

 this region. 



Discussion 



Mr. E. H. Sellaeds: Mr. Berry's contribution to the discussion of the age 

 of the human remains at Vero is very welcome. One of the pleasant features 

 in connection with these discoveries is the willing cooperation which has been 

 extended by geologists, anthropologists, and paleontologists, and it would seem 



