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  0. 
  0. 
  Marsh 
  — 
  Pithecanthropus 
  erectusfrom 
  Java. 
  

  

  so 
  abundant 
  in 
  the 
  limestone 
  that 
  it 
  may 
  practically 
  be 
  called 
  a 
  

   Lower 
  Cambrian 
  coral 
  reef. 
  This 
  reef 
  was 
  traced 
  for 
  nearly 
  

   thirty 
  miles, 
  and 
  the 
  same 
  types 
  are 
  also 
  known 
  to 
  occur 
  in 
  the 
  

   Silver 
  Peak 
  range, 
  about 
  twenty-five 
  miles 
  to 
  the 
  eastward. 
  

  

  So 
  far 
  as 
  known 
  to 
  me, 
  this 
  is 
  the 
  oldest 
  of 
  the 
  Cambrian 
  

   faunas 
  known 
  in 
  the 
  western 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States. 
  

   Just 
  what 
  its 
  relations 
  to 
  the 
  Olenellus 
  fauna 
  of 
  central 
  Nevada 
  

   and 
  British 
  Columbia 
  are 
  I 
  am 
  unable 
  at 
  present 
  to 
  state, 
  

   except 
  that 
  I 
  believe 
  it 
  to 
  be 
  older 
  than 
  the 
  Olenellus 
  fauna 
  of 
  

   central 
  Nevada. 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  not 
  impossible 
  that 
  a 
  fauna 
  will 
  be 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  lower 
  

   limestone, 
  but 
  in 
  the 
  hasty 
  reconnoissance 
  in 
  which 
  I 
  was 
  

   engaged, 
  only 
  a 
  portion 
  of 
  one 
  day 
  was 
  given 
  to 
  the 
  examina- 
  

   tion 
  and 
  measurement 
  of 
  the 
  section. 
  I 
  hope 
  in 
  the 
  future 
  to 
  

   extend 
  the 
  study 
  of 
  the 
  White 
  Mountain 
  range, 
  as 
  Mr. 
  Fair- 
  

   banks 
  has 
  written 
  me 
  that 
  he 
  has 
  discovered 
  Fusilina 
  cylin- 
  

   drica 
  in 
  the 
  southern 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  range, 
  east 
  of 
  Keeler, 
  which 
  

   is 
  about 
  fifty 
  miles 
  south 
  of 
  Tollgate 
  Canyon. 
  If 
  the 
  section 
  

   is 
  unbroken, 
  the 
  Middle 
  and 
  Upper 
  Cambrian 
  and 
  Ordovician 
  

   faunas 
  should 
  be 
  found 
  before 
  reaching 
  the 
  Carboniferous 
  

   horizon, 
  discovered 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Fairbanks. 
  

  

  Art. 
  XY. 
  — 
  On 
  the 
  Pithecanthropus 
  erectus, 
  Dubois* 
  

   from 
  Java; 
  by 
  O. 
  C. 
  Marsh. 
  (With 
  Plate 
  II.) 
  

  

  A 
  recent 
  discovery 
  of 
  great 
  interest 
  is 
  recorded 
  in 
  the 
  

   memoir 
  here 
  cited. 
  In 
  many 
  respects, 
  this 
  discovery 
  appears 
  

   to 
  be 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  important 
  since 
  the 
  Neanderthal 
  skull 
  

   was 
  brought 
  to 
  light 
  in 
  1857, 
  and 
  hence 
  the 
  main 
  facts 
  con- 
  

   cerning 
  it 
  deserve 
  early 
  notice 
  in 
  this 
  Journal. 
  This 
  memoir 
  

   of 
  forty 
  pages 
  contains 
  a 
  full 
  description, 
  with 
  illustrations, 
  of 
  

   part 
  of 
  a 
  skull, 
  a 
  molar 
  tooth, 
  and 
  a 
  femur, 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  later 
  

   Tertiary 
  strata 
  of 
  Java, 
  and 
  pertaining 
  to 
  a 
  large 
  anthropoid 
  

   ape, 
  which 
  is 
  believed 
  to 
  represent 
  a 
  new 
  genus 
  and 
  family 
  

   intermediate 
  between 
  the 
  ShniidcB 
  and 
  Sominidoe. 
  This 
  

   would 
  make 
  it 
  a 
  veritable 
  " 
  missing 
  link 
  " 
  between 
  the 
  higher 
  

   apes 
  and 
  man, 
  the 
  discovery 
  of 
  which 
  has 
  so 
  long 
  been 
  confi- 
  

   dently 
  predicted 
  by 
  many 
  anthropologists. 
  

   : 
  The 
  locality 
  of 
  these 
  remains 
  was. 
  near 
  Trinil, 
  in 
  the 
  pre- 
  

   cinct 
  Ngawi 
  of 
  the 
  Madiun 
  province, 
  in 
  central 
  Java. 
  The 
  

   three 
  specimens, 
  the 
  tooth, 
  the 
  skull, 
  and 
  the 
  femur, 
  . 
  were 
  

  

  * 
  Pithecanthropus 
  erectus. 
  Eine 
  menschenaehnliche 
  Uebergangsform 
  aus 
  

   Java. 
  Von 
  Eug. 
  Dubois, 
  Militairarzt 
  der 
  niederlaendisch-iDdischen 
  Armee. 
  Mit 
  

   zwei 
  Tafeln 
  und 
  drei 
  in 
  den 
  text 
  gedruckten 
  Eiguren. 
  . 
  4to, 
  Batavia, 
  1894. 
  

  

  