in Florida in Association with Extinct Vertebrates. 7 



foot ; right metatarsals one to four ; left metatarsals three to five ; 

 a part of the shaft of the left humerus ; right os magnum ; three 

 metacarpals ; and three phalanges. All of these bones pertain 

 apparently to the same specimen, representing a small indi- 

 vidual, probably a female. From the lower margin of the 

 lesser tuberosity to the upper margin of the inner condylar 

 notch, the femur measures 29 cm., the corresponding meas- 

 urement on the femur of a large modern adult being as much 

 as 32 cm. The extremities of the larger limb bones of this 

 skeleton are but poorly preserved, a condition common to 

 many of the bones in this sand, although the bones found in 

 muck in this bed are as a rule more nearly complete. 



The section of the bank at the place where these human bones 

 were found is as follows : 



FEET INCHES 



Sandy hard marl rock 1 3 



Sand stained brown by organic matter 3 9 



Marine shell marl to water level in the canal 5 9 



The marl rock and the brown sand beneath represent stratum 

 number 2 of the general section (Text-figure 2), the alluvial 

 bed, no. 3 of the section, being absent at this place. The human 

 remains were imbedded in the brown sand about three feet 

 from the base or two feet from the ground surface as it existed 

 previous to the construction of the canal. 



That the sands in which the human remains are found repre- 

 sent a continuation of the stratum holding the other vertebrate 

 fossils there can be no question, as the section is continuous 

 along the canal bank and the deposits identical in appearance. 

 Elephas columbi, Equus leidyi and other extinct species are 

 found at an equal or higher level in the beds on either side of 

 the human remains. From the marl rock which lies at the 

 top of the section the writer obtained within six feet of the 

 place where the human skeleton lay, a premolar tooth of a fox, 

 representing not the common gray fox of that region, but 

 either an extinct species, or possibly the red fox, Vulpes penn- 

 sylvanicus, which at present is not known in Florida. In 

 immediate association with the human bones were the scapula 

 and astragalus of a deer which is also found elsewhere in the 

 sands, being one of the common fossils of the bone bed. In 

 addition a hyoid bone of the sloth, Megalonyx jeffersoni, and 

 pieces of the teeth of the mastodon, Mammut americanum, have 

 been collected from the canal bank at the place where the 

 human bones were found. 



