MUSEUM OF COMPARATIVE ZOOLOGY. 33 
REPORT ON THE DEPARTMENT OF VERTEBRATE 
PALAEONTOLOGY. 
By Caarces R. Eastman. 
A SMALL quantity of fish remains from the Horton series in 
Kings County, Nova Scotia, was collected by the assistant during 
the summer vacation — sufficient, however, to confirm the con- 
clusion already reached by palaeobotanists that these strata are 
of Lower Carboniferous age, instead of Devonian, as at one time 
supposed. From Dr. L. C. Jones, of Malden, Mass., a series of 
Zeuglodon vertebrae from tlhe phosphate beds of Charleston, 
South Carolina, was received in October, and some good specimens 
of Green River Fishes from Wyoming were presented by Mr. 
Thomas Barbour in December. A few Cretaceous Sharks’ teeth, 
from an artesian well boring near Doland, S. D., were given by 
Professor J. E. Todd, of Vermilion, 8. D., in May, and various 
deep-sea Cetacean bones and teeth of Lamnidae were received 
from the “ Albatross ” Expedition of 1904-05 in June. Amongst 
the. latter, a single tooth of Carcharodon is remarkable for 
having the entire substance of the dentine preserved, although 
the amount of mineral impregnation does not indicate recent 
burial. 
Three cases have been filled with specimens to illustrate the 
Vertebrates in the Palaeozoic exhibition room, and others have 
been selected for the Mesozoic room. A new floor was laid 
during the fall in one of the rooms of the storage series, and 
other improvements made. Since the first of January, the assist- 
ant has been principally engaged in the preparation of a memoir 
on Devonian fishes. 
The following publications were issued during the year : — 
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‘Asterolepid Appendages. Amer. Journ. Sci., (4) Vol. 18, pp. 141- 
(144. 1904. 
Fossil Plumage. Amer. Nat., Vol. 38, pp. 669-672. 1904. 
