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Cerons canadensis, antlers found in swamp near west county line. 

 Odocoileus virginianus, 3% miles north of Roann, in ditch at depth of 9 feet. 



In Grant County, 41 four miles east of Fairmount, in a drainage canal which 

 empties into the Mississinewa River, at a depth of 12 to 15 feet, was found a 

 nearly complete skeleton of Elephas primigenius. Near this locality a partial 

 skeleton of Castoroides was also found. Three miles west of the town of 

 Crown Point, Lake County, near the remains of an old beaver dam, the bones 

 of a mastodon were found some years ago. 42 In DeKalb County 43 the mastodon 

 has been found in five different places. This animal is also reported from near 

 Muncie, Delaware County 44 and an Elephas (listed as primigenius) is recorded 

 as having been found in the bed of Black Creek in Montgomery County. 45 

 Symbos cavifrons, associated with the mastodon, is recorded from the bottom 

 of Beaver Lake, just east of the Illinois State line in Newton County. 46 Blatch- 

 ley 47 reports the mastodon, elephant, and other mammals from northwestern 

 Indiana, at the following localities: 



Mammut americanum. Kankakee marsh, section 25 (33 N. 7 W.), three miles southeast 

 of Hebron; in a marsh by the side of Cobb's Creek, east of Hebron; near Sandy Hook Creek, 

 northwest of Kouts, 2 feet below the surface; on farm of Peter A. Blair, southwest quarter of 

 section 27 (35 N. 6 W.), two miles southwest of Valparaiso; all, in Porter County. 



Elephas (species not definitely ascertained, but listed as primigenius). Marsh on head 

 waters of Deep River, north half of section 35 (35 N, 9 W,), about two miles east of St. Johns, 

 Lake County. 



Cervus canadensis. Near Sandy Hook Creek, northwest of Kouts, Porter County, asso- 

 ciated with mastodon teeth. Antlers of the elk have also been found in Lake County. 



Four miles southeast of Noblesvrlle, Hamilton County, the bones of a 

 mammoth were found in a ditch, in fine blue clay under three feet of peat 

 bog. 48 Cope and Wortman 49 list the following species from post-Pliocene 

 deposits, apparently referable to post-Glacial time. 



Canis latrans, Boone County, with mammoth. 

 Platygonus compressus, Laketon, Wabash County. 

 Castoroides ohioensis, Carroll and Kosciusco counties. 



Dr. O. P. Hay 50 records a large number of vertebrates from the post- Wis- 

 consin deposits of Indiana. These are represented in most cases by a few bones 



"Hay, Smith. Miscel. Coll., LEX, No. 20, p. 13, 1912. 



a Ball, Proc. Ind. Acad. Sci., 1894, pp. 54-57. 



■ Dryer, 16th An. Rep., Dept. Geol. Nat. Res. Ind., p. 104. 



" Phinney, 11th An. Rep. Dept. Geol. Nat. Res. Ind., pp. 131-132. 



"Thompson, 15th An. Rep. Dept. Geol. Nat. Res. Ind., p. 159. 



" Bradley, Geol. 111., IV, p. 229. 



" Geol. Lake and Porter Counties, Indiana, p. 90. 



" Collett, Ind. Dept. Stat, and Geol., 2nd An. Rep., p. 386. 



" Dept. Geol. Nat. Res. Ind., 14th An. Rep., part 2. 



" Ind. Dept. Geol. Nat. Res., 36th An. Rep., pp. 539-784. 



