1916] 



Merriam: Fauna of Cedar Mountain Region 



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MEKYCODUS, near NECATUS Leidy 



A single antler no. 21493 (fig. 42) from lone Valley shows a form 

 not distinguishable from one phase of the series of antlers referred 

 to Merycodus necatus in the Barstow fauna. The form of the antler 

 is not greatly different from that in no. 21492 (fig. 44) referred to 

 M. furcatus, but the beam is more strongly flattened and broadens 

 more gradually above. The tines seem to have been relatively smaller, 

 shorter, and less curved than in the other form. This specimen may 

 represent only a form of the M. furcatus series, but must be recognized 

 tentatively as like the form from the Barstow beds referred to M. 

 necatus. 



A ealeaneum from locality 2022 in lone Valley represents a Mery- 

 codus species. 



DESCRIPTION OF COLLECTING LOCALITIES IN THE CEDAR 

 MOUNTAIN REGION OF WESTERN NEVADA 



Loc. 1969. South side of gulch in low bluffs just west of outcrop of plutonic 

 rock, on south side of road y s mile east of point at which 5,800-foot contour 

 crosses the direct road from Bell Spring to Black Spring. Basal beds. Tonopah 

 Quadrangle. 



Loc. 1970. Fifty feet stratigraphically above very fossiliferous shell beds 

 on north side of shallow canyon, l /> mile north of the direct road from Bell 

 Spring to Black Spring. Elevation 6050 feet. Tonopah Quadrangle. 



Loc. 1971. At 6250 feet elevation, 1 mile north of road intersection which 

 intersection is 2 miles southeast of Bell Spring. Probably near base of lake 

 beds series. Tonopah Quadrangle. 



Loc. 1972. At 6075 feet elevation, y, mile northwest of point at which 

 6000-foot contour crosses the road between Bell Spring and Black Spring. 

 Tonopah Quadrangle. 



Loc. 1973. In first gulch north of direct road from Bell Spring to Black 

 Spring. Between 5900 and 6000-foot contours, on a small hill in the middle of 

 the gulch. Horizon not near base. Tonopah Quadrangle. 



Loc. 1974. One-fourth mile northeast of loc. 1973. Tonopah Quadrangle. 



Loc. 1975. At 5775-foot elevation, \U mile north of direct road from Bell 

 Spring to Black Spring. Tonopah Quadrangle. 



Loc. 1976. In a fine, light brown tuff 30 or 40 feet above the granite con- 

 tact, at a point on the 6000-foot contour, about 1% miles north of the direct 

 road from Bell Spring to Black Spring. Tonopah Quadrangle. 



Loc. 1977. On the 6300-foot contour, about % mile south of conspicuous, 

 lava covered butte, which is 1% miles east of Bell Spring. Tonopah Quad- 

 rangle. 



Loc. 1978. On the southern-most flanks of the Shoshone Mountains, about 

 y-2 mile north of the road between Black Spring and Cloverdale and about 300 

 yards east of the road to Willow Springs near 5500-foot contour. Tonopah 

 Quadrangle. 



