UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PUBLICATIONS 



BULLETIN OF THE DEPARTMENT OF 



GEOLOGY 



Vol. 8, No. 12, pp. 275-281 Issued December 10, 1914 



THE OCCURRENCE OF TERTIARY MAMMALIAN 

 REMAINS IN NORTHEASTERN NEVADA 



BY 



JOHN C. MEREIAM 



CONTENTS 



Introduction 275 



Occurrence 275 



Composition and Relationships of the Fauna 276 



Description of Material 279 



Merychippus, sp 279 



Merycodus?, sp 280 



Camelid?, Various Forms 281 



Carnivore Remains 281 



Summary 281 



INTRODUCTION 



Several months ago Professor J. C. Jones of the University of 

 Nevada kindly forwarded to the writer for examination a small col- 

 lection of mammalian remains found in exposures on the North Fork 

 of the Humboldt River about forty miles northeast of Elko, Nevada. 

 The collection was obtained by Dr. C. W. West of Elko, and by him 

 presented to the University of Nevada. Professor Jones visited the 

 locality at which the bones and teeth had been obtained by Dr. West 

 and secured additional material. Although the specimens obtained 

 are all very fragmentary, it is deemed important to place on record 

 such information as is now available, as it assists materially in 

 interpreting the Tertiary history of Nevada. 



OCCURRENCE 



The occurrence of the mammalian remains obtained by Dr. West, 

 and the geological relations of the beds in which they were found. 



