List of vertebrate fossils from Bozeman Lake Beds south of Logan, Montana, 1894
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I call this elephant - No. 2 as I found fragments of skull and jaw of what- appears to be the same species four miles to this and have labelled it elephant - No. 1. These specimens were found in the Bighorn Lake Beds about 12 miles south of Tugan, perhaps 15-0 ft above the whole near by formation which is seen a good show of the way along the bluffs on the east side of the Madison River near Tugan and for about - 18 or 20 miles. There are still a good many frag- ments of bones of this animal left on the ground but I saved what seemed to be the best. I found also a few bones of one or more other animals while digging out this one (No. 2) The bones of this individual and of them are packed in a large box about 15' X 22 X 42 inches but portions of teeth and several whole photographs we have are in a pasteboard box packed in another under