List of vertebrate fossils from Bozeman Lake Beds south of Logan, Montana, 1894
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Notes 1 Elephant No. 2. I call this an Elephant - because I do not know what else to call it. It is un- doubtedly nearly related to the elephant as it had a large tusk about 5 inches through, and as I remember it about 8½ ft. long, blunt at the end as though it had been worn off. Among the specimens are fragments from end of tusk, also the largest ones I could get from other parts. It broke into hundreds of pieces and seemed to be composed of concentric layers. The teeth were also broken into small pieces except some larger fragments and one small tooth. The skull also broke into many pieces and the vertebrae would fall in pieces as soon as the sandy matrix was removed. Just above the sand from which I dug this elephant - was clay. Below was clay also.