Natural history . tury. By dint of diligent and thorough search Mr. Thomson suc-ceeded in getting from these unpromising beds a considerable collectionof skulls and skeletons, nearly all of them new to science and repre-senting an intermediate stage between the Oligocene and later Miocene. Among the interesting novelties of this collection is a fragmentaryskeleton of a gigantic Wolverene as large as a jaguar or a black bear. 8 THE AMERICAN MUSEUM JOURNAL It was much the largest of the weasel family and was a truly formida-ble beast of prey, if it possessed the savage and bloodthirsty dispositi
Natural history . tury. By dint of diligent and thorough search Mr. Thomson suc-ceeded in getting from these unpromising beds a considerable collectionof skulls and skeletons, nearly all of them new to science and repre-senting an intermediate stage between the Oligocene and later Miocene. Among the interesting novelties of this collection is a fragmentaryskeleton of a gigantic Wolverene as large as a jaguar or a black bear. 8 THE AMERICAN MUSEUM JOURNAL It was much the largest of the weasel family and was a truly formida-ble beast of prey, if it possessed the savage and bloodthirsty dispositionof its modern relative-. Professor Osborn, under whose directions the expeditions were sentout, visited all the parties during the summer and gathered valuabledata for his studies upon the stratigraphy and relative age of the Ter-tian- formations. Dr. Matthew was with Mr. Thomsons expeditionduring the first half of the summer, and Mr. Gregory was of the partyin the latter part of the season. THE SELMA HE eollection of meteorites in the foyer of the Museumhas recently been enriched by the addition of an aero-lite, or stone meteorite, which was found in March,1906, about two miles north-northwest of Selma, Ala-bama, near the road to Sunnnerfield. The fortunatefinder was Mr. .1. W. Coleman of that Coleman slates his belief that the meteorite fell on July 20,1898. At about 0 oclock of the evening of that day at least fivr observ-ers ;it different stations from half a mile to two and one half mile- fromwhere the stone was found saw a brilliant meteor pass through the airleaving a trail of fire ten or twelve tcct long. The meteor seems tohave traveled in a direction somewhat west of north, and it- flight i-said to have been accompanied by a heavy, rumbling noise. No othersimilar meteorite has been noted in tin- immediate region, and thismeteorite does not seem to show any more decomposition ni surfacethan might have taken place in the eight years that have elap
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