American Fork Citizen | 1907-09-14 | Page 2 | Fossil Finds in Wyoming

F088IL FINDS IN WYOMING. Animal That Became Extinct Million of Years Ago. Cheyenno. Wyo. Somo vnluablo ad dltloim to fossil knowledge have been mado by Professor W. II Heed, pa-lentologlst pa-lentologlst of the University of Wyoming, Wyo-ming, who has Just completed extensive exten-sive research In tho "Hell's Half-Aero" Half-Aero" district of Natrona county, thirty-live miles southwest of Casper One of tho Inrgcst fossils unearthed by Professor Heed Is tho perfect skull of n calf tltnnothclum,, nn animal which becamo extinct possibly a million mil-lion years beforo many of tho oldest known fossils were created, In contrast con-trast to tho skull of tho tltanothcrlum Is thnt of a beaver which was found near by and which Is scarcely larger than that of u modem mnuso. In every other respect tho fossil beaver's skull Is a counterpart of that of the present day nnlmnl. Ono of Professor Profes-sor Heed's most Importnnt finds Is tho comploto skeleton of a horso no larger than n fox. Every bono of this skeleton Is present and It Indicates beyond doubt that tho cqulno raco originated or-iginated In Wyoming.