Show Utah Yields Camel Fossils o v o- o Species Roamed Bonneville Country o o o Will Lend Aid to Scientists About years rears ago In the late Miocene or early Pleistocene period when Utah was semi-arid semi and Lake Bonneville covered al almost almost almost al- al most the entire valley many camels camels camels cam cam- els of ot a small species roamed loamed the hilly country surrounding the lake Jale This theory is advanced by Dr Earl Douglass of the Carnegie institute In Institute in- in in charge of the dinosaur laboratory at the University of Utah who recently announced ced that fragments of fossils discovered In lime deposits on the west side of the Jordan river at the Narrows two months ago are camel bones While it has been generally known that camels were numerous In this section of ot the country in ages before the advent of civilized man these are the first fossils of this mammal to be unearthed In Inthe Inthe inthe the Salt Lake valley vaHey Oldest camel fossils found in the Uinta forma- forma of the Eocene period have led to th belief that the camel originated in North America and later migrated way byway of Greenland Greenland Greenland Green- Green land and the northern route to Asia and Africa Of larger stature are fossils discovered in the cene eerie formations of White river South Dakota In early Miocene times a necked giraffe-necked camel Is be believed believed believed be- be to have lived on the plains and in Montana The fossils now under examination examina examina- tion at the university laboratories consist of ot a part of the cannon bone hone of the leg portions of the jaw bone and other fragments yet yetto yetto yetto to be located In the anatomy of the early camel according to Dr Douglass Since the quarries are located on the top terrace of Lake Bonneville scientific Interest in the find centers centers cen cen- tars about the theory that the age of these deposits may be determined determined determined deter deter- mined by the discovery of the camel fossils the relative age of this type of mammal being known to scientists It Is Js believed that exceptional geological conditions I surrounded this section of country at that time because of ot the purity of the lime deposits and the fact that they overlay a deep lava formati formation for for- mati mation on |