One of the most spectacular di coveries was that of the skull of strange horned animal, the identity of which is not yet known but which may, it is thought, prove to be the representative of an entire new family, The skull was in a very bad state of preservation, but there at qn oblique Stabe that they. were broader thq; tip than at the base indicates that they did not have a horny sheath, but were probably like the hots of the giraffe, bony structures, covered with skin, rhe expedition also found two a skull of animals whose dent {tsf: still remains to be although, judging from the te thay belong to the rhinoceros type Iniithis case also, definite classic righ will have to be deferred until thp specimens reach the museum. Téaces wore also found of the great group of animals known as the chalicotheres, primarily of Euro-'American origin, which were giraifelike creatures with claws instead of hoofs. From the paleontological standpoint this was a most important Aigcovery, as Indeating the existence ofa connecting Tink,
lan interesting find was a gigantic America's Ancient "Biggest" tflavothere skull. The titanotheres group of animals which Hint in Amerien and. were, in fact, joched their maximum develop-
Group. In Mongolia the expedition almost distinctly American,
has found a great abundance of individuals and this year they got the very Inst of the series. There ig no bigger animal extant, except the elephant. It is known that the Htanothere continued in Mong Until about the time when the type became extinct in America and the) tauestion is what caused the extinetion of this great group. One theory that they were affected by plague similar to the South African "terse fly.
"Altogether, seven tiny skulls of mammals, which existed right back, the age of reptiles, have been: obtained and these specimens, Mr. 'Andrews said, were absolutely price-dess, With one exception, they are "the oldest mammal fossils to be found and they denote the beginning, of the warm-blooded, hairy animals. 'They may be regarded, he said, as missing links between' the reptiles and the mammals,
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