Bulletins of American paleontology . the order, cetacea,I may mention the occuri-ence of the Zeuglodon cetoides.(Owen,) a fossil of the eocene, which was first found in Ala-bama, and described by the late Dr. Harlan, of teeth are entirely unlike those of the common cetaceans,and belong to a type not very unlike those of the seal. Xoteeth, however, have as yet been discovered in this State.—The remains of this cetacean consist of vertebra which wereobtained from Washington, near the line of the WilmingtonRail Eoad. One of the largest caudal vertebra? of a Avhale, (tig. 25,) has
Bulletins of American paleontology . the order, cetacea,I may mention the occuri-ence of the Zeuglodon cetoides.(Owen,) a fossil of the eocene, which was first found in Ala-bama, and described by the late Dr. Harlan, of teeth are entirely unlike those of the common cetaceans,and belong to a type not very unlike those of the seal. Xoteeth, however, have as yet been discovered in this State.—The remains of this cetacean consist of vertebra which wereobtained from Washington, near the line of the WilmingtonRail Eoad. One of the largest caudal vertebra? of a Avhale, (tig. 25,) hasbroad flat transverse processes, standing at right angles to thebody of the bone, the articular ends are unequal, the anteriorbeing o|- and the posterior 4f inches in diameter, and circular,with a length of G inches. Of this length the base of the trans-verse processes occupies 4 inches, and terminate behind in arounded notch; their length is 2-^ inches. North Carolina Geol. Sur.: Emmons 111 202 noktii-cakolixa geological J Li>\Vi;i; . OF A llALAKXA oi: WIIALi:. < )ii the 31elierrin, near Mui-frcesboroni;!!, I found portion-ol three lower jaw-bones Leh^nging to rlie genus Eahiena, to-getlier with nian_y vertebra, all of which appear to belong toone species. These jaws are imperfect,—-tlic anterior ]iart the lefr lowerjaw is smooth, gently covex, and curved on the outside, butrather flat inside. The wide npjter margin is perlbrated withthree holes penetrating the jaw in a slightly descendingcourse, and terminating anteriorly in an edge produced by achampering of the inside extremity, and romnk-d from thebase up to the upper ed<^Q, whicli is grooved for six are 3^ inches wide and 2 inclies thick, and nearlystraight. All the posterior parts of the ;\a\v had been lost, andonly two feet obtained. It is impossible to refer these frag-ments of jaws to either species which furnished the ear bones,as neitlier of these specimens were obtained at this
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