. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. New Mammals from Diamond Gravels of Kimherley District 443 same species, presents a number of points of interest. The posterior portion of the anterior inner pillar—the protocone of American writers—is much smaller and more rounded than in most species of Equus, while the posterior and inner pillar is only very slightly marked off from the rest of the tooth by a small shallow posterior fold. Each of these suggests affinity with the Pliocene horses rather than with the later species of Equus. It seems
. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. New Mammals from Diamond Gravels of Kimherley District 443 same species, presents a number of points of interest. The posterior portion of the anterior inner pillar—the protocone of American writers—is much smaller and more rounded than in most species of Equus, while the posterior and inner pillar is only very slightly marked off from the rest of the tooth by a small shallow posterior fold. Each of these suggests affinity with the Pliocene horses rather than with the later species of Equus. It seems probable that Equus harrisi is, like one of the species of Archidiskodon found in the same deposit, a Pliocene type. I have named the species after Mr. J. R. Harris. Equus cawoodi sp. nov. This new species of Equus is founded on a 4th upper premolar of a large horse discovered in the Diamond Gravels at Winter's Rush by. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original South African Museum. Cape Town : The Museum
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