. The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London. e tape measurement fromthe base of the fang to the much-worn stump ofthe crown, is 4*2 inches. This specimen is of peculiarvalue, because it proves that the Machairodus lati-dens is a variety or species that lived in France tTPper canine of Ma-in, the Pliocene age f. Taken in connexion withsimilar discoveries in Kents Hole, the Creswellexample implies that the Machairodus was a survival from thePliocene into the Pleistocene age, like the Rhinoceros hemitoechus, theHorse, and the Elephas antiquus, and into that later stage which ismar
. The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London. e tape measurement fromthe base of the fang to the much-worn stump ofthe crown, is 4*2 inches. This specimen is of peculiarvalue, because it proves that the Machairodus lati-dens is a variety or species that lived in France tTPper canine of Ma-in, the Pliocene age f. Taken in connexion withsimilar discoveries in Kents Hole, the Creswellexample implies that the Machairodus was a survival from thePliocene into the Pleistocene age, like the Rhinoceros hemitoechus, theHorse, and the Elephas antiquus, and into that later stage which ismarked by the presence of large herds of Reindeer in this tooth was probably introduced into the cave by the hand ofman, since it is broken short off by a sharp blow, and is withoutmarks of the teeth of hyaenas ; a few scratches at its base may havebeen made by a flint flake. Its singular shape and sharp, serratedcutting-edges would certainly strike the fancy of any rude huntsmanwho might be fortunate enough to meet with the carcass or skeleton of. chairodus, Robin-Hood Cave, \. * Dr. Schweinfurt remarks that, on his journey to the Niam-Niam, the halt-ing-places of a former caravan were covered by heaps of broken bones.—Vol. i. t I take this opportunity of thanking Dr. Lortet, the Director of the Geolo-gical Museum in the Palais des Beaux Arts, at Lyons, for giving me everyfacility for working in 1873 at the fossil mammals under his care. OF THE CAVES OF CRESWELL CHAGS. 595 its possessor, or who might have had the rare luck to kill so formidablean animal. Indeed, that this tooth attracted attention in ancienttimes, we have evidence in a specimen in the Museum atFlorence, found in an Etruscan tomb, and which may befairly taken to be the earliest example of fossil-collecting withinthe historic period. It was derived from the Pliocene of theVal dArno. Whether, however, the Creswell tooth was collectedor not, its mineral condition agreeing with that of the other associ-a
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