. The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London. a. Upper surface. The dotted line represents the outline of the complete toothin Mr. Reeds collection, b. From the side. The tooth first mentioned is in very fair preservation, being onlyslightly worn at the prominent apices of the cusps. It has nomatrix adhering to it, and is less rolled and waterworn than manyof the teeth from the Crag, having a considerable proportion of eachof the three roots remaining; whereas these, being composed ofsofter tissues than the enamel-coated crown, are generally absent. OP HT^NARCTOS IN THE RED CRAG
. The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London. a. Upper surface. The dotted line represents the outline of the complete toothin Mr. Reeds collection, b. From the side. The tooth first mentioned is in very fair preservation, being onlyslightly worn at the prominent apices of the cusps. It has nomatrix adhering to it, and is less rolled and waterworn than manyof the teeth from the Crag, having a considerable proportion of eachof the three roots remaining; whereas these, being composed ofsofter tissues than the enamel-coated crown, are generally absent. OP HT^NARCTOS IN THE RED CRAG OF SUFFOLK. 535 as in Mr. Reeds specimen. On the other hand, considerable por-tions of the enamel have been chipped off from the inner edge ofthe crown, while in the latter, which was derived from a youngeranimal, the crown is absolutely perfect. Having compared Mr. Canhams tooth with the correspondingone of the original specimen of Hyamarctos sivalensis, Pale. & Cautl.,from the Sewalik Hills, now in the British Museum, I can detect noappreciable diff
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