. Catalogue of casts of fossils, from the principal museums of Europe and America, with short descriptions and illustrations. Fossils. MAMMALIA. 37 No. 139. Elephas meridionalis, Nesti. Fifth upper Molar, right ramus. This is from the Upper Pliocene* at Chagny, France, and is in the Museum at Lyons. Size, 6 x 4. Price, $ No. 140. Elephas primigenius, Blum. Sixth Molar, upper jaw, right ramus. This was found in a Pleistocene stratum at Ranelle, France, and is in the Museum at Lyons. Size, 10x7. Price, $ Blum. M â¢'.â ' ' / J h ,' i m m il "â â '⢠11" ^ ^ ^ If No. 141.
. Catalogue of casts of fossils, from the principal museums of Europe and America, with short descriptions and illustrations. Fossils. MAMMALIA. 37 No. 139. Elephas meridionalis, Nesti. Fifth upper Molar, right ramus. This is from the Upper Pliocene* at Chagny, France, and is in the Museum at Lyons. Size, 6 x 4. Price, $ No. 140. Elephas primigenius, Blum. Sixth Molar, upper jaw, right ramus. This was found in a Pleistocene stratum at Ranelle, France, and is in the Museum at Lyons. Size, 10x7. Price, $ Blum. M â¢'.â ' ' / J h ,' i m m il "â â '⢠11" ^ ^ ^ If No. 141. Elephas primigenius, Molar. This un- usually perfect and well preserved specimen .g shows well the distinc- . m | tive structure of the mammoth grinder, and the inclination of the plane of the triturating surface to the vertical lines of the enamel-plates, due to the oblique growth of the tooth from the al- veolar socket. The orig- inal weighs fourteen pounds, and belongs to the Ward Museum, in the University of Rochester. Size, 11x8. Price, $ No. 142. Elephas Americanus, De Kay. Molar. This Mammoth of the New World, similar to, if not identical with the E. primigenius of Europe and Asia, ranged from Canada to Georgia, Texas, and Mexico, on the South, and to Oregon and California on the West. It was evi- dently fitted for a warmer climate than the Old World species since the fossils are most abundant in the Mississippi valley. This grinder was found in the surface Alluvium at Homer, Cortland County, New York, and is in the Academy at Homer. Size, 12 x 6. Price, $ Hi No. 143. Elephas Americanus, De Kay. Molar. From the Pleistocene at St. Catherines, Canada West, and now in Burnet's Museum, Table Rock, Nia- Size, 7x5. Price, $ No. 144. Elephas primigenius, Blum. Left Humerus. This specimen, from the Pleistocene formation in the De- partment of Isere, France, is in the Museum of Natural History at Lyons. Size, 3 ft. 4 in. x 1 ft. Price, $ Please note
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