. Catalogue of the fossil Mammalia in the British museum, (Natural History). Mammals, Fossil. ELEPHANTID^]. 63 Fiar. Mastodon longirostris.—The left upper milk-molars ; from the bone-sand of Eppelsheim. \. (After Gauclry's ' Enchainements.') M. 2910. Cast of the germ of the third left upper premolar, the original of which was in alveolo in the original of the preceding specimen. The original is described and figured by Kaup, op. cit. p. 70, pi. xvi. fig. 3. Purchased. 21615. Fragment of the left maxilla of a young individual, showing {Fig.) the three milk-molars, which are less worn than


. Catalogue of the fossil Mammalia in the British museum, (Natural History). Mammals, Fossil. ELEPHANTID^]. 63 Fiar. Mastodon longirostris.—The left upper milk-molars ; from the bone-sand of Eppelsheim. \. (After Gauclry's ' Enchainements.') M. 2910. Cast of the germ of the third left upper premolar, the original of which was in alveolo in the original of the preceding specimen. The original is described and figured by Kaup, op. cit. p. 70, pi. xvi. fig. 3. Purchased. 21615. Fragment of the left maxilla of a young individual, showing {Fig.) the three milk-molars, which are less worn than in No. M. 2909 ; from Eppelsheim. This specimen is figured by Kaup, op. cit. pi. xx. fig. 2, and by Falconer and Cautley in the ' Fauna Antiqua Sivalensis/ pi. xl. figs. 6, 6 a1. Presented by the Earlof Enniskillen, 1847. 1262. The third left upper milk-molar in a very early condition of wear; from Eppelsheim. Purchased. M. 2911. Cast of the germ of the third left upper milk-molar. The original is from Eppelsheim, and is described and figured by Kaup, op. cit. pi. xvii. fig. 12. Egerton Collection. Purchased, 1882. M. 2912. Cast of the fourth right upper milk-molar, in an early stage of wear. The original is from Eppelsheim, and is figured by Kaup, oj>. cit. pi. xvii. fig. 14. Purchased. M. 2924. Cast of the well-worn fourth right upper milk-molar. J Erroneously described as the lower 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 British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Geology; Lydekker, Richard, 1849-1915. London, Printed by order of the Trustees


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