. Catalogue of the fossil Mammalia in the British museum, (Natural History). Mammals, Fossil. ELEPHANTIDJ3. 61 M. 3427. Cast of the unworn second (?) left lower true molar. The original is from the Punjab, and is preserved in the Indian Museum (No. A 54) ; it is figured by the present writer, op. cit. vol. i. pi. xli. fig. 1 (as ). The broken portion of the original has been restored in the cast. Made in the Museum, 1886. The following specimen may perhaps belong to this species. M. 2854. The hinder half of the well-worn third left lower true molar; from the Siwaliks, but locality
. Catalogue of the fossil Mammalia in the British museum, (Natural History). Mammals, Fossil. ELEPHANTIDJ3. 61 M. 3427. Cast of the unworn second (?) left lower true molar. The original is from the Punjab, and is preserved in the Indian Museum (No. A 54) ; it is figured by the present writer, op. cit. vol. i. pi. xli. fig. 1 (as ). The broken portion of the original has been restored in the cast. Made in the Museum, 1886. The following specimen may perhaps belong to this species. M. 2854. The hinder half of the well-worn third left lower true molar; from the Siwaliks, but locality unknown. In its crenulated cingulum, absence of cement, and narrow hinder extremity, this specimen agrees very closely with the last upper molar (No. M. 2855). Transferred from the Old Indian Museum, 1880. Mastodon longirostris, Kaup1. Syn. Tetrcibelodon longirostris, Cope2. In this species, of which an imperfect skull is represented in the accompanying woodcut (fig. 15), the mandibular symphysis is Fis:. 15. Mastodon longirostris. —Skull; from the bone-sand of Eppelsheim. Much reduced. 1 Oss. Foss. d. Darmstadt, pt. iv. p. 65 (1835). 2 Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. vol. xxii. p. 5 (1884).. 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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