. Catalogue of the fossil Mammalia in the British museum, (Natural History). Mammals, Fossil. ELEPHANTTD^3. 73 437); it is figured by the present writer, op. cit. vol. iii. pi. xvi. fig. 2 (as M. perimensis), and noticed on p. xiv of the same volume. Made in the Museum, 1886. M. 2705. The germ of the third left upper true molar; from Perim (Fig.) Island. Figured by Falconer and Cautley, op. cit. pi. xxxi. figs. 6, 6 a (as M. latidens), and by the present writer, op. cit. vol. iii. p. xv, fig. 6, the latter figure being reproduced in the accompanying woodcut (fig. 18). This tooth has a very nar
. Catalogue of the fossil Mammalia in the British museum, (Natural History). Mammals, Fossil. ELEPHANTTD^3. 73 437); it is figured by the present writer, op. cit. vol. iii. pi. xvi. fig. 2 (as M. perimensis), and noticed on p. xiv of the same volume. Made in the Museum, 1886. M. 2705. The germ of the third left upper true molar; from Perim (Fig.) Island. Figured by Falconer and Cautley, op. cit. pi. xxxi. figs. 6, 6 a (as M. latidens), and by the present writer, op. cit. vol. iii. p. xv, fig. 6, the latter figure being reproduced in the accompanying woodcut (fig. 18). This tooth has a very narrow hind talon, consisting of a single row of small tubercles, and is very different from the corresponding tooth of M. perimensis (No. 40679), M. punjabiensis (No. M. 2855), and M. latidens (]NTos. M. 2498 and M. 3426). No history. Fig. Mastodon cautleyi.—The third left upper true molar, iu an unworn condition ; from the Siwaliks of Perim Island, f. The lower border of the figure is the inner border of the specimen. The specific reference of the following specimens is provisional. M. 2495. The much-worn fourth left lower premolar; from Perim Island. Presented by Diwdn Wajeshanhar Gowreeshankar, 1885. M. 2494. Fragment of the right ramus of the mandible of a young (Fig.) individual, showing the imperfect mm. 3, and the broken base of mm. 4; from Perim Island. The tooth is figured. 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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