. Catalogue of the fossil Mammalia in the British museum, (Natural History). Mammals, Fossil. 48 CARSTVORA. Smilodon neogceus, Cope. Smilodon populator, Lund1. Hah. S. America. 21000. The cranium and mandible, wanting the maxillae and the left premaxilla; from the Pleistocene of Buenos Ayres. The upper portion of the left canine remains; there are only two cheek-teeth on each side of the mandible. Purchased, 1846. M. 1572. Cast of the cranium and mandible; from a cavern in Minas Geraes, Brazil. The original of this specimen (from which the woodcut fig. 6 is modified) is in the Paris Pig. M
. Catalogue of the fossil Mammalia in the British museum, (Natural History). Mammals, Fossil. 48 CARSTVORA. Smilodon neogceus, Cope. Smilodon populator, Lund1. Hah. S. America. 21000. The cranium and mandible, wanting the maxillae and the left premaxilla; from the Pleistocene of Buenos Ayres. The upper portion of the left canine remains; there are only two cheek-teeth on each side of the mandible. Purchased, 1846. M. 1572. Cast of the cranium and mandible; from a cavern in Minas Geraes, Brazil. The original of this specimen (from which the woodcut fig. 6 is modified) is in the Paris Pig. Machcerodus neogceus.—Cranium, much reduced ; from South America. Museum ; and is figured by De Blainville in his ' Osteo- graphie,' genus Felis, pi. xx. A small pm. 3, of different sizes on the two sides, is present in the mandible. No history. 43235. The left ramus of the mandible, wanting the cutting-teeth; from the Pleistocene of Buenos Ayres. In this specimen pm. a is absent. Presented by Senor L. J. Fontana, 1871. 43236. The left ramus of the mandible, wanting the cutting-teeth; from the Pleistocene of Buenos Ayres. In this specimen the teeth are in beautiful preservation; pm73 is present, and is of considerably larger size than in the Paris skull (No. M. 1572). Presented by Senor L. J. Fontana, 1871. 1 Loc. cit. vol. ix. p. 293 (1842).. 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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