. Catalogue of the fossil Mammalia in the British museum, (Natural History). Mammals, Fossil. ELEPHANTID^. 43 19952 a. The second right upper true molar, in a very much worn {Fig.) condition ; from Buenos Ayres. Figured by Falconer and Cautley in the ' Fauna Antiqua Sivalensis,' pi. xl. fig. 1 under the name of M. andium. Purchased 1846. 19952 b. The associated right and left third upper true molars, in {Fig.) an early stage of wear; from Buenos Ayres. The speci- men of the left side (woodcut, fig. 10) is figured by Fal- coner and Cautley, op. cit. pi. xl. fig. 12, as M. andium. Fig. Mast
. Catalogue of the fossil Mammalia in the British museum, (Natural History). Mammals, Fossil. ELEPHANTID^. 43 19952 a. The second right upper true molar, in a very much worn {Fig.) condition ; from Buenos Ayres. Figured by Falconer and Cautley in the ' Fauna Antiqua Sivalensis,' pi. xl. fig. 1 under the name of M. andium. Purchased 1846. 19952 b. The associated right and left third upper true molars, in {Fig.) an early stage of wear; from Buenos Ayres. The speci- men of the left side (woodcut, fig. 10) is figured by Fal- coner and Cautley, op. cit. pi. xl. fig. 12, as M. andium. Fig. Mastodon htcmboldti.—The third left upper true molar; from the Pleistocene of Buenos Ayres. §. The lower border of the figure is the inner border of the specimen. Each tooth carries four ridges and a double hind talon; when more worn the double trefoils would be produced; cement is present. It agrees very closely with the speci- men figured by P. Gervais in the ' Mammiferes Fossiles de l'Amerique meridionale,' pi. v. fig. 9 (1855). Purchased, 1846. 6 (0. C). The imperfect third right upper true molar, in a partially {Fig.) worn condition ; from South America. Figured by Fal- coner and Cautley, op. cit. pi. xl. fig. 10, as M. andium. A large quantity of cement is present. Presented by the Earl of Shelbume, 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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