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Title: A guide to the fossil mammals and birds in the Department of Geology and Palæontology in the British Museum (Natural History) ..
Year: 1896 (1890s)
Authors: British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Geology Woodward, Henry, 1832-1921
Subjects: Mammals, Fossil Birds, Fossil
Publisher: (London) Printed by order of the Trustees
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
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Fig. 30.—Profile of skull of Elephaspla-nifrons (Falc. and Cautl.) (T\j na.uralsize); Older Pliocene, Siwalik Hills,India. Fig. 31.—Profile of skull of Mastodon sivalensis(Falc. <fc Cautl.) (TV natural size); OlderPliocene, Siwalik Hills, India. Elephasganesa. Stand D. from the Siwalik Hills in India, exhibited next the IlfordMammoth in the centre of the Gallery, has tusks which measure10 feet 6 inches in length.* This fine specimen was presentedto the Trustees by General Sir William Erskine Baker, K.C.B.Fifteen extinct species of elephants, seven of which arefrom India, and three whose fossil remains have been foundin this country, are represented in the cases. * A mammoths tusk from Eschscholtzs Bay, in the collection, measures12 feet 6 inches along the curve. (See tops of Pier-cases, Xorth side, alsoon the upper shelf of Pier-case No. 30.) Froboscidea—The Mammoth. 23
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24 Proboscidea and Uyracoidea. Pier-case,No. 33.Pier-cases,Nos. 34, 35,and 36. Pier-case,No. 30. Table-case,No. 16. Sections of Molar teeth. Table-cases,Nos. 21, 21a. PigmyElephantsof Malta. Pier-case No. 33 contains some British remains of Elephasantiquus; the rest of the case, and also of Pier-cases Nos. 34,35, and 36, are entirely devoted to the great collection ofelephant-remains from the Older Pliocene of the Siwalik Hills,India (figured and described in the Fauna Antiqua Sivalensis).This series includes more than thirty heads and parts of skullsof extinct species of elephants, besides numerous lower jaws,detached teeth, vertebrae, and limb-bones. For this magnificentsuite of skulls, tusks, and teeth of fossil Indian elephants, weare mainly indebted to the late Colonel Sir Proby T. Caixtley,K.C.B., so large a donor of fossil vertebrates to the GeologicalDepartment. In Pier-case No. 30 are exhibited skulls of the two varietiesof the existing Indian elephant, and also a skull of th

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