Palæontological Memoirs and Notes of the Late Hugh Falconer: Mastodon, elephant, rhinoceros, ossiferous caves, primeval man and his contemporaries
R. Hardwicke, 1868 - Paleontology
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African Elephant alveolus angle angustidens antepenultimate antiquus Bacon Hole basal Becklesii bones bourrelet British Museum canine carnassial cave cavern cement Cervus characters Christol collection condyle coronoid Crag cranium crochet Cuvier deposits diameter diasteme dimensions discs of wear distinct edge Elephas antiquus enamel Euelephas Falconer fang Fauna figured fossil fragment front Gower Grays Thurrock Height hemitachus Hippopotamus Hyæna inches incisors Indian Elephant inner side Lartet last molar last premolar last true molar left side Length of crown lower jaw Loxodon Mammalia Mammoth margin marsupial Mastodon matrix megarhinus meridionalis Miocene nasal nearly occipital outer Plagiaulax plates Pliocene portion posterior barrel premolar present primigenius priscus Proboscidean Professor Owen ramus remains Rhin Rhinoceros Rhinoceros leptorhinus ridges right side skull species specimen stalagmite Stegodon surface symphysis talon teeth Tetralophodon thick tichorhinus tooth transverse tubercle tusks upper jaw upper molar Val d'Arno valley vertical Width of ditto worn