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Keywords: The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London (12736651314).jpg 534 <br> W H FLOWER ON THE OCCURRENCE OF THE REMAINS <br> 27 Note on the Occurrence of the Remains of Hv enarctos in the <br> Red Crag of Suffolk By William Henry Flower Esq <br> F R S F G S Hunterian Professor and Conservator of the <br> Museum at tho Royal College of Surgeons Read June 6 <br> 1877 <br> In the rich collection of Red-Crag fossils gathered together during <br> the course of many years in the neighbourhood of Waldringfield by <br> the Rev H Canham now through the joint liberality of Sir Richard <br> Wallace and Mr Canham located in the Ipswich Museum is a very <br> perfect mammalian tooth which has been placed in my hands for <br> identification It proves to be the right upper first true molar of <br> an animal of the genus Hijamarctos of Falconer Cautley <br> In the Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society vol xxxiii <br> No 129 Feb 1 1877 at p 133 it is recorded that at the meet- <br> ing of the Society held on November 22 L876 Mr Charlesworth <br> stated that he had obtained from the Crag a tooth which had been <br> pronounced by Mr W Davies of the British Museum to come <br> nearest to that of HycBnarctos among known Mammalia The <br> tooth referred to by Mr Charlesworth is now in the collection of <br> Mr William Reed M R C S of York who has obligingly sent it to <br> me for exhibition to the Society It is the corresponding upper <br> molar of the opposite side and so like that of Mr Canham's col- <br> lection that except for being perfectly unworn it might almost <br> have belonged to the same individual <br> Tooth o/Hyaenarctos/Vo»i the Bed Crag in Mr Canham's Collection <br> b <br> a <br> a Upper surface The dotted line represents the outline of the complete tooth <br> in Mr Reed's collection b From the side <br> The tooth first mentioned is in very fair preservation being only <br> slightly worn at the prominent apices of the cusps It has no <br> matrix adhering to it and is less rolled and waterworn than many <br> of the teeth from the Crag having a considerable proportion of each <br> of the three roots remaining ; whereas these being composed of <br> softer tissues than the enamel-coated crown are generally absent 35818693 110705 51125 Page 534 Text 33 http //www biodiversitylibrary org/page/35818693 1877 Geological Society of London NameFound Mammalia NameConfirmed Mammalia EOLID 15503955 NameBankID 2478620 Biodiversity Heritage Library The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London v 33 1877 Geology Periodicals Smithsonian Libraries bhl page 35818693 dc identifier http //biodiversitylibrary org/page/35818693 smithsonian libraries Information field Flickr posted date ISOdate 2014-02-24 Check categories 2015 August 26 CC-BY-2 0 BioDivLibrary https //flickr com/photos/61021753 N02/12736651314 2015-08-26 19 57 04 cc-by-2 0 PD-old-70-1923 The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London 1877 Photos uploaded from Flickr by Fæ using a script
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