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| Keywords: The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London (12711588295).jpg I received of the tusks which were curved and measured <br> 9 feet from the tip to the base ; and from an inspection of two of <br> the teeth I concluded the skeleton to have been that of the Elephas <br> 'primigenius The navvies were continually digging up portions of <br> the skeleton for five weeks before they were aware what they had <br> found <br> In the Lias Clay beneath were the vertebrae of Ichthyosaurus <br> and in the superficial gravel above the skeleton of the Elephant <br> human remains probably of very ancient date were discovered ; and <br> thus in a series of deposits of only 20 feet in aggregate thickness <br> relics characteristic of three great epochs in the earth's history were <br> entombed in the order of their relative ages <br> My endeavours to obtain shells from these gravels have been in- <br> effectual ; but it is probable they are the equivalents of the estuarine <br> and mammaliferous deposits of the Vale of Gloucester and the <br> Thames Valley and with those lately described by Mr Trimmer <br> as occurring in the neighbourhood of Peterborough According to <br> this supposition they are to be included in the second stationary or <br> The greater portion of the skeleton is supposed to be in the possession of <br> J Taunton Esq formerly Engineer of the line Two teeth were shown to me <br> by Mr Lardner of Ascott to whom as also to the Rev F E Lott I am indebted <br> for information on the subject <br> VOL XI PART I 2 L 35615093 110213 51125 Page 491 Text v 11 http //www biodiversitylibrary org/page/35615093 1855 Geological Society of London NameFound Elephas primigenius NameConfirmed Elephas primigenius NameBankID 5716812 NameFound Ichthyosaurus NameConfirmed Ichthyosaurus EOLID 13226022 NameBankID 4204055 Biodiversity Heritage Library The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London v 11 1855 Geology Periodicals Smithsonian Libraries bhl page 35615093 dc identifier http //biodiversitylibrary org/page/35615093 smithsonian libraries Information field Flickr posted date ISOdate 2014-02-23 Check categories 2015 August 26 CC-BY-2 0 BioDivLibrary https //flickr com/photos/61021753 N02/12711588295 2015-08-26 20 59 02 cc-by-2 0 PD-old-70-1923 The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London 1855 Photos uploaded from Flickr by Fæ using a script | ||||
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