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SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS VOL. 83 



THE BANOLAS JAW 



The lower jaw of Baiiolas was found in April, 1887, by Senor 

 Pedro Alsius, a druggist of the town of Banolas, which lies on the 

 eastern bank of the Lago di Banolas, about 23 km. to the NNW 



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Fig. 34. — Map of Banolas and vicinity. A', site of the jaw. (After Bentabol, 

 Pacheco, and Obermaier.) 



of Gerona, in the northeastern part of Spain. The bone was found 

 in a block of limestone proceeding from an open quarry of calcareous 

 tufa, a short distance to the north of the town of Baiiolas. The block 

 of stone had been broken off by the quarry men, who saw in it indica- 

 tions of a row of teeth and notified the druggist of the occurrence. 



