THE EARLIEST ELEPHANT ANCESTOR 



has no resemblance to one and probably had 

 no trunk at all, as certainly it had only small 



Fig. 88. — Profile and palatine views of the skull of Meritherium 

 Lyonsi, as restored by Dr. Andrews. Note the elongated 

 form of the skull and the normal development of teeth, 

 viz. six incisors (above), a right and left small canine and 

 six molars on each side (above and below). 



tooth-like tusks, unworthy of comparison with 



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