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parallelized the part of tlie bore in wliirli the tooth-fragment had 

 been found, with the clay of Tegelen, which maj be referred to 

 the youngest pliocene or the oldest pleistocene. The tooth-fragment 



corroborates this parallelism, foi- of late Elephas meridionalis has 

 also been found near Tegelen '). 



From the fact that the previous discoveries of ¥j\. meridionalis 

 were made near Oosterhout in a loam-quarry, near the snrface, it 

 may be concluded that in this part of Noord Brabant the pliocene 

 rises locally to the surface. In the Annexes 11 and 13 of the 

 "Final Report of the Government Exploration of Minerals", a fault 

 running N. 40° W is marked West of Tilburg, which, however, in 

 Annex H is drawn 2 KM. farther to the east than in Annex 13. 

 To the north-east of this fault the soil has considerably subsided, 

 as indicated on the sketch map; to the south-east the subsidence 

 is less marked. When mapping the finding-places of the pliocene or 

 the old pleistocene fauna (Westerhoven ajid Oosterhoiit), it will be 

 noted that they fall to the east of the fault, as indicated in 

 Annex 13, while Westerhoven would also lie within the trough, 

 when assumung the course of the fault as marked in Annex 11. 

 It is clear, however, that the pliocene can be expected near the 

 surface only in the least subsided I'egion, so that it is certain that 

 the above-named fault — marked on the map only as a "suspected" fault 

 — must be shifted more eastward. In that case, however, the 

 locality of El. primigeiiius near Esbeek falls certainly to the west 



1) S. RiCHARZ. Centralbl. f. Miner. Geol. u. Pal. 1921 p. 664—669; id. Stadt 

 Gottes 1921 22. Heft HI. 



