EXTINCT ANIMALS 



to join the elephant stock on to more ordinary 

 " normal " mammals. I should say that this 

 beast was not so very big — about as large as a 



Fig. 87. — Lower jaws of extinct Elephants, from drawings by 

 Dr. Andrews. 1. The lower jaw (and above it the upper 

 jaw) of Meritherium, showing six molar or cheek-teeth in 

 position. 2. The lower jaw^ of Palaeomastodon. 3. The 

 lower jaw of Tetrabelodon. (Compare with the lower 

 jaws of more recent forms shown in Fig. 70, 77 and 78.) 



fair-sized horse. Dr. Andrews' great triumph, 

 however, is the discovery of a somewhat 

 smaller animal in the same deposits, which is 

 undoubtedly an elephant, and yet at first sight 



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