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which probably bore horns. In spite of the size of the animal its 
brain capacity was very small— only one-eighth that of a modern 
horse, as shown by a cast, Case iiD. 
Pedestal 18.— Skeleton of Irish Elk, from Limerick, Ire- 
land. A Post-Pliocene mam.mal of the Deer family, the bones of 
which are found in marl beneath peat beds in Ireland and 
England. The antlers of this animal have a spread of seven feet, 
and its height was nearly eight feet. 
Case 11, Hall 35.— Tertiary and Quaternary fossils. 
Case llA.— Fossil turtles of the Tertiary period, including 
carapaces of Stylemys from Nebraska and of Testudo, from 
South Carolina: also turtle’s egg from France. 
Cases 1 IB and C. — The Cetacea, or whales of this period, 
are illustrated by vertebrae of the Zeliglodon. These animals were 
probably 70 feet in length. Their bones are so common in many 
places in the south as to be used by farmers for building fences. 
Many remains of mammals from the Green River, Wyoming, 
beds, including skulls of the Oreodon, an animal which has been de- 
scribed as “ a ruminating hog,” and jaws, vertebrae, and limb bones 
of the Titanotherium, an animal allied to the Dinoceras. Also, 
skulls of the Mesohippus, a three-toed mammal about the size of 
a sheep, believed to be one of the ancestors of the modern horse. 
Cases IID and E.— Quaternary fossils. Leg bones of Eu- 
rypteryx, Mesopteryx, and other birds. These were post-glacial 
birds living in New Zealand. Large shells of Ostrea, or oyster, 
from the marl beds of North Carolina. Other invertebrates of 
this age. 
Case IIF. — Bones of the post-glacial Hippopotamus, which 
lived at this time in England. Leg Bones of the Bison, from the 
same region. 
Case IIG.— Teeth of ancient elephants — T/awzwwM and 
Mastodon. Skull of Rhinoceros (cast). 
Carnivores, illustrated by skull of Ursus (cast), or ancient bear. 
Remains of Homo sapiens, or man, found in a cave on the island 
of Crete— probably very ancient. 
Floor of Hall 35 , Pedestal 19.— Restoration of Glyp- 
todon clavipes. This was a giant Edentate, allied to the Armadillo. 
Tt existed during Quaternary times in South America. 1 he spec- 
imen is 10 feet in length, the shell having a length of 5 feet. 
