DESCRIPTION OF THE LIMBS 
i3 
Phalanges.— E xcept for their large size and massive structure the phalanges 
present no special peculiarities. 
One specimen of the ungual phalanx was found. 
Hind-limbs. 
The hind-limbs are represented by the proximal halves of both femora ; the 
almost complete left tibia, and the distorted distal end of the right tibia ; the left 
fibula, except for three inches or so towards the upper end, and the distal end of 
the right-hand bone ; and most of the bones of the feet on one side or another, 
except the mesocuneiform. 
Femur. — Only the proximal halves of the two femora are preserved, the 
remainder having been destroyed in digging the original trench. The head of 
the bone is nearly hemispherical, and the neck is very short. On the left side the 
upper border of the bone running from the neck to the upper angle of the great 
trochanter is nearly at right angles to the long axis of the bone, so that the upper 
angle of the trochanter rises very slightly above the level of the outer edge of the 
articular surface of the head. On the right side the angle of the great trochanter 
actually rises to the level of the top of the head, and the upper border of the bone 
is concave. It seems probable that this represents the real shape of the bone, in 
which case this part of the femur differs widely from those of E. africanus, 
E. maximus, and E. primigenius, in which the neck is longer and rises more above 
the trochanter. There is a certain degree of likeness to the femora of some 
Mastodonts, e.g. Mastodon andium (Boule and Thevenin, 1920, p. 56, fig. 22). 
A femur from Overstrand, Norfolk, possibly that of E. meridionalis , differs from 
our specimen much as the recent species do. The digital fossa is broad and 
rather shallow ; it is bordered externally by a much-thickened wall. There seems 
to be no trace of the lesser trochanter, and in this our specimen resembles the 
femur of E. africanus rather than that of E. maximus. The whole of the upper 
part of the bone is so compressed that its original form is difficult to make out. 
The distal part is quite unknown, but has been restored for mounting mainly on 
the lines of E. africanus. 
The dimensions of the specimen are : 
mm. 
Diameter of the head (inner to outer side) . . . . . . . . 214 
Width of neck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190 
Greatest width of upper end of bone . . . . . . . . 467 
Length as restored . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1545 
Tibia. — The left tibia is nearly complete, but the right is represented only by 
the lower end, which is much cracked and distorted. 
At the massive proximal end the facet for the inner condyle of the femur is 
nearly circular in outline, and is somewhat deeply concave, especially posteriorly. 
The outer facet is narrower from front to back than from side to side, but is relatively 
