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On a Fossil Elephant from Texas (E. Texianus)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 March 2016

Charles Carter Blake
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The existence of a fossil species of true elephant distinct from Elephas primigenius in America has been only of late years brought under the notice of palæontologists. I have slightly alluded to the subject in the ‘Geologist,’ Vol. IV. p. 470. For many years remains of true Elephant have been found with those of Mastodon at various spots within the New World.

Cuvier (‘Ossements Fossiles,’ ed. 1834, vol. ii. p. 145) mentions only one species of American elephant, the remains of which had been discovered in Kentucky, Carolina, Ohio, Mexico, Louisiana, Virginia, and Maryland.

De Blainville (‘Ostéographie,’ Eléphans, p. 157: Atlas, pl. x.) alludes to a tooth of fossil elephant from Texas, which is apparently referable to Elephas primigenius. He also mentions other remains from Mexico, Mississippi, Carolina, Kentucky, Ohio, Maryland, Virginia, and Behring's Straits.

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The Geologist , Volume 5 , Issue 2 , February 1862 , pp. 57 - 58
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1862

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