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XXIV.—Early Glacial Remains of Reindeer from the Glasgow District

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 September 2014

M. Macgregor  and
James Ritchie
M. Macgregor
Affiliation:
H.M. Geological Survey (Scotland)
James Ritchie
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, University of Edinburgh
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In the early part of 1937, during the course of excavations for a sewage extension tunnel at Queen's Park, on the south side of Glasgow, some pieces of bone were obtained by the workmen from a bed of gravel at a depth of 70 feet from the surface. Through the kindness of Mr T. Somers, Master of Works and City Engineer to the Corporation of Glasgow, these remains were loaned to the Geological Survey and, again with his sanction, submitted for examination to Professor James Ritchie of Edinburgh University, one of the collaborators in this note. Professor Ritchie reported that the fragments of bone fitted together to form the greater part of the right radius and ulna of a reindeer. At a later stage of the excavations a portion of an antler was disinterred from the same bed. It seems desirable to record these occurrences in some detail, and for convenience this communication has been divided into two parts. In the first of these the geological position and age of the fossiliferous deposit are briefly discussed, while the second part is devoted to a description of the remains themselves and to a comparison with similar remains elsewhere.

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Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh , Volume 60 , Issue 3 , 1940 , pp. 322 - 333
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Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1940

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