Plate LXXI.
PLATE LXXI.
Fossil Remains of Mammalia.
Fig. 1. "a fossil tooth, probably of some animal of the whale kind."—Mr. Parkinson. I am not able to determine the nature of this specimen.
Fig. 2. The antlers and skull of the Fossil Elk, of Ireland, (Megaceros Hibernicus.) The original was nearly eleven feet across, from the point of one antler to another. A perfect skeleton of this extinct gigantic deer is exhibited in the Gallery of Organic Remains in the British Museum. For an account of this animal see Wonders of Geology, vol. i. p. 132; and Supplementary Notes, [p. 189]. The following measurements of the specimen figured are given by Mr. Parkinson;
| Feet. | Inches. | |||
| a to b | 10 | 10 | ||
| c to d | 5 | 2 | ||
| e to f | 3 | 7 | ½ | |
| g to h | 2 | 6 | ||
| i to k | 1 | 10 | ½ | |
| d to l | 1 | 2 | ||
| Diameter of the horn at m | 0 | 2 | ¼ | |
| Circumference, " | 0 | 8 | ||
| "at the root | 2 | 11 | ||
| Length of the cranium from n to o | 2 | 0 | ||
| Width""p to q | 1 | 0 | ||
"A similar pair, found ten feet under ground in the county of Clare, was presented to Charles the Second, and placed in the guard-room of Hampton Court Palace."
Fig. 3. Fragment of the fossil horn of some species of Cervus or Deer, from Etampes, in France.
Fig. 4. Two teeth of a ruminant, (a species of Bos or Ox,) in breccia, from Gibraltar.[72]