In the Scanlan collection is a fragment of the left maxilla with 4 teeth, the last premolar and the 3 molars. The specimen resembles figure [1] of Leidy’s plate XVII of Holmes’s “Post-Pliocene Fossils of South Carolina.” The teeth of the Scanlan specimens are, however, less worn. The hinder molar had not yet come through the gum. The specimen is referred to T. terrestris. The following are the measurements:
| Measurements, in millimeters, of upper teeth of Tapirus terrestris. | ||||
| Tooth. | Tapir from Charleston. | T. terrestris, U. S. Nat. Mus. No. 238110 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Length. | Width. | Length. | Width. | |
| Pm1 | 19 | 24.5 | 19 | 25 |
| M1 | 20 | 25.5 | 21 | 23 |
| M2 | 22.5 | 28 | 23.5 | 27 |
| M3 | 24.5 | 27.5 | 25.5 | 26 |
The molar teeth have an acute angle between the anterior and the outer borders, and the front and the hinder faces of the protocone and the hypocone are not so swollen as in the tooth referred to T. haysii. In apparently every respect the teeth of the fossil agree with the teeth of Tapirus terrestris from Brazil. It is to be hoped that before long a good skull of the Pleistocene tapir whose teeth so closely resemble those of T. terrestris will be discovered. If the two prove to be the same species it will seem that only the descendants of those which migrated to North America perished during the Glacial period.
There is another tooth, an upper left second molar, of T. terrestris in the Scanlan collection; also the rear half of an upper molar labeled as coming from Bull River. Other fragments of teeth are recorded as coming from Ashley River.
In the Charleston Museum (No. 13495) is a part of the left ramus of the lower jaw with the 3 molars. On measurement it is found that the teeth and jaw agree closely with those of T. terrestris.
GEORGIA.
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1. Brunswick, Glynn County.—In Bulletin No. 26 of the Geological Survey of Georgia, Mr. J. W. Gidley published a list of species of vertebrate fossils which belong to the State collection at Atlanta, secured during some dredging operations at Brunswick. This list, with modifications, is incorporated in that presented on page [370]. Among the fossils examined by Gidley, a tooth was recognized as that of Tapirus haysii.
FLORIDA.
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