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| Keywords: The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London (12513449274).jpg 1872 <br> DAWEnrS FOREST-BED CERYID <br> 409 <br> agrees in every measurement with the above with the sole excep- <br> tion that the antler is slightly smaller a point which varies with <br> age Although therefore the brow-tyne has been broken away <br> which is so important a guide to the determination of the different <br> Cervine species the specimen from Norfolk may be assigned to the <br> same species It is so like the lithograph given by Prof Gervais op <br> cit pi xvi fig 4 that it does not require a figure A second frontlet <br> of precisely the same character has been obtained from the Forest- <br> bed at Easton Suffolk by Mr Ewen and is now preserved in the <br> Chichester Museum The left antler is in the same condition as <br> that of the French specimen being broken off just above the first <br> tyne The base of a shed right antler obtained from the Chillesford <br> beds of Aldeby by the late C B Rose Esq of Yarmouth and now <br> in the Norwich Museum presents the deeply channelled cylindrical <br> beam with a strongly defined burr running round it at right angles <br> to the long axis the brow-antler rising at a distance of about 2 <br> inches from the burr ” points which characterize C carnutorum In <br> my belief it belongs to that species The basal circumference is 6-5 ; <br> and the first tyne is 2 5 inches from the burr fig 3 Nor is there <br> Fig 3 ” Right Antler of Cervits carnutorum; Norwich Museum <br> Hose collection <br> any thing strange in the Deer of St -Prest being found in the Forest- <br> bed since Trogontlierium Cuvieri Rhinoceros megarhinus and Hippo- <br> potamus major have been furnished by both strata <br> 3 Classieicatory Value oe the Cervid <br> It remains now to examine the value in classification of this 34985458 108770 51125 Page 409 Text v 28 http //www biodiversitylibrary org/page/34985458 1872 Geological Society of London NameFound Cervits carnutorum NameFound Cervus carnutorum NameFound Trogontlierium Biodiversity Heritage Library The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London v 28 1872 Geology Periodicals Smithsonian Libraries bhl page 34985458 dc identifier http //biodiversitylibrary org/page/34985458 smithsonian libraries Information field Flickr posted date ISOdate 2014-02-14 Check categories 2015 August 26 CC-BY-2 0 BioDivLibrary https //flickr com/photos/61021753 N02/12513449274 2015-08-27 10 52 50 cc-by-2 0 PD-old-70-1923 The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London 1872 Photos uploaded from Flickr by Fæ using a script | ||||
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