On a specimen of Elephas antiquus from Upnor

  • Andrews C
  • Forster-Cooper C
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Abstract

Owing to increasing ill-health the late Dr. Andrews was unable to complete his account of the specimen of Elephas antiquus which had been discovered at Upnor. Some time ago Dr. F. A. Bather, Keeper of the Department of Geology in the British Museum, was kind enough to ask me to prepare Dr. Andrews’ account for the press and to describe such parts of the skeleton as were still undone. After I had gladly undertaken to finish my late friend’s work I learnt that, through the great generosity of Dr. Rushton Parker, the specimen was to be mounted for exhibition, and it seemed very fitting that a figure of the animal as finally mounted should form the frontispiece to Andrews’ paper. The time involved in preparing the skeleton and in making the complicated mount has caused some delay in the publication of this paper, but that such delay was worth while is evident from an inspection of the striking exhibit which is the outcome of Dr. Rushton Parker’s benefaction. As now mounted the specimen shows that the Upnor Elephant is one of the largest of all the known forms, and that, in spite of the absence of the skull, the right fore-limb, and the ribs, it is still probably the and, from the ; finest and most complete skeleton of Elephas antiquus in existence great rarity of associated bones of this species, it is one of very great scientific value

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Andrews, C. W., & Forster-Cooper, C. (2016). On a specimen of Elephas antiquus from Upnor. On a specimen of Elephas antiquus from Upnor. BM(NH),. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.118754

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