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I.— Notes on an Expedition to the Fayûm, Egypt, with Descriptions of Some New Mammals

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

C. W. Andrews
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In the following note I propose to give a brief account of the chief results obtained during an expedition to the Fayûm in the early part of the present year (1903). The localities in which collections were made lie to the north of the lake Birket-el-Kerun, and are almost the same as those examined on previous occasions. Practically nothing was found in the Middle Eocene beds, but from those of Upper Eocene age a fairly large collection of vertebrate remains, including several new forms, was obtained. A few interesting tilings were also found in the Quaternary lake-beds in the neighbourhood of Schweinfurth's Temple (Qasr-es-Sagha); these will be referred to more fully below.

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Geological Magazine , Volume 10 , Issue 8 , August 1903 , pp. 337 - 343
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1903

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page 338 note 1 “A Preliminary Note on Arsinoitherium Zitteli,” by Beadnell, H. J. L., Survey Department, Cairo, 1902.Google Scholar

page 338 note 2 “A Preliminary Note on some New Mammals from the Upper Eocene of Egypt,” by Andrews, C. W. & Beadnell, H. J. L., Cairo, 1902.CrossRefGoogle Scholar

page 339 note 1 “A Preliminary Notice of a Land Tortoise,” by Andrews, C. W. & Beadnell, H. J. L., Survey Department, Cairo, 1903.Google Scholar

page 339 note 2 Beadnell, H. J. L., “Neolithic Flint Implements from the Northern Desert of the Fayûm, Egypt”: Geol. Mag., Dec. IV, Vol. X (1903), p. 53Google Scholar, Pls. III–IV.

page 341 note 1 “A Preliminary Note on some New Mammals from the Upper Eocene of Egypt,” by Andrews, C. W. & Beadnell, H. J. L., Cairo, 1902.CrossRefGoogle Scholar

page 341 note 2 That is to say, that the tooth is long, curved, and grows from a persistent pulp; in section it is triangular, one of the angles being anterior. The two anterior faces only are enamel covered, and the tooth wears to a sharp point.