A MAMMOTH.
BIG SKELETON FOUND. 'Times 1 — 1 Sydney Sun' Special Cables. (Received Sept. 20, 8.30 a.m.) NEW YORK, Sept. 19. The petrified skeleton of a mammoth was found in a cave at Harvard (?) It is almost intact. The skull measures six feet in length and two in height. Scientists declare it is the skeleton of a triceratops. [Mr A. Hamilton, Director of the Dominion Museum, to whom the eable message was referred, states that he is of opinion that the discovery is that of a very large skull of the extinct diniosaurian triceratops, and that it was found by the explorers of the Harvard University Museum. The animal lias a very extraordinary head, with three horns, and is well known in the natural history world. The s-pecimen referred to 'in the cable message from New York is an exceptionally large one.]
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 22 September 1913, Page 5
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142A MAMMOTH. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 22 September 1913, Page 5
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