. Catalogue of casts of fossils, from the principal museums of Europe and America, with short descriptions and illustrations. Fossils. MAMMALIA. 29 No. 93. Rhinoceros brachypus, Lart. Upper Jaw, left ramus. This fossil, which probably belongs to the R. irachypus, was found in 1861, in an oolitic, Lower Miocene formation, at St. Alban, France, and is in the Museum of Natural History in Lyons. Size, 12 x 7. Price, $ No. 94. Rhinoceros insignis. Lower Jaw. This specimen was found in the Miocene at Gannat, France, and is in the Museum of Natural History at Lyons. Size, 12 x 5. Price, No
. Catalogue of casts of fossils, from the principal museums of Europe and America, with short descriptions and illustrations. Fossils. MAMMALIA. 29 No. 93. Rhinoceros brachypus, Lart. Upper Jaw, left ramus. This fossil, which probably belongs to the R. irachypus, was found in 1861, in an oolitic, Lower Miocene formation, at St. Alban, France, and is in the Museum of Natural History in Lyons. Size, 12 x 7. Price, $ No. 94. Rhinoceros insignis. Lower Jaw. This specimen was found in the Miocene at Gannat, France, and is in the Museum of Natural History at Lyons. Size, 12 x 5. Price, No. 95. Rhinoceros pleuroceros. Lower Jaw, part op left ramus. From the same locality. Size, 8x4. Price, $ No. 96. Rhinoceros Schleiermacheri, Kaup. Lower Jaw, left ramus. This specimen, from the Upper Miocene of Central France, is in the Garden of Plants. Size, 21 x 11. Price, $ No. 97. Rhinoceros Upper Jaw, right ramus. With seven molars. Size, 10 x 4. Price, $ No. 98. Rhinoceros tichorinus? Cuv. Two Molars from upper jaw, showing the folds of the enamel. From the Diluvium of France. Originals in the Ward Museum, University of Roch- ester. Price, $ ).50. No. 99. Rhinoceros Merkii, Kaup. Molar. This specimen—smaller and narrower than the preceding—shows the folding of the enamel and the resultant figure of the crown-surface in molars from the lower jaw. From a lacustrine deposit (Miocene) at Steinheim, Wirtem- berg. Original in Mr. Ward's private Geological Cabinet. Price, $ No. 100. Rhinoceros incisivus, Cuv. Upper Incisor. From Miocene beds of Steinheim, Germany. Price, No. 101. Rhinoceros megarhnras, Chris. Left Tibia. This specimen from the Upper Pliocene at Montpelier, France, is also in the Museum at Lyons. Size, 17 x 6. Price, $ No. 102. Tapirus Arvernensis, Croiz. and Job. PALATE' AND JAW. This extinct Pachyderm differed little from the Tapir of Sumatra. The molars show the same bi- lophodont or two-ridged type. The upper jaw, when full
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