. Catalogue of casts of fossils, from the principal museums of Europe and America, with short descriptions and illustrations. Fossils. MAMMALIA. 21 No. 52. Bos primigenms, Boja. Cranium with Horn-cores. This species is supposed to be the same as the TTrus mentioned by Julius Csesar in his Commentaries, which, he says, is not much inferior to the Elephant in size (!) Cuvier, Bell, and many other naturalists believe that our domestic cattle are the degenerate descendants of this great Ox. The forehead is concave; and the horns originate at the ends of the ridge which divides the frontal and occi
. Catalogue of casts of fossils, from the principal museums of Europe and America, with short descriptions and illustrations. Fossils. MAMMALIA. 21 No. 52. Bos primigenms, Boja. Cranium with Horn-cores. This species is supposed to be the same as the TTrus mentioned by Julius Csesar in his Commentaries, which, he says, is not much inferior to the Elephant in size (!) Cuvier, Bell, and many other naturalists believe that our domestic cattle are the degenerate descendants of this great Ox. The forehead is concave; and the horns originate at the ends of the ridge which divides the frontal and occipital regions, and describe a double curvature. This specimen was found in 1840, in the Pleistocene banks of the Seille, France, and is in the Museum of Natural History in Lyons. Size, 3 ft. 10 in x 18 in. Price, $ No. 53. Bos primigenms, Boja,. Skull with Horn-cores. This remarkably fine specimen, represented in the accompanying engraving, was discovered in a peat-bog (Pleistocene) in Amiens, France, and is preserved in the private Geological Cabinet of Mr. Ward, Rochester. Size, 2 ft. 10 in. x 2 ft. Price, $ No. 54. Bootherium cavifrons, Leidy. Cranium with Horn-cores. In this species, which is closely allied to the Musk-Ox, the frontal bone rises into a prominent process from the sides of which originate the horn-cores. The latter project outwards, downwards, and forwards. The original was found in a gravelly bluff (Pleistocene), near Fort Gibson, on the Arkansas River, and belongs to the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia. Size, 24 x 13. Price, $ No. 55. Bootherium bombifrons, Leidy. Cranium with Horn- cores. This species differs from the preceding chiefly in the less development of the frontal ridge, and in the shape of the process which rises gradually into a hump. The specimen was found in the Pleistocene morasses of Big- bone Lick, Kentucky, and is in the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia. Size, 18 x 12. Price, $ Please note that the
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