. Catalogue of casts of fossils, from the principal museums of Europe and America, with short descriptions and illustrations. Fossils. No. 178. Rhizoprion Schinzi. Head, This Cetacean—some- what allied in form to the modern Porpoise—is from the Middle Terti- ary beds of Central France, and is preserved in the Museum of Natural History of Lyons. Size, 26 x 10. Price, £ No. 179. Balaenodon gibbosus, Owen. Cetotolites, two specimens. These fossil tympanic bones belong to a large, extinct Whale, which, probably like some contemporary quadrupeds, retained fully developed characters which are
. Catalogue of casts of fossils, from the principal museums of Europe and America, with short descriptions and illustrations. Fossils. No. 178. Rhizoprion Schinzi. Head, This Cetacean—some- what allied in form to the modern Porpoise—is from the Middle Terti- ary beds of Central France, and is preserved in the Museum of Natural History of Lyons. Size, 26 x 10. Price, £ No. 179. Balaenodon gibbosus, Owen. Cetotolites, two specimens. These fossil tympanic bones belong to a large, extinct Whale, which, probably like some contemporary quadrupeds, retained fully developed characters which are embryonic and transitory iu existing Ceta- ceans. They were found in the Red Crag (Pliocene) of Suffolk, England; but as they are water-worn and rolled, and were doubtless washed out of previous strata. The original specimens belong to the Ward Museum in the University of Roches- ter. Price, $ No. 180. Ccetns Emmonsi, Leidy. Tooth. This remarkable dental form, having a resemblance to the canine of the Hippopotamus, was found in the Older Miocene of White River, Upper Mis- souri region. Size, 9x4. Price, $ Order 9 — Marsupialia. The Marsupials possess a peculiar feature which, places them lowest in the Mammalian series. This feature is the premature production of their young, which are matured in a pouch, supported by two peculiar. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Ward, Henry A. (Henry Augustus), 1834-1906. Rochester, N. Y. , Benton & Andrews, printers
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