. Catalogue of the fossil Mammalia in the British museum, (Natural History). Mammals, Fossil. 234 UNGULATA. at once distinguishes the specimens from Antliracotherium gresslyi 1 (No. 29851). The length of the outer border of the largest tooth is 0,010. Purchased, 1885. Hyopotamus giganteus, Lydekker2. This is a brachydont form, and the largest described species; it closely approaches Antliracotherium hyopotamoides in the structure of its molars. Rah. North-west frontier of India. M. 1542. Cast of the third left upper true molar. The original is from the Lower Siwaliks of the Bugti Hills, on the
. Catalogue of the fossil Mammalia in the British museum, (Natural History). Mammals, Fossil. 234 UNGULATA. at once distinguishes the specimens from Antliracotherium gresslyi 1 (No. 29851). The length of the outer border of the largest tooth is 0,010. Purchased, 1885. Hyopotamus giganteus, Lydekker2. This is a brachydont form, and the largest described species; it closely approaches Antliracotherium hyopotamoides in the structure of its molars. Rah. North-west frontier of India. M. 1542. Cast of the third left upper true molar. The original is from the Lower Siwaliks of the Bugti Hills, on the north- west frontier of India ; and is described and figured by the present writer in the ' PalEeontologia Indica,' ser. 10, vol. ii. p. 160, pi. xxiv. fig. 3. A similar specimen from the same locality is figured in the accompanying woodcut Fig. Hyopotamus giganteus.—The third left upper true molar; from the Bugti Hills. \. Indian Museum, Calcutta. (From the ' Paheontologia Indica.') (fig. 33), and is likewise preserved in the Indian Museum, Calcutta. Presented by the Superintendent of the Geological Survey of India, 1883. M. 1541. Cast of a portion of the right ramus of a mandible pro- visionally referred to the present species. The original is 1 Infra, p. 244. 2 Palaeontologia Indica (Mem. Geol. Surv. Ind.), ser. 10, p. 160 (1883).. 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 British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Geology; Lydekker, Richard, 1849-1915. London, Printed by order of the Trustees
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