. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Geology. . Text-figure 9 A-B, Pantolestidae indet. from Creechbarrow. Occlusal and buccal views respectively of left P2/3 (M36390). CD, Crypto- pithecus major (Lydekker) from the Lower Headon Beds, Hordle Cliff. Occlusal and buccal views respectively of left P2/3 (M34756). All x 8. P2/3: An upper tooth from Hordle Cliff (M34756; Text-fig. 9C-D) compares well in morphol- ogy with those of Cryptopithecus sideroolithicus Schlosser 1890, identified by Heissig (1977: 216, figs 6-8) as P3 and P4. It seems likely that the latter are really P2 and P3
. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Geology. . Text-figure 9 A-B, Pantolestidae indet. from Creechbarrow. Occlusal and buccal views respectively of left P2/3 (M36390). CD, Crypto- pithecus major (Lydekker) from the Lower Headon Beds, Hordle Cliff. Occlusal and buccal views respectively of left P2/3 (M34756). All x 8. P2/3: An upper tooth from Hordle Cliff (M34756; Text-fig. 9C-D) compares well in morphol- ogy with those of Cryptopithecus sideroolithicus Schlosser 1890, identified by Heissig (1977: 216, figs 6-8) as P3 and P4. It seems likely that the latter are really P2 and P3, as two teeth from Hordle Cliff, with morphology typical of that of a pantolestid P4, are present in the BM(NH) collections. These are broader with a distinct protocone and are considered to belong to Cryptopithecus major (Lydekker 1887) Heissig 1977. Two teeth from Creechbarrow closely resemble M34756 but are slightly smaller. The better preserved (M36390) has a weaker para- style which is situated higher on the crown and the preparacrista extends further apically. The distal and distolingual regions are missing in both teeth. Order LIPOTYPHLA Haeckel 1866 (rank emend. Gregory 1910) Insectivore classification has had a chequered history (see Butler 1972). Certain fossil and modern groups that at one time or another have been included peripherally in the Insectivora are generally now given ordinal status of their own ( Apatotheria, p. 327, and Proteutheria, p. 222). For the rest Butler (1972) advocated the use of a restricted insectivore order, using Haeckel's (1866) name Lipotyphla, for the extant erinaceids, talpids, soricids, solenodontids, tenrecids and chrysochlorids and several extinct families. Novacek (1976) preferred to use the order Insectivora in a restricted sense for the Lipotyphla. The name Lipotyphla has the advan- tage of being narrower in its range of meaning than Insectivora. Butler (1972: 255) listed six important characters common to this group: 1, abse
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