. Catalogue of casts of fossils, from the principal museums of Europe and America, with short descriptions and illustrations. Fossils. VERTEBRATA. No. 14. G-alecyirjis CEningensis, Owen. Skeleton. Tins interesting and well preserved fossil re- warded tlie early geological pursuits (1828) of the distin- guished author of the " Silurian Sys- ; The novel oc- currence of an entire carnivorous quadru- ped regularly imbed- ed in stone, as well as some peculiarities in its anatomy, makes this a singularly unique specimen. VonMeyer first proposed the name of Cards palustris, and M. de Bl
. Catalogue of casts of fossils, from the principal museums of Europe and America, with short descriptions and illustrations. Fossils. VERTEBRATA. No. 14. G-alecyirjis CEningensis, Owen. Skeleton. Tins interesting and well preserved fossil re- warded tlie early geological pursuits (1828) of the distin- guished author of the " Silurian Sys- ; The novel oc- currence of an entire carnivorous quadru- ped regularly imbed- ed in stone, as well as some peculiarities in its anatomy, makes this a singularly unique specimen. VonMeyer first proposed the name of Cards palustris, and M. de Blainville called it Vulpes (Eidngensis; but after careful examination Professor Owen gave it an intermediate position between the Polecat and Dog. The first premolar is smaller, and the third and fourth larger, than in the Fox, and all the teeth are more closely set than in the genus Cards, though the dental formula is the same. The general breadth of the feet, in proportion to their length, is greater than in any living canine species, and it is this robust character of the feet Avhich indi- cates an affinity to the Viverrine group. The tail is longer in proportion than in the Dog, though not so long as in the Fox. The vertebrae number the same as those of the Fox. The fossil was discoArered in a lacustrine schist (Older Plio- cene) at CEningen, near Constance, and is now in the British Museum. Size, 3 ft. x 2 ft. Price, $ No. 15. Amphicyon major, Lart. Upper Jaw, bight ramus. This large carnivore was a forerunner of the Plantigrade family, having the tuberculate molars of the Bear, but in every other respect retaining the dentition of the Dog. This species is identical with the A. giganteus of Laurillard. It had the general proportions of the Lion and the gait of the Bear. The fossil was found in the Miocene deposits at Sansans, Southern France, and is in the Mnseum of the Garden of Plants. Size, 8x6. Price, $ No. 16. Ul'SUS spel33US, Blumenbach. Skull. This "
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