. Catalogue of the fossil Mammalia in the British museum, (Natural History). Mammals, Fossil. ANTHRACOTHEEIID^. 237 seems, moreover, thai A. magnum passes imperceptibly in the other direction into the smaller A. cdsaticum\ The fragment of the mandible of a large Anthracothere figured in the accompanying woodcut (fig. 34) was obtained from the Lower Siwaliks of Dera Fiff. Anthracotherium, sp-—Part of the left ramus of the mandible; from Dera Bugti. Indian Museum. ^. (From the ' Palasontologia Indica.') Bugti, on the north-west frontier of India, and is very similar to A. magnum, although i


. Catalogue of the fossil Mammalia in the British museum, (Natural History). Mammals, Fossil. ANTHRACOTHEEIID^. 237 seems, moreover, thai A. magnum passes imperceptibly in the other direction into the smaller A. cdsaticum\ The fragment of the mandible of a large Anthracothere figured in the accompanying woodcut (fig. 34) was obtained from the Lower Siwaliks of Dera Fiff. Anthracotherium, sp-—Part of the left ramus of the mandible; from Dera Bugti. Indian Museum. ^. (From the ' Palasontologia Indica.') Bugti, on the north-west frontier of India, and is very similar to A. magnum, although insufficient for specific determination. It is described in the ' Palseontologia Indica,' ser. 10, vol. ii. p. 176. Hah. Europe. 28770. The palate, with the complete dentition, except the inner pair of incisors ; from the Lower Miocene of Ufhofen, near Flonheim, Hesse Darmstadt. This magnificent specimen is noticed by P. Gervais in the Zool. et Pal. Prancaises, 2nd ed. p. 190. It agrees precisely with the typical Cadi- bona form, of which a palate is figured by Gastaldi in the Mem. P. Ac. Sci. Turin, ser. 2, vol. xix. pi. ix. (1858). Purchased, 1853. M. 1433. The crown of the last upper true molar, in an unworn condition ; from the Upper Eocene of Caylux (Tarn-et- Garonne), Prance. This specimen, like others from the phosphorites, is of very large size, its length being 0,059, and its greatest width 0,063. Purchased, 1884. M. 1433 a. The last right upper true molar, in a partially worn condition ; from the Upper Eocene of Caylux. Purchased, 1884. M. 1434. Two last left upper true molars, in a middle condition of wear ; from the Upper Eocene of Caylux. Purchased, 1884. 1 Ann. Sci. Geol. toI. viii. art. 1. p. 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 Geol


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