. Catalogue of the fossil Mammalia in the British museum, (Natural History). Mammals, Fossil. 120 UN&ULATA. Indian Museum, Calcutta (No. B. 337). It is described and figured by the present writer in the ' Palseontologia Indica,' ser. 10, vol. ii. pp. 173, 174; the figure being reproduced in the accompanying woodcut (fig. 13). Presented by M. LydekTcer, Esq., 1884. Fig. Paleeomeryx sivalensis.—Left upper true molar; from the Siwaliks. \. (From the ' Palaeontologia Indica.') Paleeomeryx bojani, H. v. Meyer\ Syn. Dicroceros (?) magnus, Lartet2. This is the second largest European species
. Catalogue of the fossil Mammalia in the British museum, (Natural History). Mammals, Fossil. 120 UN&ULATA. Indian Museum, Calcutta (No. B. 337). It is described and figured by the present writer in the ' Palseontologia Indica,' ser. 10, vol. ii. pp. 173, 174; the figure being reproduced in the accompanying woodcut (fig. 13). Presented by M. LydekTcer, Esq., 1884. Fig. Paleeomeryx sivalensis.—Left upper true molar; from the Siwaliks. \. (From the ' Palaeontologia Indica.') Paleeomeryx bojani, H. v. Meyer\ Syn. Dicroceros (?) magnus, Lartet2. This is the second largest European species; the length of m. 3 being usually 0,030. There appear to have been no antlers. Hab. Europe. 21868. The dental portion of the right ramus of the mandible, containing the last five cheek-teeth; from the Middle Miocene of Sansan (Gers), France. The length of m7~3 is 0,032. Oroizet Collection. Purchased, 1848. 21869. The second right lower true molar; from the Middle Miocene of Sansan. Croizet Collection. Purchased, 1848,. 21869 a. Cast of an upper (broken) and lower true molar. The originals are probably from the Middle Miocene of Sansan. Purchased. Paleeomeryx furcatus (Hensel3). Syn. Prox furcatus, Hensel4. Dicroceros elegans, Lartet5. Paleeomeryx scheuchzeri, H. v. Meyer6 (in parte). Fraas and Rutimeyer identify Paleeomeryx scheuchzeri, Meyer, with Hensel's Prox furcatus, and the latter writer7 inclines to the 1 Die fossile Zahne unci Knochen von Georgensgmiind, p. 92 (1834). 2 Notice sur la Colline de Sansan, p. 35 (1851). 3 Zeicschr. deutsch. geol. Ges. vol. xi. p. 278 (1859), Proa;. * hoc. cit. ' 5 Notice sur la Oolline de Sansan, p. 34 (1851). 8 Neues Jahrb. 1838, p. 413. 7 Naturliche Geschichteder Hireche (Abh. Ges.), pt. 2, pp. 90-91. 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 Brit
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