. Catalogue of casts of fossils, from the principal museums of Europe and America, with short descriptions and illustrations. Fossils. Skull with Horn-cores. This remarkably fine specimen, represented in the accompanying engraving, was discovered in a peat-bog (Pleistocene) in Amiens, France, and is preserved in the private Geological Cabinet of Mr. Ward, Rochester. Size, 2 ft. 10 in. x 2 ft. Price, $ No. 54. Bootherium cavifrons, Leidy. Cranium with Horn-cores. In this species, which is closely allied to the Musk-Ox, the frontal bone rises into a prominent process from the sides of whic
. Catalogue of casts of fossils, from the principal museums of Europe and America, with short descriptions and illustrations. Fossils. Skull with Horn-cores. This remarkably fine specimen, represented in the accompanying engraving, was discovered in a peat-bog (Pleistocene) in Amiens, France, and is preserved in the private Geological Cabinet of Mr. Ward, Rochester. Size, 2 ft. 10 in. x 2 ft. Price, $ No. 54. Bootherium cavifrons, Leidy. Cranium with Horn-cores. In this species, which is closely allied to the Musk-Ox, the frontal bone rises into a prominent process from the sides of which originate the horn-cores. The latter project outwards, downwards, and forwards. The original was found in a gravelly bluff (Pleistocene), near Fort Gibson, on the Arkansas River, and belongs to the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia. Size, 24 x 13. Price, $ No. 55. Bootherium bombifrons, Leidy. Cranium with Horn- cores. This species differs from the preceding chiefly in the less development of the frontal ridge, and in the shape of the process which rises gradually into a hump. The specimen was found in the Pleistocene morasses of Big- bone Lick, Kentucky, and is in the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia. Size, 18 x 12. Price, $ 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 Ward, Henry A. (Henry Augustus), 1834-1906. Rochester, N. Y. , Benton & Andrews, printers
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