. College collection of palaeontology. 16 VERTEBKATA. No. 23. [102] Tapirus Arvernensis, Croiz. aud Job. Palate and Jaw (cast). This extinct Pachyderm differed lit- tle from the Tapir of Sumatra. The molars show the same bilopho- dout or two-ridge type. The upper jaw, when full, contains seven molars, one canine, and three incisors. This specimen was found in the Pliocene of Auvergne, Central France, and is in the Garden of Plants. Size, 9 x FAMILY BRONTOTHERID^ (MENODONTID^). This family is found only in the upper Eocene and lower Miocene of the American lake-beds. No. 24. [1255] JMenodu
. College collection of palaeontology. 16 VERTEBKATA. No. 23. [102] Tapirus Arvernensis, Croiz. aud Job. Palate and Jaw (cast). This extinct Pachyderm differed lit- tle from the Tapir of Sumatra. The molars show the same bilopho- dout or two-ridge type. The upper jaw, when full, contains seven molars, one canine, and three incisors. This specimen was found in the Pliocene of Auvergne, Central France, and is in the Garden of Plants. Size, 9 x FAMILY BRONTOTHERID^ (MENODONTID^). This family is found only in the upper Eocene and lower Miocene of the American lake-beds. No. 24. [1255] JMenodus (Titanotherium) Prputii, Leidy. Head (cast). This creature was one of the largest of the strange Tertiary mammals found in the Lake-beds of the Rocky Mountain region. It was about the size of an elephant, but with shorter legs, its proportions resembling those of the Rhinoceros. The skull is large and elongated, being in some specimens three feet long. The maxillaries bear, in front of the orbits, a pair. 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's Natural Science Establishment, inc. Rochester
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