. Catalogue of the fossil Mammalia in the British museum, (Natural History). Mammals, Fossil. CABTORID^E. 221 Castoroides ohioensis, Foster1. Hab. N. America. 40341. Cast of the cranium and the right ramus of the mandible. The original is from the Pleistocene of Clyde, New York, and is preserved in the Geneva College, New York. Purchased, 1869. Genus non det. Hab. England. 27985. A lower cheek-tooth of a large Rodent; from the Pleisto- (Fig.) cene of Copford, Essex. This specimen is figured in the Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc. vol. viii. p. 188 (1852), and is there provisionally referred to Castor.
. Catalogue of the fossil Mammalia in the British museum, (Natural History). Mammals, Fossil. CABTORID^E. 221 Castoroides ohioensis, Foster1. Hab. N. America. 40341. Cast of the cranium and the right ramus of the mandible. The original is from the Pleistocene of Clyde, New York, and is preserved in the Geneva College, New York. Purchased, 1869. Genus non det. Hab. England. 27985. A lower cheek-tooth of a large Rodent; from the Pleisto- (Fig.) cene of Copford, Essex. This specimen is figured in the Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc. vol. viii. p. 188 (1852), and is there provisionally referred to Castor. The figure is re- produced in the accompanying woodcut (fig. 30). The Fig. Lower cheek-tooth of a castoroid rodent; from the Pleistocene of Copford. \. (From the Geological Society's ' Journal.') tooth differs from the molars of all species of Castor known to the writer, by the circumstance that the enamel-folds run directly across the crown. It comes nearer to the molars of Trogontherium, but does not seem to a°ree exactly with any specimens available for comparison. Presented by John Broivn, Esq., 1852. 1 In Mather's Second Annual Eeport of the Geological Survey of the State of Ohio, p. 81 (Columbus, 1838).. 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 Geology; Lydekker, Richard, 1849-1915. London, Printed by order of the Trustees
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