. Catalogue of the fossil Mammalia in the British museum, (Natural History). Mammals, Fossil. 181 Mustela sectoria, Gervais \ Dentition:—I. | C. \, Pm. % M. |. Hah. France. 27822. Portion of the cranium, in a much-crushed condition, but exhibiting the palate and cheek-teeth; from the Lower Miocene of Cournon (Puy-de-D6me), Prance. This spe- cimen, together with the next, is the type of the species. It is described by P. Gervais in the passage cited, and also on page 250 of the 2nd edition of the same work. " The carnassial has a length of 0,068, and the tuber- cular molar is l
. Catalogue of the fossil Mammalia in the British museum, (Natural History). Mammals, Fossil. 181 Mustela sectoria, Gervais \ Dentition:—I. | C. \, Pm. % M. |. Hah. France. 27822. Portion of the cranium, in a much-crushed condition, but exhibiting the palate and cheek-teeth; from the Lower Miocene of Cournon (Puy-de-D6me), Prance. This spe- cimen, together with the next, is the type of the species. It is described by P. Gervais in the passage cited, and also on page 250 of the 2nd edition of the same work. " The carnassial has a length of 0,068, and the tuber- cular molar is larger externally than internally, forming a triangle of which the external border of the crown is the base. This tooth is also remarkable by the presence on the anterior border of a transverse subtrenchant ; The first premolar is very minute. Pomel Collection. Purchased, 1851. 27816. The left ramus of the mandible, showing the outer aspect of {Fig.) all the teeth; from the Lower Miocene of Cournon. This Pig. Mustela sectoria. The left ramus of the mandible; from the Lower Miocene of Cournon, Puy-de-D6me. y. specimen is described with the last in the passages cited, and is figured in the accompanying woodcut (fig. 26). There are four premolars, the first of which is extremely minute; the space occupied by the six cheek-teeth is 0,019 ; the length of the carnassial is 0,0055, and that of m. 2 0,002. Pomel Collection. Purchased, 1851. Mustela mustelina (Pomel2). Syn. Plesiogale mustelina, Pomel3. 1 Zool. et Pal. Franchises, 1st ed., explanation of pi. xxviii. p. 10 (1848-52). 2 Catalogue Methodique, p. 49 (1853), Plesiogale. 3 Loc. 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
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