. A guide to the fossil mammals and birds in the Department of Geology and Palæontology in the British Museum (Natural History) .. . Wild-boars. Pier-case,No. 13. Table-case,No. 7. Hyothe-rium. Hippohyus. Listriodon. Fig. 54a.—The third right upper Fig. 54b.—First and second left upper true molar of Hyopotamus true molars of Bi/opotamus por- i/tus (Owen). cinus (P. Gervais). From the Hempstead Beds, TJ. Eocene, Isle of Wight (both nat. size). The most Porcine of the group are the genera Elotheriumand Chceropota/nms, each possessing the typical number of teeth,viz., forty-four. The Elotherium w
. A guide to the fossil mammals and birds in the Department of Geology and Palæontology in the British Museum (Natural History) .. . Wild-boars. Pier-case,No. 13. Table-case,No. 7. Hyothe-rium. Hippohyus. Listriodon. Fig. 54a.—The third right upper Fig. 54b.—First and second left upper true molar of Hyopotamus true molars of Bi/opotamus por- i/tus (Owen). cinus (P. Gervais). From the Hempstead Beds, TJ. Eocene, Isle of Wight (both nat. size). The most Porcine of the group are the genera Elotheriumand Chceropota/nms, each possessing the typical number of teeth,viz., forty-four. The Elotherium was a large animal from theLower Miocene of Ronzon, near Puy-en-Velay, France. Itsremains have also been found in the Hempstead beds of the Isle Elotherium-Chceropota- mus. 46 Artiodactyla—Anthracotherium, Anoplotherium, etc. Chceropota-mus. Table-case,No. 7. Anthraco-therium. Pier-case,No. 13, andTable-case,No. 7. Hyopota- mus. Meryeopo-tanius. Table-case,No. ,No. 8. Anoplothe-rium.
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