. Catalogue of casts of fossils, from the principal museums of Europe and America, with short descriptions and illustrations. Fossils. 206 ADDENDA. No. 1198, Halitherium Schinzi, Kaup. Skull and Lower Jaw. The close relationship between this herbi- vorous cetacean and the riving Dugong and Manatee is very clearly shown by all the bones of the skeleton, but espe- cially so in the bones of the head. We have here the broad flat frontal, the short, stout zygoma, and the suddenly down-curved preniasillaries, of the modern Siren representative. This specimen, from the Miocene beds of the R
. Catalogue of casts of fossils, from the principal museums of Europe and America, with short descriptions and illustrations. Fossils. 206 ADDENDA. No. 1198, Halitherium Schinzi, Kaup. Skull and Lower Jaw. The close relationship between this herbi- vorous cetacean and the riving Dugong and Manatee is very clearly shown by all the bones of the skeleton, but espe- cially so in the bones of the head. We have here the broad flat frontal, the short, stout zygoma, and the suddenly down-curved preniasillaries, of the modern Siren representative. This specimen, from the Miocene beds of the Rhine Valley, is part of an entire skeleton in the private Geological Cabinet of Mr. "Ward, Rochester. Size, 10 x 12. Price, mounted, $ No. 1199. Bos (Bison) prisons, Bqja. Cranium with Horn cares. This specimen is from the Alluvium of the Po in the Valley of Pavia, and is now in the Museum of Parma. The span ef the horns is 43 inches. Size, 43 x 13- Price, $ No. 1200. Bos primigenius, Boja. Cranium with Horn-cores. From the same locality and Museum as the pre- ceding. The span of the horns is 39 inches. Size, 39 x 12. Price,$ No. 1201. Coprolite, Bucki. This specimen is undoubtedly the fossil excrement of a Fish, according to Mantell, rof the Ganoid Macropoma. It has a conical form and a convoluted appearance, arising from the fact that the intestinal canal was spirally twisted. The analy- sis of Prout shows these faecal remains to be composed chiefly of phosphate of lime. This coprolite was found in the Lower Chalk, Kent, England. Price, $ No. 1202. Hoploparia (Astacus) longimana, Sow. This long-tailed Decapod resembles the Lobster. The cheeks are prolonged in the shape of semi-cylindrical horns ; and the fore-arms are very long and une- qual. From the Greensand, Lyme-Regis, England, and now in the private Geol- oo-ical Cabinet of Mr. Ward) Rochester. Size, 10 x 3. Price, $ Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that
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