. Catalogue of casts of fossils, from the principal museums of Europe and America, with short descriptions and illustrations. Fossils. MAMMALIA. 7 No. 7. Felis Cl'istata, Falconer and Cautley. Skull. This Feline was near neighbor to the Tiger, but differed chiefly in having a more prominent occipital crest. The original specimen was discovered by Falconer and Cautley in 1835, in the Sewalik Hills, India (Miocene), and is preserved in the British Museum. Size, 10 x 13. Price, $ No. 8. Felis leptorllina, Bravard. Skull and Lower Jaw. This species is distinguished by its elongated muzzle. Th
. Catalogue of casts of fossils, from the principal museums of Europe and America, with short descriptions and illustrations. Fossils. MAMMALIA. 7 No. 7. Felis Cl'istata, Falconer and Cautley. Skull. This Feline was near neighbor to the Tiger, but differed chiefly in having a more prominent occipital crest. The original specimen was discovered by Falconer and Cautley in 1835, in the Sewalik Hills, India (Miocene), and is preserved in the British Museum. Size, 10 x 13. Price, $ No. 8. Felis leptorllina, Bravard. Skull and Lower Jaw. This species is distinguished by its elongated muzzle. The fossil was found in the Miocene of Auvergne, Central France, and is now in the Museum of the Garden of Plants. Size, 6x4. Price, $ No. 9. Felis palSBOtigris, Falc. and Caut. Skull. The original, discovered in the Sewalik Hills, India (Miocene), is in the British Museum. Size, 11 x 6. Price, $ No. 10. Hysenarctos Sivalensis, Owen. Skull. This genus, of which but a single species is known, was founded by Owen upon specimens found by Messrs. Falconer & Cautley in the Sewalik Hills, India. It has features in its dentition which give it an intermediate position be- tween the Hyena and the Bear. The original is in the British Museum. Size, 8x4. Price, $ No. 11. Hyaena eximia, Wagner. Lower Jaw, left ramus. This frag- ment, found in a Pleistocene formation at Pikermi, Greece, shows two incisors, two molars, and a canine. The original is in the University Museum, Munich. Size, 6x2. Price, $ No. 12. Hyaenodon brachyrhynchns, Biainville. Head. This Carnivore, which, judging by the character of its carnassial teeth, must have been more ferocious than modern wolves or tigers, is distin- guished by a large facial area, a very marked sagittal crest, and an extreme pro- longation backward of the palatal bones. Each jaw has six small incisors, two large prehensile canines, four compressed, pointed premolars, and three molars. It was discovered in a Lower Miocene marl
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