. Catalogue of casts of fossils, from the principal museums of Europe and America, with short descriptions and illustrations. Fossils. fourth molar. The little premolar situated just behind the canine in all living Bears except the Grisly, is always wanting ; and the animal probably had but thirty teeth in all. The Brown Bear approaches nearest to the gigantic fossil in the peculiar serpentine line of the profile, and the Black Bear, in the cranial crests. This specimen was found in that great depository of osseous remains— the cave of Gailenreuth, Bavaria, and is preserved in the Museum of th
. Catalogue of casts of fossils, from the principal museums of Europe and America, with short descriptions and illustrations. Fossils. fourth molar. The little premolar situated just behind the canine in all living Bears except the Grisly, is always wanting ; and the animal probably had but thirty teeth in all. The Brown Bear approaches nearest to the gigantic fossil in the peculiar serpentine line of the profile, and the Black Bear, in the cranial crests. This specimen was found in that great depository of osseous remains— the cave of Gailenreuth, Bavaria, and is preserved in the Museum of the Garden of Plants. Size, 20x13. Price, $ No. 17. Ursus spelasus, Blum. Pair of Molars. Original in the Ward Museum, Univer sity of Rochester. Price, $, No. 18. Ursus spelasnSj Blum. Canine. Original in the Ward Museum, Uni- versity of Rochester. Price, $ No. 19. G-ulo spelseus, Goldfuss. Skull and Lower Jaw. The molars of this Glutton number five above and six below, and have cutting edges. The up- per carnassial tooth has a very small talon. and only one tubercle. The zygomatic arch is slender and not very prominent. The original specimen was found by | Soemmerring in the Cave of Gailenreuth, Bavaria, and is now in the University Museum at Bonn. Size, 6x4. Price, $ Order 4 — Rodentia. This Order contains the smallest of the Mammals, and the largest number of species. It is characterized by two long, incurved, rootless incisors in each jaw, enammelled only in front, and separated by a wide space from the molars. The molars have flat crowns with transverse enamelled ridges. The hind legs are generally much longer than the anterior pair; and excepting the Guinea Pig, Porcupine, Hare and Capybara, all have perfect clavicles. The skeleton is slight and feeble. The Beaver and Capybara are now the giants of the Order; but the Muridse are the typical family. No unequivocal evidence has yet been obtained of remains of Rodents in strata more ancient than the Eocen
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