. Catalogue of the fossil Mammalia in the British museum, (Natural History). Mammals, Fossil. 36 U^GITLATA. 40886 b. The greater portion of the cranium, showing the base of the horn-cores; from the Pliocene of the Siwalik Hills. This specimen agrees precisely with the last. Cautley Collection. Presented, 1842. Genus LEPTOBOS, Riitimeyer1 {ex Falc., MS.). This genus, of which representatives occur in the Siwaliks, Nar- badas, and the Yal d'Arno beds, comprises bovine animals presenting strong indications of affinity with Boselaplius. The frontal portion of the skull is very wide, with widely-se
. Catalogue of the fossil Mammalia in the British museum, (Natural History). Mammals, Fossil. 36 U^GITLATA. 40886 b. The greater portion of the cranium, showing the base of the horn-cores; from the Pliocene of the Siwalik Hills. This specimen agrees precisely with the last. Cautley Collection. Presented, 1842. Genus LEPTOBOS, Riitimeyer1 {ex Falc., MS.). This genus, of which representatives occur in the Siwaliks, Nar- badas, and the Yal d'Arno beds, comprises bovine animals presenting strong indications of affinity with Boselaplius. The frontal portion of the skull is very wide, with widely-separated, subcylindrical horn- cores, placed far below the level of the occiput; the parietal border of the occiput is strongly ridged. The horn-cores are sometimes absent. Leptobos falconeri, Riitimeyer2. Hab. India. 40887. The cranium, with the bases of the horn-cores; from the {Fig.) Pliocene of the Siwalik Hills, India. This specimen (with the next) is the type, and is described and figured by liiiti- Pig. Leptobos falconeri.—Upper part of cranium. (From the Abh. schweiz. pal. Gee.) meyer, op. cit. p. 159, pi. i. figs. 7, 8. The accompanying woodcut (fig. 5) shows the upper part of this cranium. Presented by C. Falconer, Esq., 1867. 1 'Die Hinder der Tertiar-Epoche' (Abh. schweiz. pal. Ges. vol. v.), p. 157 (1878). 2 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 the Trustees
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