. Catalogue of the fossil Mammalia in the British museum, (Natural History). Mammals, Fossil. 304 STJPPLEMEITT. 25229. The cranium and the imperfect left ramus of the mandible ; (Fig.) from the Upper Eocene (Lower Oligocene) of Hordwell, Hampshire. These are the type specimens, and are figured by Wood in the ' London Geological Journal/ no. 1, pi. ii. figs. 1-3, as belonging to a Perissodactyle; and also by the present writer in the ' Quart. Journ. Geol. Soo.' vol. xli. p. 529 (1885), the latter figure being reproduced in the accompanying woodcut (fig. 45). Presented hy S. V. Wood, Esq., 1847.
. Catalogue of the fossil Mammalia in the British museum, (Natural History). Mammals, Fossil. 304 STJPPLEMEITT. 25229. The cranium and the imperfect left ramus of the mandible ; (Fig.) from the Upper Eocene (Lower Oligocene) of Hordwell, Hampshire. These are the type specimens, and are figured by Wood in the ' London Geological Journal/ no. 1, pi. ii. figs. 1-3, as belonging to a Perissodactyle; and also by the present writer in the ' Quart. Journ. Geol. Soo.' vol. xli. p. 529 (1885), the latter figure being reproduced in the accompanying woodcut (fig. 45). Presented hy S. V. Wood, Esq., 1847. Fig. Microohoeriis ennaceus.—The right upper dentition ; from the Hordwell beds, f. (From the ' Quart. Journ. Geol. See.') 30346 b. Several fragments of the maxilla and mandible; from Hordwell. In one specimen the upper true molars are unworn, while one mandibular ramus exhibits the last five cheek-teeth. Hastings Collection. Purchased, 1855. Family TUPAIIDiE (pt. i. p. 19). Genus PARASOREX, Meyer \ The identification of this genus by Fraas (' Fauna von Steinheim/ p. 4) with Plesiosoreoo, followed in part i. p. 15, has been found erroneous ^ the latter genus being allied to Myogale. The pre- molars L|J of Parasorex are more complex than those of Tupaia. Parasorex socialis, Meyer \ Hah. Europe. The specimens noticed in part i. p. 19 under the name of Plesio- sorex soricinoides belong to this species. 1 Neues Jahrb. 1865, p. 845. ^ See Introduction. ' 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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