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M. 2252. Shaft of a metapodial ; from the same locality. 



Presented by General Hardwicke. 



M. 2253. Greater portion of a rib ; from the same locality. 



Presented by General Hardwicke. 



Genus DORCATHERIUM, Kaup 1 . 



Syn. Jlyomoschttg, Gray 3 (teste Riitimeyer). 



Dentition : I. \, C. \, Pm. (T ^, M. |. The true molars of Ztor- 

 catheriv.m are more complex than those of Palceomeryx ; but the 

 narrow, secant premolars of the former and of Trasjulus indicate 

 affinity with generalized forms like Dichodon and Xiphodon. 



Dorcatherium naui, 



Syn. Dorcatherium vindobonenge, H. v. Meyer 4 . 

 iJicroceros craagun, Lartet 5 . 

 Hyomoschua larteti, Pomel 8 . 

 Hyomoschw crcwnu, Fraas T . 



Hob. Europe. 



40632. The nearly complete cranium and mandible, in a partially 

 (/%.) crushed condition ; from the Upper Miocene of Eppelsheim, 

 Hesse-Darmstadt. This beautiful specimen is figured by 

 Kaup in the Oss. Foss. d. Darmstadt, pt. 5, pi. xxiii. A ; 

 it shows the whole of the dentition, and has four lower 

 premolars, in which respect it differs from the living 

 TragvUvJ/x. The specimen is noticed by Eiitimeyer in 

 the ' Natiirliche Geschichte der Hirsche ' (Abh. schw. pal. 

 Ges. 1883), pt. 2, pp. 72, 73, on whose authority the 

 synonymy is given. Purchased, 1867. 



21853. Part of the right ramus of the mandible, containing the 

 third and fourth premolars and the first and second true 

 molars ; from the Middle Miocene of Sansan (Gers), 

 France. Groizet Collection. Purchased, 1848. 



40769. The penultimate left lower premolar; from the Middle 

 Miocene of Sansan. Presented by C. Falconer, Esq., 1867. 



OM. FOSB. d. Darmstadt, pt. 5, p. 92(1836). 



Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. vol. xvi. p. 350 (1845). 



Loo.cif. 



Neues Jabrb. 1846, p. 471. 



Notice sur la Colline de Sansan, p. 35 (1853). 



Comptes Eendus, TO!, xxiii. p. 17 (1851). 



Fauna von Steinheim, p. 29 (1870). 



