CHAPTER III. 



PART VIII. 

 FOSSIL REMAINS OF MAMMALIA. 



GEOLOGICAL PHENOMENA OF AUVERGNE EOCENE AND MIOCENE MAMMALIA 

 DISCOVERIES OP M. POMEL COLLECTION OP MAMMALIAN REMAINS FROM 

 AUVERGNE IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM FOSSIL BEAVER; TROGONTHERIUM 

 TAILS OF GLTPTODONS. 



GEOLOGICAL PHENOMENA OF AUVERGNE. Wall-case G. The 

 Fossils in this cabinet are chiefly remains of extinct mammalia 

 from tertiary lacustrine marls and limestones, and were col- 

 lected by M. Pomel, an eminent French naturalist, from a 

 province in Central France, named the Limagne cFAuvergne ; 

 a district of surpassing interest in a geological point of view, 

 for it presents the remarkable phenomenon of an extensive 

 tract of country which has been subjected through long 

 periods to successive volcanic eruptions, and yet the area of 

 those physical revolutions, though studded with extinct 

 jraters, and traversed by lava currents, still preserves its 

 ancient geographical features. 



The specimens are at present unarranged; and many of 

 the bones, teeth, crania, and jaws, are not entirely cleared 

 from the rock ; but the eminent zoologist, MR. WATERHOUSE, 

 of the paleeontological department of the British Museum, 

 has already with great skill and patience brought to light 

 many unexpected treasures in the collection purchased of 

 M. Pomel by the Trustees, and is diligently engaged in 



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