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Leidy, Prof. Kemarks on Elephant Remains* Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. 



xhiladel. p. 121. 

 Specimens supposed to be E. americaiius. 



. Remarks on the occurrence of an Extinct Hog in America. 



Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Philadel. p. 207. 

 • Regards a fragment of the lower jaw from the Pliocene sands of 

 Niobrara River, Nebraska, as belonging to the recent pig, and not a 

 true fossil. He believes that the specimens of pig which had been 

 hitherto described as American fossils would be found to be recent. 



E. T. N. 



. Remarks on Extinct Mammals from California. Proc. Ac, 



Nat. Sci. Philadel. pp. 259, 260. 

 Fossils from a Quaternarj' deposit of California. They are : — a lower 

 aw of Canis indianensis ; iK)rtion of a maxilla of a large tiger, for 

 which the name of Tigris imperialis is proposed ; molar teeth of Bos 

 atifrons ; upper and lower molars of a large llama (Auchenia hesterna)^ 

 which it was thought might be the same as Owen's Palauchenia magtia. 



E. T. N. 



Lortet, Dr., and E. Chantre. Etudes Paleontologiques dans le Bassin 

 du Rhone : Periode Quaternaire. Suite. Arch. Mus. Lyon, t. i. 

 livr. iv. pp. 97-130 ; plate. 

 The concluding portion of the memoir, giving lists of the genera and 

 species of mammals found in numerous caves, &c., some of which are 

 said to be intermediate in age between the Tertiary and Quaternary 

 periods. Section 4 is a resume of the fauna and climatology of the 

 Quaternary epoch. E. T. N. 



Marc, L'Abbe. Note sur une dent A^Elephas primigenius echouee 

 dans les bancs de sable de la Manche au N.O. de Graye (Calvados). 

 [Tooth of Mammoth from Sand-bank near Graye.] Bull. Soc. 

 Linn. ser. 2, t. viii. pp. 135-137. 



Marsh, 0. C. New Order of Eocene Mammals. Arner. Joum. vol. 

 ix. p. 221. 



Tillotherium is the type of a new order Tillodontia, which combines 

 characters of Carnivora, Ungulata, andRodentia. Two families are in- 

 cluded — TillotheridiF^ with large incisors growing from persistent pulps 

 and rooted molars, and Stylinodontidce^ in which all the teeth are root- 

 less. [See also Ainer. Joum. vol. xi. p. 249, 1876.] L. C. M. 



. Notice of New Tertiary Mammals. — IV. Arner. Joum. vol. 



ix. pp. 239-250. 



The remains described include the following now species of American 

 Tertiary Primates : — Lemuravus (n. ^Qr\.) distans, L. Eocene, and Lao- 

 pitliecus (n. gen.) rolmstus, Mioccic ; a new TiUodont, Tillotherium 

 fodiens. Eocene ; horned Rhinoceroses, the first found in America, 

 Diceratium (n. gen.) armatum, Miocene, D. nanum, Miocene, and 7>. 

 advcnum^ U. Eocene ? ; a Brontothcrian, Anisacodon viontanus, Miocene. 



