256 PALiEONTOLOGY. 



(most probably the oldest Quaternary) , from the fissure Louverne, and 

 from the caves of Louverne, Rochefort, and Chevre. E. T. N. 



Gervais, Prof. Paul. Remarques au sujet du genre Phocodon 



d'Agassiz. [Remarks on Phocodon.'] Journ. Zool. vol. v. pp. 64- 



70 ; 2 woodcuts. E. T. N. 



Considers Scilla's Phocodon, in the Woodwardian Museum, a Squalo- 



don, not a Zeuglodon. Phococetus (n. gen.) is proposed for Delfortrie's 



Zeuglodon vasconum. E. T. N. 



. Crocodile gigantesque fossile au Bresil. [Gigantic Fossil 



Crocodile of Brazil.] Journ. Zool. t. v. pp. 233-236, plate. 



A dorsal vertebra of a crocodilian reptile (Dinosachus terror, n. sp.), 

 nearly twice the size of a corresponding vertebra from the largest speci- 

 men of Crocodilus hiporcatus in the Paris Museum. The exact age of 

 this fossilis uncertain ; but it is believed to be either Tertiary or Cre- 

 taceous. E. T. N. 



. Remarques au sujet du Memoire precedent. [Remarks upon 



the Brontotheridse of Prof. Marsh.] Journ. Zool. vol. v. p. 256. 



The Brontotherian genera Menodus and Titanotherium are allied 

 closely to Chalicotherium and Anisodon of the European Miocenes ; 

 and the Brontotheridse should occupy a position between the Anoplo- 

 theria and Anthracotheria. E. T. N. 



. Indices d'un nouveau genre de Mammiferes Edentes fossiles 



dans les Depots Eocenes dits de Saint-Ouen. [New Eossi] Edentate 



from the Eocene of St. Ouen.] Journ. Zool. vol. v. pp. 424-432, 



plate. 



The most impo]:tant bone appears to be the calcaneum, which shows 



certain resemblances to the same bone in Macrotherium and Ancylo- 



therium; the other bones are a part of a metatarsal or metacarpal, 



fragments of a scapula, a lumbar vertebra, and possibly a radius. 



These remains are supposed to indicate an edentate (the oldest 



known), Pervatherium rugosum, n. gen. and sp. E. T. N. 



. L'Yack {Bos grunniens) fossile en Chine. [Fossil Yak from 



China.] Journ. Zool. vol. v. p. 464. 



A re- examination of the bones from China, referred to Bos primi- 

 genius, show that they belong to the Yak, and indicate an individual 

 much larger than the Yaks which have been seen in Europe. Peculi- 

 arities of the teeth are pointed out, and a list of fossil mammals from 

 China is appended. E. T. I^. 



Gervais, P. Nouvelles Recherches sur les Animaux vertebres dont on 



trouve les Ossements enfouis dans le Sol, et sur leur Comparaison 



avec les Especes actuellement Existantes. Zoologie et Paleonto- 



logie Generales. [General Vertebrate Palaeontology.] Ser. 2, 



livr. 15, 16, pp. 25-72, pis. ii., iv., v., vii.-x., xii., xiii. 



Describes Lemurs, Pachyderms, Ruminants, Carnivora, Insec- 



tivora, Cheiroptera, Rodents, Edentates, Marsupials, Birds, Ophidia, 



and Sauria from the Quercy phosphate-beds, none new. W. H. D. 



