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discoveries of the Odontornitlies Pteranodontia, Dinocerata, TilJodontia, 



Brontotheridce, &c. A summary of theoretical conclusions as to the 



development of the Tertiary Mammalia. H. A. N. 



Marsh, Prof. 0. C. On the Odontornithes, or Birds with Teeth. 



Geol. Mag. dec. ii. vol. iii. pp. 49-53, pi. 2. Reprint from Amer. 



Joum. vol. X. pp. 1-7, pis. ix., x. See Geological Recoed for 1875, 



p. 286. 



Mivart, Prof. St. G. What are Bats ? Po]). Set. Rev. vol. xv. pp. 



225-240. 

 Notes on geographical and geological distribution and evolution. 



Nehring, Dr. A. Beitrage zur Kenntniss der Diluvialfauna. [Con- 

 tributions to the Knowledge of the Diluvial Fauna (continuation).] 

 Zeitsch. fjesammt. Nat. (n. F.) Bd. xiii. pp. 1-68, 177-236, pis. i.,ii. 

 Mentions localities from which diluvial fossils have been obtained, 

 giving lists from each. The fossils mentioned are chiefly vertebrate, 

 and include some human bones. Alactaja jaculus, Pallas, is now for 

 the first time fully described as a fossil. S;permophilus superciliosus^ 

 Kaup, is also described. W. H. D. & E. T. N. 



Newberry, Prof. J. S. Descriptions of the Carboniferous and Triassic 

 Fossils collected on the San Juan Exploring Expedition under 

 Capt. J. N. Macomb, U.S. Engineers. Report of the Exploring 

 Expedition in 1859, under the command of Capt. J. N. Macomb ^ 

 pp. 137-148, pis. iii.-viii. Washington. 

 Some Cretaceous fishes are recognized from their teeth ; and Deltodus 

 Mercurei is described as a new species from the Coal Measures of Santa 

 Fe, New Mexico. For Invertebkata and Plants see post. H. A. N. 



Newton, E. T. On two Chimaeroid Jaws from the Lower Greensand 



of New Zealand. Quart. Joum. Geol. Soc. vol. xxxii. pp. 326-331, 



pi. xxi. 



A mandible identical with Ischyodus hrevirostris from the Gault of 



Folkestone, and Callorhynchiis Hectori, n. sp., closely allied to C. ant- 



arcticus, are described from a fine conglomerate (L. Greensand ?) at 



Amuri Bluff. L. C. M. 



Oldham, Dr. On a Salamandriform Labyrinthodon (Keraterpeton^ ? sp.) 

 from the Coal Measures near Castlecomer, Ireland. Rep. Rugby 

 School Nat. Hist. Soc. for 1875, pp. 74-76, pi. 7. 



Describes a specimen with skull, vertebral column, and a few ribs. 

 Length 5| inches. See Wilson, Geological Record for 1875, p. 296. 



Oustalet, E. Les Yertebrcs Cretaces du Kansas. [Cretaceous Yer- 

 tebrata of Kansas.] Rev. Sci. t. xi. pp. 303-308. 



An account of palaeontological researches by Profs. Cope and Leidy 

 in Cretaceous beds of the West. 



Owen, Prof. R. Descriptive and Illustrated Catalogue of the Fossil 

 Reptilia of South Africa in the Collection of the British Museum. 

 Pp. xii, 88 ; 70 pis. 4to. London. 



The history of the discovery is related in the Introduction. AU the 



