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PAL^OTHERIUM. 



Fig. 118. 



of Wight, with that of the gypsum of Montraartre : the 

 trenchant summit of the wedge-shaped crown has been 

 worn down by use in the specimen figured (fig. 118), 

 shewing the great antero-posterior breadth, which increases 

 to the base or commencement of the long subcompressed 

 fang. 



The more complete remains of the Pa- 

 Iseotheria recovered from the gypsum beds 

 of the Paris Basin, revealed to Cuvier that 

 this ancient genus of the Pachyderms had the 

 same number of incisive teeth as the Tapir, 

 viz. six in the upper and six in the under 

 jaw ; but they are more equal in size, the 

 Incisor nat outermost of the upper jaw being not so large, 



an( [ ^ a ^ o f ^ e l ower i aw no t So Small in 



proportion as in the Tapir. The canine teeth 

 of the Palseothere had relatively longer crowns than in the 

 Coryphodon, but were concealed by the lips as in that ani- 

 mal, the Lophiodons, and the modern Tapir. 



size. Palaeothere; 

 cmstead, Isle of 



Wight. 



Palccotherium magnum. 



