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and eastern parts of Asia, animals which are fond of hilly ground covered 

 with forests, and related to the true deer, or Cervina). At the same time 

 the gelocids (Gelocus) make their last appearance in western Europe. 

 Arrivals from the northerly regions are the beavers, or castorids (Steyieo- 



FiG. 82. — Middle Oligocene. Stampian or Upper Tongrian. FRANCE. — Sables de 1 

 la Ferte-Alais, in Paris basin, lacustrine. In the basin of the Allier and the upper Loire : 

 2 Bournoncle-Saint-Pierre, 3 Bons, 4 Perrier, Autrac, Solignat, Orsonnette, Malhat, Les Pra~ 

 deaux, Les Chauffours, Bnnsat, Chihrac, Jjissat, Romarjnat, Perignat, Lemdes, Cournon, 

 5 Montaigut-le-Blanc, 6 Champeix, 7 Saint-Germain-Lembron, Boudes, 8 Antoingt, 9 Vodable, 

 10 Lamontgie, 11 Nonettc, 12 La Sauvetat, 13 Gergovia, 14 Marcoin, 15 Chaptuzat ; lacustrine 

 deposits of 16 Gannat ; 17 Sainl-Menoux, 18 Vaumas, 19 Saint-Pour^ain-sur-Behre, 20 Bri- 

 ennon, 21 Digoin. Schistes de 22 Cereste, near Aix. Gypse et niarnos, lignites de 23 Ma- 

 nosque, near Aix (600 meters). Argiles de 24 Saint-Henri, near Marseilles. Calcalrea 

 gypsif^res de 25 les Milles, near Aix. 26 Auzon (Gard). 27 Perne (Vaucluse). In the 

 Garonne basin : 28 Cestayrol, 29 Saint-Sulpice, 30 Rabastens, hill of Saint-Martin, I'lsle 

 d'Albi, 31 Montans; mollasse de 32 Salvagnac, 33 Villebramar ; Pont-Sainte-Marie, Ca~ 

 pettier, Les Peries, la Milloque, Comberatiere, Itier, Bourg de Visa, 34 Tournon ; mollasse 

 de 35 Moissac; 36 BeauviUe, 37 Montsegur ; phosphorites de 38 Qnercy (greater part). 

 GERMANY. — Meeressande von 39 Ufhofen, in central Germany. Septarienthon von 40 

 Flonheim, near Mayence. Cyrenen-Mergcl von 41 Miesbach (Bavaria). Braunkohlenla- 

 gerung von 42 Schliichlern, 42a Gusternhain, 43 Westerwald, in southwestern Prussia. 

 SWITZERLAND.— 44 Blauen, near Basel. 45 La Conversion, near Lausanne. ITALY.— 

 Lignitic deposits of 46 Cadibona (Liguria), 47 Monteviale, Zovencedo (Vicenza). AUSTRIA. — - 

 48 Trifail (Styria). 49 marls in Dalmatia. ISLAND OF MAJORCA. — Lignites of 

 60 Inca. Correlation of Deperet. 



fiber). Among insectivores appear the water voles, desmans or myogalids, 

 also the shrews or soricids (Amphisorex) . Among rodents there also ap- 

 pear the lagomorph picas or tailless hares (Lagomyidae, Titanomys) , animals 

 which are at present distributed in the mountainous parts of Asia, 

 eastern Europe (one species), and North America (one species). 



