370 Antediluvian Zoology. 



bones of the lion and wolf mixed with those of large herbivo- 

 rous animals, in lacustrine marl, beneath diluvial gravel. Baron 

 Cuvier describes 20 or more species of fossil Carnivora, in- 

 cluding several small species from the quarries of Mont- 

 martre. {Jig, 96.) 



,.--',; The slate of 



Stonesfield, nearOx- 

 ford, has furnished 

 three or four speci- 

 mens which were 

 derived from carni- 

 vorous Mammalia of 

 more than one ex- 

 tinct genus. Mr. 



a. Canine tooth or tusk of bear : reduced scale. T^rr»rl<^i'ir» V»oc rlp» 



b. Tusk of fox ; full size. -^^ "^^^^ ^P ^^'^* ^^^ 

 r, Great molar tooth of fox. ScHbcd and llluS- 

 ^, Molar tooth of hog. 



All from Kirkdale cave, and figured from Dr. Buckland's tratcd OUC of thcSC 

 licliquice Diluvianoi. . -, ^ 7 • t 



m the Zoological 

 Journal. It represents the lower jaw of a didelphis or opossum, 

 of the size of a small kangaroo rat ; and, as Professor Buck- 

 land observes, " forms a case hitherto unique in the discoveries 

 of geology, viz. that of the remains of a land quadruped being 

 found in a formation subjacent to chalk." 



Herbivorous Quadrupeds occupy the same geological position 

 with the foregoing fossil Mammalia. The larger animals of 

 this class are found to possess anatomical differences from 

 those now existing. They are subdivided into the following 

 orders : — 



Fachydermata, thick-skinned herbivorous quadrupeds, hav- 

 ing more than two toes to the foot, and incisive teeth in both 

 jaws. 



The Kirkdale cave has furnished bones of the elephant, 

 rhhioceros, hippopotamus, and horse. 



Bones of the elephant or mammoth are among the most 

 abundant in every part of the globe. We have derived 

 numerous specimens from Suffolk and Norfolk. 



The Mastodon, although figured in some works on English 

 geology, does not appear to have been authenticated as a 

 British fossil animal. The peculiar structure of the teeth and 

 bones of these animals has been fully illustrated in various 

 scientific publications. 



An extinct quadruped of this order, named by Cuvier 

 Anoplotherium, found in the plaster quarries of Paris, appears 

 in a single instance to have been traced in the lower fresh- 

 water beds of the Isle of Wight. 



