VERTEBRATA HITHERTO DISCOVERED IX SPAIN. L33 



Oxyrhina, Agass. 



Jurassic deposits of Guadalajara (Calderon), and Tertiary of Tejares 



de Malaga (Orueta). 

 O. minuta, Agass. — Province of Huesca (Mallada). 

 0. xiphodon^ Agass. — Province of AJmeria (Ezquerra). 



Lamna, Cuv. 



Jurassic deposits of Guadalajara (Calderon), and Tertiary of Tejare3 



de Malaga (Orueta). 

 L. cornubica, Cuv. — Alcoy (Ezquerra), 



Pristis, Lath. 

 Tejares de Malaga (Orueta). 



Discussion. 



Prof. Duncan remarked that the presence of Slvatherium and 

 Hycenarctos in Spain, if confirmed, would be particularly interesting, 

 as showing a great western extension of the Sivalik fauna. He 

 suggested that there was an error in the statement that Elephas 

 armeniacus occurred in the valley of Madrid, and thought that the 

 species would prove to be E. africanus. He also suggested that 

 E. armeniacus was not really a distinct species, but that it and 

 E. namadicus were merely local forms of E. antiquus. 



Prof. Busk said that most of the animals the bones of which are 

 so numerous at Gibraltar appear to have migrated from the south. 

 He thought that there was probably some mistake as to the species 

 of Elephants, and doubted whether remains of the Mammoth had 

 ever occurred in Spain. He added that the bone which had been 

 thought to belong to Slvatherium was an astragalus, and that it was 

 chiefly, he thought, on account of its size that Dr. Falconer suggested 

 such an identification. • 



Mr. Charlesworth stated that he had obtained from the Crag a 

 tooth which had been pronounced by Mr. W. Davies, of the British 

 Museum, to come nearest to that of Hycenarctos among known 

 Mammalia, and remarked that this seemed to confirm the extension 

 westward of that type of animals. 



Dr. A. Leith Adams stated that molars of Elephas primigenius 

 from caves in the zinc-mines at Santander had been brought to his 

 notice. He doubted whether E. africanus had been found fossiJ. 

 Dr. Falconer finally regarded Elephas priscus as a variety of E. an- 

 tiquus. Many teeth, with thick plates, were found in the caves of 

 Palermo ; and these were clearly of E. antiquus ; the Spanish speci- 

 mens required confirmation. He confirmed the President's sug- 

 gestion that Elephas namadicus was identical with E. antiquus. 



Dr. Murie was doubtful about the identification of the fossil sup- 

 posed to indicate Slvatherium, The specimen nor being a bone of 

 the head, there was a great chance of error. 



a 2 



