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EIGHTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT ON THE STATE CABINET^ 



mains, for the most part, are found only in a fragmentary state. When thefl 

 the dry hones are thus seemingly clothed with flesh, a more accurate know-^ 

 ledge of the wonders of Creation is communicated to the mind than by any- 

 scientific description. 



Nor 50. Teleosaurus minimua. Head of the smallest individual of the genus 

 yet described, showing well the orbital sockets and the nasal fossae. 



Lias : Wirteraberg. 

 51. 



No. 51. Emys Tiamiltonoides.^^ Turtle : carapace 

 and plastron complete. 

 Miocene Tertiary : Sewalik hills, India. 



No. 52. Nothosaurus mirahilisj'^ 

 Skull, with finely preserved teeth. Muschelkalk: Bayreuth, Bavaria. 



No. 53. Ichthyosaurus communis. Skull, with jaws and teeth complete. 



Lias: Lyme Regis, England. 



No. 54. Ci'ocodilus spenceri. Skull. Eocene Tertiary: Isle of Sheppey, England. 



No. 55. Archegosafirus decheni.^^ 

 Head coimplete. 

 Coal measures: Saarbriick^ Rh. Prussia. 



In the fourth window-recess, on the south side of the room, is a 

 final window-case, which contains 



They are 



Fossil Mammals and Birds. 



54. 



No. 56. 



ATwylot heriuTn 

 communist* A very 

 perfectly preserved 



head of this 



interesting animal, 



which was thought 



by Cfvier, who first 



described it, to hold 



an intermediate 

 position between the 

 Rhinoceros & Horse. 

 The most remarkable 



