THE 



QUARTERLY JOURNAL 



OF 



THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OE LONDON. 



Vol. XLI. 



1. On the MAMMALiAif Eauna of the Yal d'Aei^o. By Dr. C. J. 



Forsyth Ma joe. (Read June 25, 1884.) 



[Communicated by Prof. W. Boyd BawMns, F.E.S., F.G.S.] 



Contexts. 



§ 1. Introductory. The Fauna of the Val d'Arno. 



I 2. Relation to Older Faunas. 



I 3. The Shore-deposits of the Pliocene Sea in Italy contain the same 



Mammalian Fauna as the Lacustrine deposits of the Yal d'Arno. 

 § 4. Relations to the Pleistocene Fauna. 

 § 5. Relations to Living Forms. 

 I 6. Conclusion. 

 8 7. Note by Prof. Boyd Dawkins. 



§ 1. Introductory. The Fauna of the Val d'Arno. 



In" the following essay on the fossil mammalia of the Yal d'Arno I 

 have subjected the list of species to a critical examination and 

 brought it down to the knowledge of to-day. It will be seen from 

 the following lists that I have been able to add a considerable number 

 of species to those known in former years. 



I. 1872 *. I. 1872. 



Maeacus florentinus, Coechi. 



Felis, 2 sp. 



Canis, sp. 



Ursus etruscus, Cuv. 



Mustela, sp. 



Hyaena, sp. 



Drepanodon (Machairodus), 2 sp. 



Equus fossilis, Eutira. (non Owen 



Hippopotamus major, Cuv. 



Mastodon arvernensis, Cr. et Job. 



Elephas meridionalis, Nesti. 



antiquus, Falc. 



Rhinoceros etruscus, Falc. 



hemitoechus, Falc. 



leptorhinus, Cuv. 



Sus, sp. 



Bos etruscus, Falc. 



Cervus dicranios, Nesti. 



, 2 sp. 



Castor, n. sp. 

 Tapirus, sp. 

 Antilope, sp. 

 Lagomys, sp. 



* Forsyth Major, in Antonio Stoppani, 'Corso di Geologia,' ii. p. 673. 

 Q. J. G. S. No. 161. B 



