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GUIDE TO THE FOSSIL MAMMALS AND BIRDS. 



Table-case 

 2a. 



Sub-oedee 2. — Creodcmta. 



The true Carnivora can thus be traced back to the Upper 

 Eocene, when most of them were small creatures closely 



resembling the existing Viverridse. They are preceded in 

 the Middle and Lower Eocene, both in the Old World and 



