VERTEBRATA. 



No. 14. G-alecyirjis CEningensis, Owen. 



Skeleton. Tins 

 interesting and well 

 preserved fossil re- 

 warded tlie early 

 geological pursuits 

 (1828) of the distin- 

 guished author of 

 the " Silurian Sys- 

 tem." The novel oc- 

 currence of an entire 

 carnivorous quadru- 

 ped regularly imbed- 

 ed in stone, as well 

 as some peculiarities in its anatomy, makes this a singularly unique specimen. 

 VonMeyer first proposed the name of Cards palustris, and M. de Blainville called 

 it Vulpes (Eidngensis ; but after careful examination Professor Owen gave it an 

 intermediate position between the Polecat and Dog. The first premolar is 

 smaller, and the third and fourth larger, than in the Fox, and all the teeth are 

 more closely set than in the genus Cards, though the dental formula is the same. 

 The general breadth of the feet, in proportion to their length, is greater than in 

 any living canine species, and it is this robust character of the feet Avhich indi- 

 cates an affinity to the Viverrine group. The tail is longer in proportion than 

 in the Dog, though not so long as in the Fox. The vertebrae number the same 

 as those of the Fox. The fossil was discoA r ered in a lacustrine schist (Older Plio- 

 cene) at CEningen, near Constance, and is now in the British Museum. 



Size, 3 ft. x 2 ft. Price, $7.00. 



No. 15. Amphicyon major, Lart. 



Upper Jaw, bight ramus. This large carnivore was a forerunner of the 

 Plantigrade family, having the tuberculate molars of the Bear, but in every 

 other respect retaining the dentition of the Dog. This species is identical with 

 the A. giganteus of Laurillard. It had the general proportions of the Lion and 

 the gait of the Bear. The fossil was found in the Miocene deposits at Sansans, 

 Southern France, and is in the Mnseum of the Garden of Plants. 



Size, 8x6. Price, $1.50. 



No. 16. Ul'SUS spel33US, Blumenbach. 



Skull. This " Great Cave 

 Bear," as it is often called, ac- 

 cording to Cuvier must have 

 equalled a large Horse in size. 

 It is distinguished by promi- 

 nent frontal sinuses, a sudden 

 sinking of the concave line 

 leading forward to the nasal 

 bones, long, high pointed 

 crests, narrow zygomas, a wide interval between the formidable canine and the 

 first molar, the complicated crown of the latter, and the great breadth of the 



