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INSECTIVORA 



Family 4. Dimylidae. 



I" M, of which M^ is very large in both jaws. I, C, P, with the exception of P^, very 

 simple. Humerns like that of Talpa. Known only from the European Miocene. 



6 Dimyliis and Cordylodon 



Meyer (Fig. 66). The latter 

 with button-like P. Lower 

 Miocene. 



Plesiodimylus Gaillard, 

 and Metacordylodon Schlosser 

 in the Upper Miocene. 



l^^^jC^^ 



Fig. 66. 



Cordylodon haslachensis v. Meyer, a, upper dentition ; 6, lower 

 dentition, -^/i. Lower Miocene of Ulm. 



Family 5. Erinaceidae. Hedgehogs. 



Upper M usually quadritubercular and quadrangular. P* M-like, the 

 remaining P simpler. 



Subfamily 1. Gymnurinae. 



3.1.4.3. 



3 ^ ^3 • powerful. 



Necrogymnurus {Cayluxotheriuiii) Filhol (Fig. 67). Phosphorites of Quercy. 

 Tetracus Aymard. Oligocene ; Ronzon. 



FiC!. 67. 



Necrogi/tnnurus cayluxi Filhol. Phosphorites of Quercy. a, in- 

 ferior aspect of skull ; b, lateral aspect of lower jaw with 3 molars 

 and P4 ; c, superior aspect of sjime. 1/1 (after Filhol). 



Fig. 08. 



Galerix exilis Blv. sp. (Parasorex sod- 

 alis H. V. Meyer.) Miocene of Steinheim, 

 WUrtteniberg. d, lower jaw, Vi ; ''.teeth 

 of lower jaw enlarged ; c, upper jaw from 

 La Grive St. Alban, i/j ; d, same enlarged. 

 (After Peperet.) 



Galerix Pomel {Parasorex v. Meyer) (Fig. 68). Upper Miocene of Europe. 



Subfamily 2. Erinaceinae. 



JP^ith less than ^ P. 



3.1.3.3. 

 Erinaceus Linn. ^^' \^" - Anterior / enlarged, the rest, as are also 



C and HP reduced. Upper Miocene to recent times. 

 Palaeoerinacens Filhol. Lower Miocene. 



Proterix Matthew. 



3.1.3.3. 



Oligocene (White River) ; South Dakota. 



