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posterior border of the palate is not deeply notched ; the length of 

 the space occupied by the last three upper molars, according to 

 Kaup, is 0,061, but it is longer in No. 19957 ; there is a third lobe 

 to the last lower molar. 

 Hah. Europe. 



M. 1981. Cast of the nearly complete skeleton (woodcut, tig. 4). 

 The original was obtained from the Lower Miocene (Middle 

 Oligocene) of Plonheim, near Alzey, Hessen-Darmstadt, 

 and is preserved in the Museum at Darmstadt. It is 

 described and figured by Lepsius in the Abh. mittelihein. 

 geol. Yereins, vol. i. pt. 1 (1881). The last molar is not 

 protruded. The woodcut is reproduced from a paper by 

 H. Woodward in the ' Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc' vol. xli. 

 p. 466. Purchased, 1884. 



41095. Cast of the hinder portion of the cranium. The original is 

 from Darmstadt. Purchased, 1868. 



19957. The imperfect cranium ; from Elonheim. Only the last 

 three cheek-teeth remain, the antepenultimate being much 

 worn ; the length of the three teeth is 0,068. 



Purchased, 1846. 



44149. The supraoccipital and parietals ; from Elonheim. 



Purchased, 1873. 



19957 a. The imperfect mandible, showing the last three cheek- 

 teeth in a much-worn condition ; from Elonheim. 



Purchased, 1846. 



36766. The mandible, wanting the hinder portion of the left ramus ; 

 from Elonheim. The last molar is in alveolo, while the 

 fifth tooth from the hinder end of the series is quite un- 

 worn, and appears to be a true dent de rewplacernent. 



Purchased, 1859. 



27887. The penultimate right lower molar, in a half-worn con- 

 dition ; from Elonheim. The homologous and following 

 teeth oiH.fossile are represented in woodcut, fig. 3. 



Presented hij John Brown, Esq., 1852. 



44153. The right scapula ; from Elonheim. Purchased, 1873. 



41093. Cast of the imperfect right scapula. The original is from 

 the Lower Miocene (Middle Oligocene) of L'fhofen, Hesson- 

 Darmstadt. Purchased, 1868. 



