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THE GEOLOGIST, 



elsewhere witliin tlie Yieima-basin, and possibly identical witli tliat 

 of NucetO; referred to by M. Gastaldi to Bliin. minidus, Cuv. Cliev. 

 Fr. de Hauer bas remarked, respecting the stratigrapbical circum- 

 stances, that the coal of Breemberg (W. Hungary) may be of more 

 ancient date tban tbe lowermost marine deposits of tbe Yienna basin. 



Pro/, ^7. 8uess on some Fossil Boviclce. Proceed. Imp. Geol. Institute 

 of Yienna, Marcb 29, 1859. 



Tbe Imperial Geological Institute of Yienna bas purcbased a col- 

 lection of mammalian remains obtained from tbe Gabcian Loess, 

 an ancient loam deposited in tbe valleys of tbe rivers Wistock and 

 Dunajec. Tbis region, long ago renowned for its abundance of 

 fossil remains, is no less conspicuous for tbe uniformity of its ancient 

 fauna, represented only by tbree herbivorous species — Bosj^risais, Bos 

 ^rimigenms, and Elejjhas primicjenius (tbe last by far tbe most preva- 

 lent). Tbe skulls of tbe two species of Bos offer very striking 

 differences in tbeu^ structure and proportions. In Bos ijrisms tbe 

 frontal bone is vaulted, and bas no superior edge prominent over tbe 

 sm^face of fcbe occipital bone ; tbe basis of tbe borns is somewhat 

 beneath the upper frontal edge ; tbe borns are proportionally short, 

 strong, directed horizontally outwards, with ends slightly curved up- 

 wards ; the orbits are nearly beneath the bases of tbe born-roots. 

 Bos priinigenius has a narrow concave forehead, forming upwards a 

 strong edge prominent over the surface of tbe occipital ; the horns 

 are inserted exactly on the upper margin of the frontal, and are 

 longer and more curved than those of B. ijriscus ; they are directed 

 horizontally outwards, then incbned inwards with ends slightly 

 curved downwards. Tbe orbits are far beneath tbe roots of tbe 

 horns, with a deep depression in tbe middle of the forehead between 

 them. 



On Listrioclon. Prof, E. Suess. Proceed. Imp. Geol. Institute of 

 Yienna, Marcb 29, 1859. 



A molar of lAstriodon sjolendens, H. v. Meyer, (Tainrotherium of 

 some Prench paleontologists) has been recently found in tbe Leitha 

 Hmestone of Punfkircben, Central Hungary. The same species is 

 known to occur in tbe Leitha Mountains, between Austria and 

 Hung^ary ; and in Prance, Department du Gers and Department de 

 la Drome ; a proof that the fauna of tbe epoch, as tbe subsequent one 

 of Eppelsheim, far from being a merely local one, extended over a 

 large portion of Eui^ope. 



Pro/, linger on the Plants of Egypt. Proceed. Imp. Academy, 

 Yienna, July 14, 1859. 



Among the plants, tbe remains of which are to be found in 

 sepulchi'es, or figm-ed on the monuments, etc. of Egypt, some fifty 



