mammalia of MIOCENE PERIOD. 91 
Siniilar admixtures have been found in Ba- 
vaiia,* and near Darmstadt. f Many of these 
«^nnnmls also indicate a lacustrine, or swampy 
condition of the regions they inhabited : one of 
lem, the Dinotherium giganteum (gigantic 
Count Munster and Mr. Murchison have discovered, at 
eorgensgemUnd, in Bavaria, the bones of Palseotherium, Ano- 
P otherium, and Anthracotherium, mixed with those of Mastodon, 
K-hmoceros, Hippopotamus, Horse, Ox, Bear, Fox, &c. ; and 
several species of land shells. 
A very interesting detailed description of the remains found 
at this place has been published by Hermann von Meyer 
hrankfurt, 1834, 4to. with 14 plates. 
t We learn from the excellent publication of Professor Kaup 
of Darmstadt, that at Epplesheim, near Altzey, about twelve 
eagues south of Mayence, remains of the following animals have 
een found, in strata of sand, referrible to the second or Miocene 
period of the tertiary formations. These are preserved in the 
museum at Darmstadt. 
Dinotherium . . 
Tapirus 
Chalicotherium 
Rhinoceros . . . 
Tetracaulodon 
Hippotherium 
Sus 
Felis 
Machairodus . . 
Gulo 
Agnotherium . . 
See Description d 
Number of 
Species. 
2 
2 
1 
1 
3 
{ Gigantic Herbivorous 
Animals fifteen and 
eighteen feet long, 
f Larger than living spe- 
b cies. 
I Allied to Tapirs. 
Allied to Mastodon. 
Allied to the Horse 
Hog. 
f Large Cats, some as 
1_ large as a Lion. 
I Allied to Bear. Ursus 
b Cultridens. 
. Glutton. 
r Allied to Dog, large 
b as a Lion. 
’Ossemens Fossiles, par Kaup. Darmst. 1832. 
