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Identifier: guidetofossilma00brit (find matches)
Title: A guide to the fossil mammals and birds in the Department of Geology and Palæontology in the British Museum (Natural History) ..
Year: 1896 (1890s)
Authors: British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Geology Woodward, Henry, 1832-1921
Subjects: Mammals, Fossil Birds, Fossil
Publisher: (London) Printed by order of the Trustees
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£- nat. size. B=radius; U=ulna; c=cuneiform : £=lunar; s=scaphoid; «=unciform; ,(i = magnum; td=trapezoid. The Eoman numerals indicate the corresponding toes, or digits, present in each foot. (Beproduced, by permission, from Sir William Flowers Introduction to the Osteology of the Mammalia, 3rd edition, 1885, p. 297.) are seldom ankylosed together. The existing Artiodactyla arereadily divided into two very distinct groups : firstly, the rTon-ruminants, which have been named the Bu:ntodonta,* embracingthe hippopotamus and the pigs ; and secondly, the Ruminants—animals which chew the cud—these are named SELENODO)sTTA,t * From &ovi>6q, hilly, and dcovg, a tooth, in allusion to the irregular hillyor marnmillated structure of the molar teeth in the pig and hippopotamus. f From fftXtfvig, crescent, and boovq, a tooth, in reference to the crescent-shaped structure of the dentinal folds in the molar teeth of deer, antelopes,oxen, &c. 42 Artiodactyla—Hippopotami, etc. A. B.
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t-ic 50.—A. Palatal view of the skull of the recent Hippopotamus amphibius (Linn.), from Africa ; a idB. Lower jaw of same (seen from above).

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