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III.—Fossil Mammalia from Egypt. Part II

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

Chas. W. Andrews
Chas. W. Andrews
Affiliation:
British Museum (Nat. Hist.).
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In addition to the remains of the large Anthracotheriod (Brachyodus africanus) described in the first part of this paper (Geol. Mag., Dec. IV, Vol. VI, 1899, p. 481), the collection of mammalian bones from the Lower Miocene of Moghara also includes portions of the skeleton of a small rhinoceros. Unfortunately this is very poorly represented, there being only an incomplete scapula and an atlas vertebra, and in the absence of any portion of the skull or teeth it is impossible to determine the species to which it may have belonged. As was pointed out in Part I, the age of the deposit is Burdigalien (Lowest Miocene), and it is therefore contemporary with the Sables de I’Orléanais and the fresh-water deposits of Eggenburg. From the latter no rhinoceros remains are recorded, but from the former several species seem to have been obtained. Of these only one, Aceratherium aurelianense, has been described and figured.

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Geological Magazine , Volume 7 , Issue 9 , September 1900 , pp. 401 - 403
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1900

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