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CABINET OF GEOLOGY.                                                 19

shells- over 1000 species, from the Eocene, Miocene and Pliocene
beds of the Paris Basin, and of Bordeaux in France, from Asti in 
Piedmont, and from Vienna, Austria. Also many other specimens
of like geological horizons, from Egypt, England and the United 
States. The perfect state of preservation of these fossils, together 
with their generic and specific relations to the Fauna of our present
seas, make them of much interest to the student. the Invertebrate
Fauna are still further represented by Shells, Corals, and Echinoderms, 
from the "Raised Beaches" (Quarternary) which border the 
Red Sea, and the west coast of Sweden at Uddevalla. Among the 
vertebrate forms of this age are finely preserved Fishes from Mount 
Lebanon, Monte Bolca in Lombardy, and the fresh water beds of 
Oeningen; large and small Turtles (cats) from the base of the 
Himalaya, England, and Nebraska, with Crocodile remains from the 
two former localities, and Frogs, beautifully preserved in the Paper 
Coal of Bonn on the Rhine. Also the large eggs of Aepiornis, from 
Madagascar (13 inches in diameter), feet of Dinornis, from New 
Zealand, and head of Dodo.

But the most attractive specimens are the great Mammal remains. 
Among these are fragmentary remains- teeth and jaws- of Bear, 
Hyena, Glutton, etc., from the Bone Caverns of Gailenreuth, and 
elsewhere in Europe; many teeth and tusks of the Mastodon and 
Mammoth, with perfect head (cast) of the former; the Paleotherium, 
Anoplotherium, Lophiodon, and other of the noted fossil 
Pachyders discovered by Cuvier in the Gypsum Beds of the Paris
Basin; the monster Sloth and Armadillo (Megatherium and Schistopleurum), 
as also the sabre-toothed Lion, - Machairodus, - from 
the Pampa deposits and Bone Caverns of Brazil. Other series are
from Central France, the Sivalik Hills, India, and the "Bad Lands" 
of Nebraska. Towering above all other specimens in the room is 
the head of the Deinotherium, - an immense pachyderm animal 
which once inhabited the valley of the Rhine. The diameter of the
skull is nearly four feet, while its downward curved tusks rival those 
of the Elephant.

The vegetation of the Cainozoic age is represented by a few 
beautifully preserved leaves of Maple, Oak, Willow, etc., from the 
lacustrine beds of Oeningen; fossil fruits from the Isle of Sheppy, 
and from Brandon, Vermont; and leaves, pine-cones, etc., from the 
Brown Coal of Bonn.

The Cabinet of Paleontology is rendered still more complete by a

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                                            CABINET OF GEOLOGY.                                                 19

shells- over 1000 species, from the Eocene, Miocene and Pliocene beds of the Paris Basin, and of Bordeaux in France, from Asti in Piedmont, and from Vienna, Austria. Also many other specimens of like geological horizons, from Egypt, England and the United States. The perfect state of preservation of these fossils, together with their generic and specific relations to the Fauna of our present seas, make them of much interest to the student. the Invertebrate Fauna are still further represented by Shells, Corals, and Echinoderms, from the "Raised Beaches" (Quarternary) which border the Red Sea, and the west coast of Sweden at Uddevalla. Among the vertebrate forms of this age are finely preserved Fishes from Mount Lebanon, Monte Bolca in Lombardy, and the fresh water beds of Oeningen; large and small Turtles (cats) from the base of the Himalaya, England, and Nebraska, with Crocodile remains from the two former localities, and Frogs, beautifully preserved in the Paper Coal of Bonn on the Rhine. Also the large eggs of Aepiornis, from Madagascar (13 inches in diameter), feet of Dinornis, from New Zealand, and head of Dodo.

But the most attractive specimens are the great Mammal remains. Among these are fragmentary remains- teeth and jaws- of Bear, Hyena, Glutton, etc., from the Bone Caverns of Gailenreuth, and elsewhere in Europe; many teeth and tusks of the Mastodon and Mammoth, with perfect head (cast) of the former; the Paleotherium, Anoplotherium, Lophiodon, and other of the noted fossil Pachyders discovered by Cuvier in the Gypsum Beds of the Paris Basin; the monster Sloth and Armadillo (Megatherium and Schistopleurum), as also the sabre-toothed Lion, - Machairodus, - from the Pampa deposits and Bone Caverns of Brazil. Other series are from Central France, the Sivalik Hills, India, and the "Bad Lands" of Nebraska. Towering above all other specimens in the room is the head of the Deinotherium, - an immense pachyderm animal which once inhabited the valley of the Rhine. The diameter of the skull is nearly four feet, while its downward curved tusks rival those of the Elephant.

The vegetation of the Cainozoic age is represented by a few beautifully preserved leaves of Maple, Oak, Willow, etc., from the lacustrine beds of Oeningen; fossil fruits from the Isle of Sheppy, and from Brandon, Vermont; and leaves, pine-cones, etc., from the Brown Coal of Bonn.

The Cabinet of Paleontology is rendered still more complete by a