On some New Mammals from the Red and Norwich Crags

Abstract

Notwithstanding the many additions which within the last few years have been made to our knowledge of the Pliocene Mammalian Fauna, by Mr. Lydekker, in the Quarterly Journal of this Society, in the ‘Geological Magazine,’ and in the British-Museum Catalogues (1885–87), several species new to the British Crags, and others altogether new to science, have come to light during a critical investigation of the Crag Yertebrata, which it has been my official duty to undertake. As it is likely to be some time before the results of this investigation can be published, it is hoped that an account of the new forms will be acceptable to the Fellows of this Society. For several of the specimens here described I am indebted to the kindness of Mr. E. C. Moor, of Great Bealings, Suffolk, who has most courteously placed these and many other fossils at my disposal. Mr. James Reeve, of the Norwich Museum, has likewise been good enough to lend me many specimens, and among them the unique tooth which is now to be named after him. For the opportunity of studying the rostrum of Mesoplodon Floweri * I am under obligation to the genial Curator of the Ipswich Museum, Dr. Taylor. To all these friends of science I tender my best thanks for their kindly assistance. Description of Species. 1. L utra D scubia , Blainville. (P1. XVIII. figs. I a-1 c.) Within the last few years Mr. E. C. Moor, of Great Bealings, has obtained from the nodule-bed of the Red

Revision of the Mio-Pliocene bunodont otter-like mammals of the Indian Subcontinent

“…The relationships between the extant sea otter, Enhydra lutris, and fossil otters such as Enhydritherium terraenovae from North America and «Enhydra» reevei from England (Newton, 1890;Willemsen, 1990) ( fig. 21F) remain to be elucidated satisfactorily, even though the question has been evoked by many authors ever since Pohle (1919).…”

A new species of lesser panda Parailurus (Mammalia, Carnivora) from the Pliocene of Transbaikalia (Russia) and some aspects of ailurine phylogeny

“…They were found on the East Anglian coast, near Felixstowe and Boyton, and described as Ailurus anglicus (Dawkins, 1888;Newton, 1890). According to Stuart (1982), this species is a component of the "Red Crag Nodule Bed Fauna."…”

“…The type specimen from Felixstowe is represented by a fragment of the lower jaw with M 2 , the record from Boyton is represented by M 1 . This material was too fragmentary for the erection of a new genus and a clear diagnosis of a species (Dawkins, 1888;Newton, 1890). This is why the genus Parailurus was described on the basis of a more complete collection (fragments of a skull and lower jaw) from the Early Pliocene Baraolt-Capeni locality in Romania (Schlosser, 1899).…”

Beavers and flying squirrels (Rodentia: Castoridae, Pteromyini) from the Late Pliocene of Hambach 11C, Germany

“…The deposits exposed here are fluvial channel fills of Late Pliocene age (MN16a) and the rodent material is compared to previously published material from the contemporaneous deposits of Hambach 11. Four species are discussed: two Castoridae, Castor fiber Linnaeus, 1758 and Trogontherium minus Newton, 1890 and two Sciuridae, Blackia miocaenica Mein, 1970 and Pliopetaurista pliocaenica Depéret, 1897 . This new material is of great importance as the fossil records of T. minus and B. miocaenica are very scarce so far.…”

“…Le matériel étudié est comparé à d'autres spécimens d'âges contemporains précédemment publiés et provenant d'Hambach 11. Quatre espèces sont traitées ici: deux Castoridae, Castor fiber Linnaeus, 1758 et Trogontherium minus Newton, 1890 et deux Sciuridae, Blackia miocaenica Mein, 1970 et Pliopetaurista pliocaenica Depéret, 1897. Ce nouveau matériel est d'une grande importance du fait de la rareté des fossiles de T. minus et de B. miocaenica.…”