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CHAP. II.]
UPPER EOCENE MAMMALIA OF THE CONTINENT.
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According to Professor Gervais,[1] the opossums were represented in France by no less than eight species.
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UPPER EOCENE
Anoplotherium.Lemuroid.
Palæotherium.Xiphodon.
Fig. 5.—Upper Eocene Mammalia.
The birds which lived on and around the upper Eocene lake of Paris consist of ten species, among which
- ↑ Zool. et Paléont. p. 334.