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Lee diegrammea suivanta illuatrent le mdthode. 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 oUa^ CANADA DEPARTMENT OF MINES «iK|pe, on " The upeoioi fniin theOllxocono or fjower Mijcene \>ed» of the Oyprciv hilln," iiiibliahml in 14!U, ii deitcriptive of ■|)ecimen8 jblained tlurin^ the yoari \HH:\, 18H4, 188H iiiiil lUH'.t. The |>re«ent part by Mr. Liiwrence M. [jinibe, u baKol on the uollec- tlon made bv him in 1904, and on the material of tiie earlier cMllet'.ioni ; it coiiiiitt of 82 pa^o* of letter proiw, ilhiatrated by text flguro* und ei^ht photogra* lire plate*. Departhent op Mini»<, Gkoumiical Survit Bramii, Ottawa, January 6, 1H0«. \y. hUOCK, Ailing hirietiir. SAHKATfllKWXN. IIII.IA IIY f.AWRI.MK M. I.AMUR. IMTRODUOTION Thu tliihovi'ry in \>*>*\ hy Mr. R. < ■ MiCoiinell of thin SurvBy, of 'IVrliiiry IkxU in the C>|«rf»ii liillii.of lutor ajji' than unv tlmt liml liotii fniiiid in the Xortli Went, wuk »riiioim<;eiil.li»lii(l in IJ""!!. After j{ivln){B general HtatiMiientot the iihyVuiil if .uronof ihfioiintry, Mr McConn.ll in hi« raport, (luvotiii liiinnclf (1) to u lU-^iriiitiuii of the ijt'olojry in 'litfi-rciit *.'otion« of the iliitriut in timi, ami (J) to an moonnt of tho deponitit of iha tbrinutiofiH oWtvoiI of tho Crelaccoiw, 'rertiary, anil liiiBti-nmry poriiMln In tho ("ypren* hilUand vicinity th.- ro. k« Kui-n wito r< ''rreil to the MioctMie, I^ramii' ami Fox-hlll-Piorrf formations of which tiie limt throe are e ornmble, hut the tirnt limi iinconforinahly on tlio l4»rttmie,in place* ovcrlapi-inj? it unpv..f r,„L„l;,. I!.|..il..( I'imhi...., !.■<•<•.• »:l >il ; Siiinman l!..|-.rt ..f It l.n.t I ih. ii...|.«i.v.l ,..11- l..:U«t Ik-i-, ISKlli.iil.li.li.il in.liii. iwli. |.. I. .,, ■• I ;.,.!.. 11,1 N..t. lli»t. S„ivv ..fC:,„iuU .Vmiiwil l;..i.,itlM..w..n..l. -..I. I. I»M... . I»-M.i. |Mrt ( . coiiBolidnted by a ferniginous cement, lleds several feet thick also occasionally occur, which contain nothing but loose pebbles." " IteiU of pebble conglomerate, though more frequent and larger near the base of the MicKene, are found at irregular iiiteivaU all through it, and are of all thicknesses, from a single layer of pebbles up to bods fully 50 feet thick. In many cases the formation consists of a single thick bed of this rock. Itesides the pebble con- glomerate, beds composed of angular pieces of clays enclosed !i a matrix of hard sandstone, and forming a species of breccia, are occasionally found." " The sands of the Miocene sometimes form hard beds, from one to two teet thick, but are usually only slightly indurated, and are nearly rlways attectod by false bonding." The above deposits are boat seen in Hone coulee which runs almost due north and south about nine miles west of the I'astcni escarpment of the hills. In this couU-o two streams have their origin within a few hundred yards of each other, the north fork of Swift-current creek rtowinjr north-easterly, and Krenchman creek (Fairwell creek of .Mr. McConnell's report) flowing in an opposite direction to the Bouth. It is in this main coulee and its tributaries, that the collections of vertebrate remains from this horizon of the Cypress hills have been principally made. The first vertebrate fossils received from I (one couli'e were obtained in ls83 by .Mr. McConnell whilst engaged in his geological exploration of that year. Later in the same season .Mr. T. C. Weston visited this locality, and secured acollecion ; but unfortunately all the speci.riens ihen obtained were lost by the sinking in Lake Superior of the steamer Gleiilint'is on which the collection had l)een shipped for the east from Port .Vrtliur. I )urin<; the summer of 1884 .Mr, Weston revisited the eastern end of the hills, and obtained many nmmmalian and other vottebrate remains typical of the Cypress Hills fauna, lu 188.S, and again in Is.S'.i, a short time was spent by Mr. Weston inadding to the collections already made in Itoiie coulee. In 1004 the writer spent some weeks in the eastern end of these hills nmking a supplementary collection of the vertebrate remains. The fossils collected by Messrs. McCoimell and Weston in ls.s3, were submitted to Professor Eecimens obtained by Mr. Weston in lt<9'.t, appeared in 18!' 1 as part I **** of this volume. ■ 'l"ln- Wliitf liiv.i- lii-iUuf Swift t-nrniit rivri. Ni.rtli Went 'IVrritcfry. '• l)|i. lit.. IBiit •', |.. T'.l, ii|.iKii,li\ I. Til.' VcrLluiitiiof th, Suift i'viri-.-iit('n-.k nirii.iM.f ih.. ( ■yiiii-.i liill>, li\ K. I>. ('c.|i.> ••• ISWI. .Aiiiiriiaii Xiitiir;ili«t. Mil. .\.\lll. p. 151, Tii.' V.ifliriit;! .,f ih.. S\i ill nirr. lit ri>.i 1) ■ an.l ,, ii"S V.rli' liraticif tliiSwiftiiirivMtiiiir, III. '' "' "*** Tin' ^l"(.•il'HtI^ttll till- OlipK r.il:i-,ittt., vol. til liiiKirtol, |it. I. • l...iiir \li.«rii.- I.il- ,if tl„- C>|.ri». liill- : c:,,.l. Smv.v ,,f c,,,!:!.!,!, c.ntr. t..Ciin. Co|>o, in hU memoir of 18'.il, qiiiilitiea MuCoiincil'a a8ji4;tiineiit of tlie uppermost bed* of tlio Cyprosa hills to tho Miocene by dcKcribing them as of .lligooune or lidwer Miofcno ujfc. Matthew would itccord them a more detinite horizon at tlie bottom of the ( )lijr(KMMie, and has exprusgi'd (be opinion that they uro probably of approximately the sarau ajio iia the Titano- therium \mh at I'i|iu«tone spriiiifs, Montana. Thi* opinion appears to be borne out to .sonu' extent by the lis-t of spedes from Pipestone springa, publisned l)y I 'r. Matthew in ll'O:!,* and the colleetionM from the Cypress hills, Bupplonionted by the material secured in 1!i04. A provisional list by the writer, of the jrenoni and species included in the collection of |!t04, apjieared in the Summary lieportof this Department for that year. That the IJypress Hills Oligocene deposits were the result of rapidly flowing water from the west is evident. The thick basal beds of ronmled pebbles reiiresent the work of a stron,<; transporting (orce, such as would bo supplied by aturbuleiit stream of eonsidorable size carrying eastward material Iromtho Rocky numntuins. The sands show false bedding as a residt of varyiiiir currents With the aceuniulatioii of nuitcrial eastward, and a conseipient reduction of the trun8[iorting force, bebably on extensive areas of overllow, Ifegarding the (Vpress hills as an outlier of the Wood Mountain area, Mr. NhCoiniell has pointed out that, the part of the country " now covered by tho Cypress bills has been changed from a depression in Miocene times into the highest plateau on the plains, which is its present position, entirely by the arrest of denudation over its surface by the hard conglomerate beds which cover it, whilst the surroiiinling country, destitute of such (irotection, has been graaually lowered ; and so Htfonis an index of the amount of material removed trom the neighbouring plain- in the age intervening between the deposition of the Miocene and the glacial period." "The absence of any ridge connecting the Cypress hills with the mountaina is somewhat surprising, as one would naturally suppose that near their source the pebble-ljcds would be thicker, and their constituents cuarser and better able to resist erosion. This may be due, however, to the fact that the valley of the transporting sireain must have been more contracted in its upiier jiart than in the dilated portion in wliich the existing .Miocene beds were ileposiletl. In such a case, iis narrow shingle floor would be gndually undermined, and as :i|'ONI>YI,I. LepiiliisUiita. Nem.\tounatiii. Siluriilir. * + Rliineastes rhmis. Cope. * + Amiurus ranciilitus, i'o\)e. * + Amiiirus mnconniili. Cope. REPTIUA. CHBLONIA. Cryptodira. ' 'liibjilrida:. + AnoKteira ortKitu ! Leid^. Testwlinlila:. * + Slylemys nehrnseensis, Loidy. + Teatudo exorimta, Lanibe. Trionyciiia. Trionijchvld: * + Trinni/x Lucopotnmicus, Cope. + SQUAMATA. LArERTlLIA. Allffuidir. + Pellusaurus grunulosus. Cope. Ophidia. + Oi/mophis comi»ictus, sp. nov. + CROCODILIA. El'.SlCllIA. Croi'O'lHiihi. + Croc(,dilus jireiiasiil'S .' Looniis. Til'- sinn< iB-fiin- llif n;tiiifN 'if w|»'ric.. iir Kn.iij... >itr]iif\ ;(- t.itli>Wf.L - " lt.-iin'*«'ntt''.riti'(l in culIoctiDn nf VM*\ ; litit not in |>ri\i.inj.oni.>. * . l{fpr..(...nttHi in thf I'-fH hh vm-II ah. in otH' or niori' of tlif (mviou.* i ollt etionn. 12.">L".I 2 I 10 MAXMAUA + MABaUPIALIA. POLYPROTODONTIA. + DiMphys vaUns, .p. „ov. ^'''''^'''"'''"■■ UNOULATA. ARTtODACIVLA. Anlhnii-nlhtiiulw. t tZtelZ'T'T"'^ '>r'-ch,,rhy„c,,us, Onborn a..d Wortman. + Anthtaeotherium > py,j,„Mm, »p. nov. It . ,,, ,, . Eliillierii'dii. + bMhenum coarcMam, Cofe. . . Agrm/iiiriittr. + Agn chorus /nus, Lainbo. + Mrsnhlppus hr.ichyslylHs, Oaboni. + Mfsohippux stennl.phus, Lambe. + Mesohippus ,>l'-nulens, I anibe. " + Mesnh.ppus aasinihoiensis, Larabe. * , ,, , Hyrwo)l„ntid,r. + /lyraeodon nebrnsccnsis, Leidy. + IIynico>lon pris,i,/,,is, Lambe. » , . , Rliinorerutidii. + Acenil/nrium mile, Cope. * + ■im-atheriiim occidoifnle (l.cidv). + Aernilheriiim (xlynum, gp. nov". + L>-piacerath,rium lngow„l„n, Oab. and Wort. Titan,, hiriidiv. Megoerrups nngtisligenis (Cope). * Megav(r„ps sebeynianus (Com). Il * Megaceriips ayceras (Copo). + Magneempn jtrimitivaa, gp. iiov. 4- Maijacrropx asiinifxiifntis, iioni. prov. Ancvlopoda. CliiiicntheriUlii. * f Chntieiitheritim bitoliatum, Cope. RODENTIA. SiMrUCIOENTATA. .' Sciuii'hr. + Siiurus .' saskatclitirensi^, up. nov. hcltDromyiil'i: + fscliryromi/s lypu-i, l.eie. + I'liliiol'igiiK liayileni, Loiily. OARNIVORA. (■KEODONTA. J[i/iinn(le). + JJii/ihinius /diniif, S.uthad vertebral centra of ,uite a. lifilrln'tirape.' ""J'^- f'-ne . Ti.e centn. on which Ami,, tdlis is founded arc m.«tlv from the dorsal region and var somewhat ,n sue, bei.ii, probably from a number of in.livi.lnals The o ,e T' . :"'? •• "^'"T.'' f ^' - •■■•o"' the mi.ldle dorsal s.rio: i: one of tri. '^ .7 ^ poc.,niens,a„dis about the bcs, p.e.crved (type,. Its articular faces are o ^ in outl with he major axis horizon'..!, the height being but sli.rbtlv over t«^,M rl breadth Its thickness (length,, is e,u„. t! about l^i.f the nSu^ Li! r: ' .«: ^\ percep ,blo tlattemn. ot ,hc u,,pe- surtuce. The concave articular sur.hccs exh H t o ..entric line., but have the genera, ap, ..ran.e of being rather Bmooth. A smal notrchorj _or«men. prcscrve.l ,n a 1 the specimens, pierces the contrun. „, about mid-lTe 1 So ..the median line ot the upper surface, the tloor of the neural ..anal appearTa '„ n row oblong transversely concave depression, with a shallowly excavate,! are.'' .Ze , ol I "» each si.lc ot It, marking the position ..f the base of the neurai.onbvsis Th n . aro placed slightly below the middle of the si.les; they r'ZT-in '^Lr ^H'w^; •ppiirently very «hort. On the lower siirfaeo, one on ench -ide of the mciliuii line anil nlmcHit touching, arc two (loorly detincMl very »hiillow ohlonu: "lepro 'otm — (well ilotinetl ami eom- lianitively y short inofieultttinii: ridges directed untcro-po-'teriorly. Tlie structure of the articular faces is dense; that of the rcmiiinder, which forms the ■■rcator part of the centrum, is ttnely cancclloug. .1/. iisin • ttifuln. Tvi«' "pciiiiii'n. I'liiti- I, (liitiri'w 1. J lonl '. tll'i;,'lll l>f c rllliuill lir.'iultli l-'i>.'tll SiiimIU'i- sjM-)-irii(*n. lli-iulit cif (rntniiii Breiidth r...natli MM I:! (I 16 ,s ."> M '.Ml 11 U A hasi-occipital bone that apparently helonjrs to this species is shown on jilate I, figures 4, 5 and 6. Its posterior tenuiiialion has the form of a vertebral centrum having a concave surface Inr articulation with the first vertebra. The bono narrows slightly forward ; anteriorly it is incomplete, but apparently only a small portion is missinir. Seen trom above, (tig. 4), there is a deep excavation in the median line at some distance in advance of the posterior end, representing the binder b isal part of the brain caviiy. .Vbove, posteriorly, is seen the tloor of ihe fnrameii iiin/iniiiii, extending backward from the brain cavity as a narrow smooth surface, on caib side of which is an area indicating the probable position of occipital arches such as are found in the living Amhi lalv'i, l.inn. Laterally, and directed upward and outwartl, occur concave facets for the articulation of the exo. cipituls. Interiorly, (tig. fi), the hone is flatly convex trinsvcrsely, with a broad median longitudinal groove ihat does not extend backward to the border of the articulating cup. On each side of the basal surface is preserved the facet for the parasphenoid which evidently in this tossil form terminated [lostcriorly in two branches as in the livinir species. .\ canal enters the basi-occipital at the side (.-, fig. 4) and Is an exit Irom the lower surface besidea similar opening of the corresponding cauiil of the opposite sidoof the bone: this pair of foramina have their position in the median line of the bone between the binder ends of the parasphenoid. The posterior articulating cup. tig. 6, cor- responds in general size ami contour with t' type centrum of Amia ,.r/lis. its breadth being considerably greater than the height. Slightly above mid-height iji the cup is a mii.ute notocbordal foramen. As sei'ii from behind, the outline of the cup is rather flat in the centre below, and lati-niUy subangular. The limits of the vertebra forming the posterior end of the basi-occipital, bcimr the third of the three verlcbne that are thought to enter into the com- position of tbi.- bone, are faintly indicated in the specimen. liEl'liiOSiEis LONcrs, >| . niiv, Plate I, tigs. 7, 8 and !•. A species of /.rpi'loxiens U represented by an opisiboeulous vertebra. A few thick, smoothlv enamelled, rhomboid scales, included in the collection, probably belong to the same species as the vertebra. u The vortelirul ocntram in from iibniit the miilillo of tho tlortal lu-rioi, ami in loiitr in pro- |)ortioii to its breadth and hoi^lit. In ond viow tin- iiriiciiliir mirfacuM aro Hix-i*idu«l, the anterior Harfuco it tllKhlly convt-x : ttie poittcrior onu ai Kli)(litly conoavo. Tlio pani|iophyii»ii are ^ivon otf at |Ik> niid-hci){ht of thi< contrum • liitio in advance of tlie mid-lun^ib,/), Hg. 9. Itencath euch iiurapophyaiii la a deep foasa, long in an iintero-|iosterior direction, occupying the laterui inferior face of the centrum and separated from its tcllow Ity the narrow, Hal inferior inrface which is broadest at either end, where it iH al8<> moot y a longitudinal median groove. The iinrfacc lietwceri the purupopliyses and tho neurup'ont., vol. Ill (quarto), pt. f, p. 3, pi. I, figs. 8, 3(j and 3//. A few broken vertebnc are apparently reterable to this specie!*. In comparison with the type material, the internal structure of the centrum in the prexc'.t <|.iii>' »f H niiii A -•iniilui' rid^-o likuwt«o occiirn (III th«< i«)«terior ImrJer with ^VficMy lurjfcr wrrutioii^ iiIkhiI lix of the liifti-r m-. iirriii)c in u •|.ttw of 8 mm. TIk-im' ponterior «!rruti..in uliiw u reiiilfiicy to |Kiiiit Imikwurd, and tliey arc not ooiitiiiiio.1 no fur toward tJie buiw ot the »|'iii<' a» nro tiioieof tlie uiitorioi liordcr. Tha iiieumiremeiitii of tliin xpecimuii uie u* follow-. :—l«ii)ith (diittul Imlf nii«*in)t) 1:5 mm.. jrrctttMt hoijflit at proximal end B mm., untL>ri)-|iortturior diuiiuter at broken ilistul end about 2 8 mm., willi a vertieul diaraetor dirttnlly ot about Iti mm. The peotoriil i-piiu-H in the lol- lection are of varioiu uizen, from 4 iip to It! mm., an iiieaiiured in a vertiiul direction ucro-in the \mm, with tiic more anterior juirt in proportion The Borratioim in tlie majority of tiie Bpecimeim have Iteeii worn down, and in some mtvo alm'iHt entirely rumoveil. althoiijfh indicutioiix of lliein can xtill be men. In the lar){eiit Kpeeiiiieii (Iti ram. aeroxs the Imno) the mimbur of ucrruiioim in a "pace ol :) mm. \» alont itix on iMith IwrderB. In all. the ornamentation of the nides in the Kume. A few dor*al Bn spines, with sculpture similar to that of the i^itoral spines, are, probably, also relerable to this speciex They are broken across at some distuiue Ironi the base, and the distal en 1 lost. One, of small size and ..omewhat worn, is serrated on Inith lionlers. In a iecoiid, a larjfe s|.ine, figs. 14, 1.". and If., the anterior border is rugose, and no satisfactory evidence of serrations can be made out ; posteriorly its surface is deeply groovc.l proximally us in the smaller spine, and the specimen is broken otl' behind where the serrations would probably begin. The measurements of this large spine arc— length of specimen :!0 mm... breadth across proximal end IH mm., untcro-postcrior diameter at Iractured distal end 8 mm. transverse diameter distally OS mm. A number of fragments from the distal end of spines are, probably, also referable here They are longitudinally striated, and three are serrated on both borders. AiK.tlici- is serrutcU at least on the isjsterior border ; whilst one beuis on its posterior border conipiiratively long buckwardly curved barWike denticles (tigure 13). These spines appear to approach closely, in detail of ornamentation ami shape, to those of /;. arcuatus, described by Cope from the Hridver Kocene of Wyoining. In the Oligocetie specimens the serrations of the borilers, imd the ornamentation generally, are on a smaller scale. AMIIRU.< c ANCELLAT18, Cope. Amiiirus eiinrdlatiis. Cope, 18!>1. The species from the Oligocene or Lower Miocene bods of the Cypress bills. Geol. Survey of Canaila, Coiitr. to tJan. Palnont., vol. Ill (ipiarto), pt. I. p. 3, pi. I, figs. 4, i'i-l>. 5, bo-h. This species, founded on two vertebral centra from tlie Cypress hills, is one of two species of the genus described from this region. In the 1904 collection are a few centra, with parts of others, that, judiriiig from their form and siructure in comparison with the type specimens, are apparently refe. ible to C^ope's species. In the type specimens the dense tissue of the articular surfaces is suc<-oedcd within by vertical laminic forming two thin layers whii'h are connected by tissue, disposed for the most part longitudinally, in which are many openings of variable size having their longer axes in mi iiiii«nv|HHt«riur ilinH.'(ioii. Tlii* i>|it>ii ■lria-turi'ovtti|iiei tliu gruutvr |Hirt of th<' tliirkiivn nt'tbr cviitruiii. Thu 11)04 «ptH.'iiiit)ii« Imvi- tbit gt'tiiTal niriivturf. with ii ri>iii*iiU>rul>lu variiiiiuv »'• to tin niiiiilMr, iii/.e, •ml iliit|>iMiti<>ii of tlu> <>|>vtiiii^ii in i)u< iniior tiMiic. Sii|ii>rt<>rly iliuri' ix u I'cntrii «xuitvutioii or t'oMu, with uiiu niorv or Iukh i|i'V('Io|ii'iI on oitlior r' of ttic cuiitre Ijitorully i (iwHa ii |iroiH)nt liencuth tliu Immi ol the diu|K)|ihyiH!i>, und on I he lower i>iirtit('e thoru ia i median, tin)(li>, ur doiiblu foMii. AMIURI II M VI ONNILI.I, Co|>f. Amiiinix mnfiinntlti, Co\>o, I8!)l. 'I'hu Kimciun I'mni the Oliitixx'Mu or Lowt-r MitK-cni' lie) l.t. I, p. 4, 1>1. I, \\)(». ti, «"-/<, 7./-'-. The vcrtt'lirii' of thiH iixteie* ditt'er tnmi thowof the prccediii;; principolly in huvinx tin inner lon^itndiniilly ili!<|Miiw}< a conKpii'iioui libiienft' of \»T)Ci' opvnint^K, i« nniilu up of ultMiilcr lonifitinliiml xtrunilii with Heeondury roiino't in^ uno« At right nii)(lt'« to the forinor, K'uvini; kiiiuII iiiterK|>ui'ui«. Am in A. r.iti,; luiln.i, then are vertival laini lieni'Utli the di-nsc articular Hiirfaci' layor of tiii8ne, Imt they oirnpy i greater thii-knoM and eomtuiiuently ri'strii't tliu iniiurmoiit uanuelloiiM tixgnu to a narrowei area. C'o[ie, in deMorihing thi^ two centra on whii'h thin KpvvioH \r liaiod, Htati-H that they an without a fosHii iin the inferior face. Thin ix no di>ul>t an error of olmcrvation, m in the liirj?ei of the two type Rpot'imeMH there ii* a Hinjjle dee|> fo^Mi lielow, and in the iinaller eentnini tliert it uIm) a ainjfle median inferior fouia. .\ few imperfect centra and larjte vertehni! fragnient8 belonging to the collection of l!'0^ are probably relieruble to this species. The lower or proximal ends of a few dorsal tin spines, dillbriiig from those that have beei provisionally assigned to lil'iiitantes rhufis, are in the collection of 1004. These spines may have belonged to one of the two s|iecieg of Amiuru.i hero referred to or possibly \mth species may be represented. They differ considerably in size, and wert apparently wiihout tubercles, or longitiulinal sculpture ridges on their sides. From tb« apecimcns it is impossible to state whether serrations were present along the anterior, am; posterior edges, or not. The sides of the spines were apparently smonth, but tbespecimcns arj either slightly "oru or weathered so that, any i CUT ves backward, the pnsterior outline is almost straight. Measured from back to front, near the distal end of the specimen, the diameter is 12 mm. , the transverse measurement at the sanje height from the base is about 7 mm. IT Ci>ni|«r« oif Ariut «'/^' w/, rut. h^i)U'U.i, rrfiirutioti am ot alHMit tho Mtiue iii/.uiii vuch. KKPTIUA UHBLONIA Amudtiira okmataT T^itly. I'ltttu I, Hit*. 17, 1H und 19. .lnw/.o" <>,ml,i, U'l.ly, 1871. Prw. AiimI. Nut. Sti. Thilu , p. 102. A inur){iii»l pl»to of k turtle from the eiwlurii otcarpmoiit i>f the Oypromi hilln (lolltiti"' of 1!»04) iH-iim HO •trikinjf a renonililancc in jfuneral form und oriianieiilatioii to thoiw oi I^-itly » »l«citi fnjMi tlie IJridger FkK'ono of Wyoming, fliut it i», for the prt-Nent, refurred to timt K|i«ciei«. The plato is triangular in xection, tho free i-dge being iharp and Kinooth, tho inni-r surfaio oxoiivatod (figure 10). it Ih apparently tho eleventh plate from the right xide of the Mliell Tho wulpturo beiu«th, tig. ix. ooiisiittft of dii devoid of the tisual outlines more or lew strongly expressed, of tho inrosting scutes." A second marginal plate from the same locality bears a siiglitly different sculptii'f . The upper surface is granulose throughout, without the formation of definite ridges, althougli the tu»)ercl*.s frequently coalesce. The lower surface would bo «|uite smooth but for an inilisLinct granulation near the free border. The plate is wedge shaped, shallowly concave above, but convex beneath, and grooved on the inner border. A suli us also in this plate denotes the presence of epidermal shields. The anterior marginals in the tyi.e arc stated to be smooth beneath, and it is probable that this plate l)elong8 to that part of the shell anterior t.. ti.e axillary notch. In none couWe. Cypress hills, was found another specimen prolmbly belonging to the species represented by the eastern escarpment marginals. It is a lateral margmal, prolmbly the fifth of the right side, and is detinitely sculptured in agreement with the ty|)e of A . orvahi. Thi^ specimen iilso bears scute impressions. .More material is needed to more definitely lieiermiiie tho Cypross Hills species, which, from tho evidence now available, and so far as a cimiparison can bo made, apparently very closely resembles the Eocene species destribed by Leiily. .vaditionul specimens, however, will probably prove the Cypress Hills species to be distinct from A. nrti'ita, bringing to light a form representative of tho Oligocene dei)osit8. •^H^.oir«. du Miwe K..V.1 (l'Hi.t..ir,- Xnturell- .1.- li, Igi.,"-. t. HI. I..- f..i«...i. r.« (ci>llovtii>ri o( IHB4), whu ciMmiiUreil llmt uc IraKiuentt Inmithii locality w«r«t nut iiiitin){tii>urlji of tlio i»h«tll ul • tor whiuh it alto, aitiwrttntly, rvftralilo to the ramu (pwie*, TUTVIO lEXDHNATA, I«ml>«. I'lute I, »g* UO, 21 and 2:^. '"r«(Mi^« rxornahi, Uml>e, tM6. Ottawa Naliiniliittinct grooves also crosa this plate from aide to tide near its inner end, w the tu'ural lurfacct for articulation with the sixth and seventh neural pla )irt> preserve The thinl specimen, figure 22, is the inner end of the left ttmt costal. On its aurfuc( concentric grooves indicating an epidermal ahicid pattern !iuch as is found in some ol modem B{Hicics of the genu*. These s(Miuimeu!* show that the costal plates wore alternately narrow rnd broad disi and broad and narrow proxinially : a common character of apucios of Ti-atuih. M'-nnHrrmi'ntH. M.M. l»t Costiil pUte. Pl«t4' I, fttfure li : - Maximum thickncnn iit t'citre of |iri>xinml I'liJ 7 Thickness of •pe<'iiiirn at anterior sutun- •"> •* '* *' jMisterior " -I .'(til Costal plati'. Typ«. Plate I, lijjun- i» : TliickDess ut |iroxiiiiiil eiij (»f Hp«'(-iiiH'n •* " near ili«tal end at iintcrior sutuie '> " (liHtully near piwtcrior MUturi' ** tllh Costal plate. Plato I, ti){,ire lil : — Tliickni'« at proximal end . . f from tha hea*l- )il lliat ucrtniii tli« Oli)(i><.'en« ill ol • torttiiav I. I, i Mntl a. ttH)4itru|wrU It new DiiMiu* ily, to the rami- ntulhatl'ortlif the litth <'-iieiH';) lird, and fourth rier end, where V preserveil. ita Kurfuc'O aru ill some ol' the broad dittiilly, MM. It ThU •|*.i«a U pecnilar ...i a»' w-r". anteriorly at leaat. .minted c».. i.trically within the Umndarie. of the .|..dern«l -h.tld.. TaiKMYx t.^^vcorm^mo^*, (Vi*. Thi. .peel- wa- de«.ril.ed l.y «•..,«. In 1H9I*. Th. material on which it J. b«ed co„.Ut. of ,*rt ol a^i-tal U.ne fmm l«ono eoul.-e.Cypre-hlll.. (Mr T. C. W eeton'* .flleotion of 1h84) and M-uw well pre«.rv.d IraKi'ienl. from the White hot tee. l»akot». In the collection of 1004 from Hone coulile are u n..nil»r of (n^mmU of ihell, prin- .•i|«ll.v l.r.>k.n coetal*. that are .'viduntly r.-forahlu to thU »|K.cie*. Other fn.Km.nt. may Ik. aMlKiiubk- to T. ,..<«./.> r. Co,*, from the (Hlgocetie (Whito Kiver) of South Dakota, hut the material \» too |«K>r to ailmli ol a -ati.factory deternilnatioii. 8QUAMATA I'lLTMAI HI « ORABULiWOa, ('0|>e. Hate 1, i\f a, -* »•>'• 8'* Mto>,a>,ri,» aUii», Coi*., IHlf. PaL.'ontoloKi.ul llullftin. No. V,, p. 5. .. '• Co,K.. 1H74. Annual Uei-irt U. 8. Oeol. and Hook- Survey Terr.. Mi!Z.T.V'.'-l"»'''< f"I*, ll^H^- ■"'« Vurtehrata of the Tertiary Kormation. of the Woit, i'S.Guol.SurveyTerr*.. vol. III.p. 773,pl.I.X, «K».3-11. /M(..-„«,«*.7.««««.,.«*,Un.lK.., Vm. Oeol. Survey of Canada, Summary Re,K,rt for 1J04. p. StJti. With iirm »piH.ie. are Idc.tiflid partof a left dentary (rt^. 2:1) an.l the ,K«tcrior half of a ri«ht maxilla (fij?. 24). In both of which .,*cimon* a nun,lH,r of the t.oih are preserved. A worn portion of a innood dentary from whi.h the teeth have In-en abnuleu, probably, alw lielotig* to thin Hpci'ies. •riH. type HpcHimeii. dccribed by (!oih, are fro... tb. Miocene of north.ea.ten. Colorado; the Canadian .pe.in.on» w.rc obtained by the writer from the 01iKene be.Uol H«..e coul.e. Cypres* bill*, "' l'*04. In the dentary -how., in tiirure -3. the teotl. are i.loMrodont.of fairmze. ol.i«il-.l.aped, and apparently i.i all particular- agreci..^ with tbone of the ty,K. specimen.. here are four „;• the large-t .eeth in a «pa e of about 5 mm. Th.- ma..dibulBr groove. .e< ■' ... the ...fenor ,urta.c ot-thc *p«.imcn, i- of largo «i/.c. «..d the dctary .•*..al i. well -l.own. piercing the bone ,„idw«y botwoc. the surface of attachment of the teeth tt..d the exterior .urtace ot the .pec nici. i.i which occur n few gniall forami.m. In the maxilla there arc eight tocth prewrve.l, dirainixliing in »zo toward the hack. Exteriorly the bone curve, slightly outward behin' and above p,.>teriorly ii necn the g.irfaco for the articulation of the .jugal. The teeth correspoii.l in size with tho.se ot the dentary. The Cvpie-s Hills «i«ciniens are gnialler than the correspondi..g bone* on which the -pecies i. bised, but there is no evi.lence to i.:dicate that they Inslong to a different spec|e«. I. S.in.y ..f t'aii.ul^i. Ccnli. I.. <'ari. • Tli.-»|>Hi.«(r..iii tl,..llhir.KfM. .•u|.'..nl.. V..I. 111. (.|'i;irt"i. I'l. 1. I'. i.r Mi..im- li-il-"t th. CvlT..- Iiill" , tik.*... s kihI '.I. L'O A dermal Koute, fig. 25, Iroia Hone coul.'e, pogHibly referable to this speciee, may be tioned here. It u quadrangular in ghapc, flat, longer than hroad, ai.d broadest behind, straight sidea, and a coiivexly curved, 8har|.-od{;ed posterior margin. It attains a maxi thickness of 0-.. mm. in front and thins gradually to the rear. No overlapping surface •een. Above »t is finely tuberculated, the turlwrcieg being distinct from each other, and «et, about three in a space of 1 mm. A well defined median ri.Ige is developed ii direction of its length. This scute differs from those ot this species described by Cope, ir It 18 keeled, and the granulation, apparently, more distinct. OdMOPIlIS COMPAITUS, Sp. nov. I 'late I, figs. 26-30. Ophi.lin„ vrtehrcc, I^mbe, 1905. Qeol. Survey of Canada, Summary Report for 1904, p. Four dorsal vertebnr apparently belonging to the same species were found separ. I hey are all of different sizes, and, probably, are from different individuals. The maxii breadth is across the zygapophyses, which are broadly expanded laterally; it appar exceeds the maximum height (unobtainable on account of the abrasion of the neural spii all the specimens) and greatly exceeds the lernrth measured so as to include the pre- postzygapophyses. A marked character is the shortness of the centrum. The cup is v than high with a well .lefined sharp rim, and is directed very slightly downward The b as slightly inclined upward. The /ygosphene is broader than the neural canal is wide, an. aplaneupper8urface,anda straight sharp front margin that slightly overhangs then nni of the cup. The neural spine starts as an angular ridge behind the upper surface ol zygosphene. The neural canal is subtriangular in cross section, the angles being roui with the apical one the most obtuse; its sides are slightlv incurved. A low rounded r occupies the centre of the floor of the canal longitudinally, corresponding in shape witl hypapophysial keel of the lower surface of the centrum. An angular interzygapoph ridge IS feebly developed, the surfaces above and below the ridge being shallowly com I he front margin of the neural arch between the postzygapophyses is, in outline as seen 1 atiove, deeply emarginate, restricting the space available for the base of the neural spine fuiettesof the zygapophyses and of the /.ygosphene and zygantrum are inclined at a slight a to each other, those of the zygapophyses being the less removed from the horizontal The c( tubercle is not prominent ; its articular face in all the specimens is a little worn, but suflicie well preserved to show that it is single. Its face is higher than broad, and is directed obli.i outward and downward from beneath the prezygapophysisat a level corresponding with of the cup. In the largest vertebra (No. 3) the articular face is seen to be convex above slightly concave below posterioriy. A rounded ridge is developed near the base of tubercle, and passes backwanl almost to the side of the ball at its mid-height. This ri eave.s a longitu.linal .lepression on either .si.le of the hypapophysial ridge which passes f the ball to the cup, and is well rounded and distinct but not prominent. There are »\ variations in the abov.> vertebr.. but their general proportions are similar. The vert. hirurcd on j.late I is No. 2 of the table of measurements given below. }.*'Ugt\l of <'<-ntriiiii. ^ \ 4. n":^:::-:.:..::::.::::;;--- '" ^"- ' t-3 nn':icmg rounded rounded ridge shape with the •zygapophysial owly concave, e as seen from »1 spine. The t a slight ungle al. The costal )ut autiiciently icted obli(juely ling with that 'ez above and a base of the !. This ridge h passes from ere are slight 'I'lie vertebra >f v»'rt#'lira. |..-t. .S(t GO r, I This species is distinct from 0. nnnulalas described by Cope* from the White Kiver (Oligocene) beds of north-eastern Colorado. The vertebnc of Cope's species approach more closely in general form those of the Cypre.-s Hills specie- than do those of other described species of the genus. 0. nrniarum, Douglass,** from I he Flint Creek beds ( .Miocene) ot Mon- tana, dittisrs in important particulars. OROOODILIA. CKriconiLiis PRENASAU8? I^iomis. Cro-yxHlm prauisalus, Looiiiis, 1301. Two now river reptiles from the Titaiiothere beds ; Amer. .lour. Sci., vol. XVII I, p. 427. figs, l-'.i. Few crocodilian remains were found in the Oligocene deposits of the Cypress hills in 1 004, and none ha.l been secured previous to that date. The writer obtained in 11»04 the following specimens :-two vertebral centra, two keeled scutes, a fragment of a pitted bono from the head anil a tooth. These specimens were found soparalely, but probably belong to the same species. The vertebra, are from the dorsal region. T'ley are concave in front, and prominently convex behind, an.l in each case the base only of the neural anb remains. One specimen is much smaller than the other, and. probably, belonged to a young imlividual, asthesuturj between the neural arch and the centrum is strongly marked. The dermal scutes have numerous deep, rounded j.its in the upper surface, are prominently ki'clcd longitudinally, and their margins bear no evidence of having been in contact with other scutes. The under surface is even and tlat. The tooth is e'ongate conical and curved slightly inward, and bacic- ward ; its surface is quite smooth. The inner face is defined in front, and bcbin.l, by a w„ll developed ridge that extends from near the base to the apex. The base of the tooth is deeply excavated. lAi'/e verlelii'ii : — Maxiiiiiiiii iMiu'lli at mil liiifjht i.f iciitruin Ilriu'lit iif anterior articular faci' Miiximuin l)rca(ltli of same Ili'iglil i)f iKisterinr artiiulai t'aie .Maximuin tircaillli of >.ainr I.«n){tli iif llr <>f iii'ural .'inial I.eni'tli of iiifcriiir surfaci- MM. .■l."i •JO f) -2 |s -J Small vi'rtelira : Miiximum liiigtli al niiil liiiutit of ciMilruii. Hiifilit of aiitiTior articular face .Maximum Un-adlli "t same Ilei^'lit of (josterior articulai face .Mnximum hreailtli of same lA'DKth of lloor of neural canal I«nL'tli of inferior surfaei' I.-, is l:i !.■) \x \:> li.'licirl r. X l!»il SuiMv'I'irra.. \..l. III. T.in n'. \ i rl.l'r.il:i .\unal»..f thcCiirnc|fi.-Mn-.Mlii. V.m. >..l. 1 1. An. \. |.. 171. ...I, I, l»l. I' :<'■ I«ir),'('r clerninl st'utt' : — '•'■■'«"' i-O lli'i'adtli . Maxiiiiuiii lipi)r|it or tliickiipss - r AviTaj.'c diameter of [lits .j TiK)th : — F/eiiL'th , _ . , " Ii ■;> Anil iii-posti'rior (liaiiictcr at Ikisc go The above crocodilinn remainn are reforred iToviHoiially to ihe s|.ecio« lately dosi by Dr. F I!, f^oomis, trom the Titanotbere beds of South Dakota. The larjrer vertebra the Cypress hills agrees well in size, utid g.-neral proportions n-ith the South Dnkotu . centrum (p. 428. tig. 3, of Dr. Looniig-s paper), whilst the larsrer donnal sonte cl resembles the Dakota plates in the disposition and size of the surface pits MAMMALIA. MARSUPIALIA. DlDELI'llVS V height as the paracolic, which is the smalle.'it ; the metaccme isconspicuouslv higher ihaii others. At the base of the posterior spur of the protocone, is a decided though small fo cusp that may represent the hypocone. Three principal stylar cusps occur in the cingu ( »f these, the most prominent occir -es a position only slightly posterior to the mid-ior of the eingnlum : it is compressed lansveifloly, and has a vertical oxtornal face with a s( what rounded internal slope ; its height is nearly equal to that of the paracone. Of the o two stylar cusps one is at either end of the cingulun>, the anterior one being the larger o( two. The demarcation between the anterior style and the largo one posterior to it is ■ decided, ami is accentnate.l by a furrow in the vertical external face of the cingiilum. the anterior slope of the central stylar cusp are two inconspicuous secondary styles, cingulum is continued round the anterior base of the paracone as a narrow shelf. Tlio cr is borne on three short roots. This tooth, plate Vri I. (igures 1-4, prolmbly the second or third upper molar, is consi ably larger than (slightly more than one-third as larg.. again as) the corresponding mr of Dhlelplnj.f [Per.ithenitm) faijuj; which exceeds in size the other species of the go described by Cope from the ojigocene ot Colorado. For the species represented iry Cypress Hills tooth the name valens is proposed. Collection of 1904. !;i L'O It .. l7-r> .. 92 alely flosiribod r vertebra from Dnkofu iliirsiil Hciite closely eforrod to this iient V-sliapod , tho interiiiil (iiiracone ami Icrnal face of ury CI1BJ18 are two ; all have bout the same glicr I ban the li small fourtli the cingiilum. ic mid-loiigtii with a soiiie- Oftbi-olhor a larsrer of the )r to it is very iiijiiliiiii. On ■ stylus. Tho '. Tlio crown ir, is consider. )nclinj; molars of the jreims icnted by tlic U'liiith of oxtcrnal fiice of ciown Tran»versi' diami'lei I^n'.'tli of iiiterno p<»terior face Miixiiiiuiii lieij4lit of urown (licijjtil of meUccim?) MM. :• .-lO .■I .iO i:iu The presence of an incipient hypocoiie is a deiidedly progressive character, and one that lias been considered by Bensley* in the Australian genua I'eramoles aa an indication of a change from an " ins.-ctivorous to an omnivorous condition." The liy|K)cone appears not to be present in the molars of Dvlelphjs, and suggests that the Cypress Hills tooth may repre- seni a distinct genus. Umler the circumstances, however, with eo little evidence to go on, a provisional reference to the alKJve, mainly Oligocoi.e genus is at present adhered to. Another small tooth, plate VIII, figures 5-7, from the same locality as the above, deserves attention. It possibly represents an undescribed g.inis of marsupial of the polyproto (iiiot.H-iiiiiil) •' internal cusps (iiietiieimid ami paraeoiiiil) The second lower molar of Xotoryrtes fi/phloi,s*, Stirling, has a cusp arrangement very similar to that of the Cypress Hills tooth, suggesting that the dentition of this living Australian marsupial may be primitive in some of its characters rather than specialized, 'n the Cypress Hills tooth, however, the talonid is only indicated by a minute tubercle, or eni.,'gcmeiitof the cin.'uhim ar the base of the metaconid, proportionately much smaller than the definite sub- sidiary cusp of yotoryetes. It is possible that this tooth, and the upper molar above described, both of the collection of 1904, may belong to the same animal. • (liitli.- Kv..liiti.iii..f III'- An-traliiin M;ir«u|.iiili;i ; with iviiiiirks "li tli.- rHliili.m-lii|i» "f tli,. iiii.r.u|.;i.l» in i:.h.Tiil, l.j li. .Villnii ll..n»l.-v. I'll. II., I'iii%.-r»it.v nf T..r"nti. ; Trail.. I.iiin.an S.i.ifty. v„l. I.\, |i.wt :l, VMiX • Tlii«t...,tlii»il.'»,ril«-.l:ii..lKi{iir.ill.v l>r. I'.,ri»l.y in hi- iii'ni..ir ..f VM\. ].. U:>. I'M'., Hil«. 17 .i '.. 84 UNOULATA AnCOUIS (IfVOTOTAMUS) BKA.HVHUV.VCIICS 08l,0n. ui.d Wortmuii. I'lutoll, figH. I_9. ^W-o'--* '.■..Av;V.A«, ()«born and Wor.nuu, 1894. Kossil Mam,„»lH ..f ,he .Miocene White K.ver l.oj.. (Collection of 1892; ISulletin Amer. Mu.. \at IIi« VI, article vii, p. 220, fig. 8ii. This genus was not known from Cana.la prior to the publication of the writer-* li«t o year 1,)01. Unfortunately, geparato teeth are the only evidence that wo as vei have e.x.atence of this artiodactyl in this country during ( )ligocen.. time. A well preserved right upper third molar, fig. 1, belongh.g to this genus i, inclu.l L:;tn Ti v'V' "'"' i" ?""^"'* '" '' ^•^'^■™'"'' *" ^- ''™^'/%-5iXoi n : d ' man f«,m the IVotoceras beds of South Dakota In this species there i a greater .le m^o the cinj^ilumin theupper premolars and molursth:., in A,,„,,„-,v,l|l respect as well as ,n .ts general proportions this tooth agrees better with the corresno, one of l,r,.,,yr>„jnchns than with that of „«.r,Va«..,. In the (Cypr.^s .Fills tooth he Is .s prominen, m the ectoloph, and apparently more protrudent' than in >,ra.>.,rl,n7us protoconule .s well dehued and throughout the cingulum is moderately developed. Mt'n-ttiri'mi'ufs. • I . J Antero |ii)«teiior dimni-ter ',| Anti'rioi- transverse diiimetrr "' . PoNtt'riiii' triinsviTse '»." excavated, wi Is i)f I he rA>\ver N'lit. Hint., vol. 2ft Of the incisor teeth, the suiiiKwed lower third, 6gs. Band 7, is very similar in gha|«! to thu canine, but i« smallor, Icsa pointeil aliovo (worn), and the broitdth of the crowi hclow ia {troator than the licight. The crown \» act oliliquely to the root. Tlie left lower incisor, fijJiH. K and 9, probably tlie first, is considerably worn above where the "rcatest breadth oieiirs. Its c'\itting edge forms an almost straight line arrosi", and the later niar^'ins slope gently inward to the root, without the abrupt basal count liotion observed in the third incisor. Internally the iTown is concave, with a median lonjfitudinal rib. ter'slist of fossil Survey for the yei have of tlio 9, i» included in born and Wort- creator ped. .M.M. ■JIP . 31 .-. L'C. . l.ifl . IL' ,-. ■ere found four o this species, r third incisor, Thejiremolar, « very similar, .srulum, which S, the outline le ciiij;uliim is i|ic)tanins from 13 figured by an, 1873, vol. gular, sliarply Its anterior e exterior siir- ivated, with a ANTIlMAroTHKIIIUM? rYliJI.MM, >p. UOV. Plate VI, tig. •!. A right upper molar of very nmall oi/e indicates an artiodactyl with tleiital characters sutfgcstivc of an AnthracoilnTc \n the tooth U imiicrfect. lacking some of tiie partx moat essential for ils exact ilcterni ition, a description ot it is given, in the hope that at some future date, better material may be forthconiiiij;. For ihe present it is referred to .In/Zimc- th'i-ium, but it is probable that an undescribed genus is represented. For the species I he name pygmirum is proposed. In crown view the outline of the tooth is iiuadrangular, with the aiitcro-poaterior diam- eter internally greater than the anterior transverse well- detined anterior cingulum. The posterior spur of the protocone is long, crosses tl:e median transverse valley, and rises oti the anterior slope of the hypocone nearly to the apex of the metacone. The basal lingulum occurs on the anterior face of the erown, and in the inner end of the transverse valley The anterior spur of the hypocone connects with the |iosterior spur of the I'rotocone almost at the apex ot the metacone. The specimen shows the junction of the anterior spur of the metacone with the posterior one i)f the paracone, but the mesottyle is missing. The parastylc is very feebly ilevelopeil. The approximation of the posterior cusps in this tooth is a cbaraclor probably sufHcie?it to distingui,-h the species generically t'rom any of the known genera of Anthm.'otlnrwln: The selenodont form of the main I'usps, and the |iresencc of a protocimule, makes it moat probable that this species is properly assignable to the AnlhrncMherivir. The tooth pattern indicates a closer relationship to Anthracolhfrmm tlian to Ancoilus. 2fi J/etititrfiMfiitit (»/ ti/ft,' M/HTimtiii. InU'rnitl iiiitvni |Kwterii>r iliiiiiii'ler Aiilci'iiir truiisMTse iliunic-tiT x Hcifjlit of |ii'i>tuc'i>hi- Hei/j'it of liypi .S\iturali«t, ISS.'., >,,l. .\l.\. TIh' Whit (KiiliMoH m.,rl.„„. r...|.lvl; and (i,.il. alul Xat. Hi«r. (EMhiriiim «i..;7..,i.. f^.idvl. . ll»Tf If ■ Kiv.r l.il- ,,f .S>iift luijviit I Siir\.y uf (/jui.id.i. 1ns.\ \(,I. , N..rtli W...t T.riit..rv. | ' " »'Tii'», iil^l li< I. p. MM. •J (ID X W I 70 .) NO iJbyMr.T. C. L-ribeil by I'ro- B tliird article li illiutnitiuiiM luiri'tiittim, gp. II »f tho molar size, in liuviii^' •t one between 11(1 fourth are »re [(cculiiir in VliuuIiiMiuj g|i. lolur, 125; do. 21 ; length of in 1884, and to the Survey e species. e. It haasix 'rior tuberile dea (paracoMc ioth tho inner air size. The e outer cones. The tooth has •04, is referred ne size as the E'. iiioitoni, as ]'i ii< I. !■. mc 37 dewribcd by Uidy iii 1863 in "The Ancient Kimnx.f Nebraska," plate VIII, fig. 1, but the •ix tubercle* are more distinutly marked in the Cypress IIIIU tooth The cingulum is con- tinned round the entire crown, except tor a ihort distance at the Imse of the inner slope of the protocone; it forms a broad shelf anteriorly, and is prominent posteriorly. Seen from above the crown in outline is unequally four-sided ; it is transversely much narrower behind than in front. It it low with six conspicuous tubercles, of which the outer and inner anterior one« (puracone and protocone), are about e(iual in size and larger than tho others. Of the three tdborcloi forming tho transverse |posterior rov.-, the inner one (hypoeonc) is connected with the cingulum. Two fragments of the lower jaw of this cpecios were also obtained in 1904. These are a part of tho left ramus with molars i, ii, and iii, and a small \>on\on of tho right half of the jaw holding the fi'st molar. The teeth agree in all particulurs with the corresponding ones of the type spccimei.. Two teeth, tho upper third and fourth premolars of the right side, collected in 1904, are, on account of their large size, referred to E. ooarrtalum with some hesitation. They were found together, and probably belonged to the same individual. If they properly belong to this species, and they are apparently not referable to any other described species from tho Oligocene, they will indicate that in E. i-onnMum tho upper third and fourth premolars are considerably stouter in every way than the corresponding teeth of the lower jaw. Of these specimens, the' third [.remohir, figs 12 and 13, is u simple robust cone, elongated antero- posteriorly, and supiwted on two roots, of which the hinder one is the thicker but shorter of the two. A cingulum passes round the base posteriorly and is present, but feebly developed, anteriorly. The enamel is roughened by short vermicular markings, which, toward the base, above the cingulum, pass into conspicuous wrinkles. The crown shows signs of wear toward the innerside behind and along the front slope. The fourth premolar, figs. 14 aii(l 15, is a very strong, three-rooted tooth, with a transverse diameter greater than its maximum antero- posterior diameter. The crown consists of an outer coniciil cusp with a smaller, less elevated one (m the inner side. A strong cingulum is present except at the centre of the base of the external slope. This tooth is also considerably worn on the front and back slopes of the crown, more particularly on the former. Kxcept whore worn the surface above the cingulum presents the same style of surface marking observed in the third premolar. Mi'itAiifciii' nts. MM. I'lipcr iij;lit ni. iii, plate II, tin. 11 : Tiansviise (liiiiiii'tef of iTiiwii. inaxiiimtn ... '-- Antero jMtsterioi" " " I'ppcr liglit in. i, pinti' II, lij;. 10 : — Transverse diaiiuMer of crown -* .Vntero posterior •' l'pp«>r ri^jlit iv, plate H, tig*. II and !•'' : — TransviTse iliameter of ciown, at liase AntPici post<-iior " " " maxiniuiii. Hei;;lit of crow xternal irpi«>r riirht pni. iii, plate 11, tijjs. \i and I'i :— Transverse diameter of crown at liase, iiiaxiniHin .\nteni posteritir •' " '* Ilei^jlit of crown, external ■J.'l If •ii i £par.te teeth were obtained by the wrtter . 08 under. AoBtOOHffiRlB ASTIQl'118, Uidy. riate II, fig"- 16 and 17. „„. of I^idy. «.red type, the other two . . ^ ^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^ One of the above specimen, (an upper r^.t th ml u ola ^1^^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^ ,,y Uttle doubt be referred to A. ant.,aus; '«" j.'™^'^;' ^^ J, ^^J,,, i,u„res,(meBO«ty!e), see,.aUo t thi^Bpecies. In thisspecimen the »o;"-' ^^^ ''".".vom without, quite unlike the h.gh i„ a molar to be mentioned r-^«»'>y; * "^j. ~ . In the other posterior ri«ht molar he antero-posteriorly compressed mesostyle °\^"'' '^, ^., ,„ for us can be .,udj;ed;the agreement in form with the teeth '.'K"-J _^ ^^^^^f, , ^ ^'it. breadth is about the same and Soph is missing and a full --P-^Xt ^ ,^^ to A. ...^V'-• '^^'^f^^' the shV of the inner cusps ,sB.nnar^Th«^ ^^^ ^ proportionate as well as specimen (plate TI, fig. 16), vh '^f*^ P";'*^^^^^ i,, distinct from A. .-«.,/««- J^ual transverse diameter, and may represent a p ^^^^^^^_^^^ ^^ ^^^^^^ ^_^^^^^^ Hesides the tl>ree above mentioned »P««^^^^ fo,^ of the me.o.tyle i. here ii provisionally referred to .l..'n(.Vy««f. 3 2i> Mbhtcoidodok culii«mm>»i, LeUly. IMntell.fljr*. 18-20. A wcond Konui of AgriocUri.l.r [Ortod.uUd,,) i. r«pre«,..tc.l l,y *.p«rttto teeth from the Cypre« hill, inoh.ded in the .•olleoti.m. of 1hh». 1hh9 .n.l 1904. Tiu-y are ""fo"*'! '» M,Joi'loe, 1904) and a right lower «econd molar (Fiambe, 1!»04). The pronwlar, plate 11. Hg- 18 and I'.t. agree, elowly in «7.e an.l torm with «''• «""«- .ponding tooth of the female nkull of .V culhertmn!, .le-tribed and hgnred l.y U-idy m I he Ancient Fauna of Nebraska." 'I'l.i. premolar .how- .ign. of wear, in front on the outer •ide, and behind on the inner .ide. where it clo8e* »i>d !•• ThU .poole., made known by I-uly In 1847 (IV .. Acl. Nat. S«y*''"»; ;["!• '"' ^.3 rn.m the gVaf r part ..f a .kull .mn. the 01i,ocene(White Uher ol ^^f ^^J";'' "^ "^ ^^^^ , tU. 1904 collection from the Cy,.rc« HilU IhxI- by .wo -eparute lower >-» t'^ir^J "^W „e of which remains in a iM.rtion of the jaw. The-c teeth are c.m,K,-..a „. three lobe* deoreaning in .izo to the from. The jaw iragmcnt m whic one of which remains in a iM.rtion of the jaw. 1 l.e.« teeth a e = '"I ,„„^rven which the n.o ar in l''^^'^^ ' aT^.tr.Kreei„g with that of the lower juw of the ty,. .kulK (nlly \'V="'»t ".? Kn^ow ^^c ;>r Lid, in IH54* in hi.cla./.c " Anciot l-u-nmof Nel.r..ku" !*"'''»',«''''' "J" *;"",: Z yo\ VI) In wlvance of .ho molar in tl.i. .,KHi.non arc the alvcol. tor the to..th next n. fr..n.. MrtXHuremii*!*. MM T^.wer riuht last t«':iipMt«riiir traiwvenie " j , . Anti-rior " " Lower U'ft iMt temporary molar in jaw fra^m•■nt - (Plate Vnr, figs. »* aiiil !••) Anteraiionterior diameter PoKtiTioi- trannverxe " AntOTiiir " " r^pplli of ramuH U-neatli iiiolar 10 o fi » 13 LEiTEMBiiyx isru ATii, Cope. No .ecth from IV.no couU'-e belonKinp to the 1-..04 collection can wiO. certainty ^^'^^^^'^ to thi. llic. which i» ba.e.1 on a worn ,.,,por, rijsl.t molar of wh.cl. the iK>«tcnor halt of the to th.. «P^', '•' " "^^ ^i^^. j,,^, /„V /^. ,,,,,„<„, u between onc-third and ono-tourth rS^^^^^^^^^^^^^ T..elowertecth.i.nred..vMatthewinhi.pa,.cron t^ u.aof.heTit«notheriun.hed«,190:!, v 223. tig. 15, and re.errcd l--'-'"7"> f ; l/*"Lj.elonKeviden.ly toa.pecie« considerably larger than the one rcprcentcl b, the tyjie oiL. emleitlus. LeIToMBRYX MAMMIKtB, Cope. /Le,.„«.rv. n..,n;f.r, ^opc, 188.. The Wlnto^iWorbcd. of S.if^^ riven Xorth- West Territory, American Niitunili ' . vol. \I.\, p. lt>-. , name onij . Lep,o,„ery. m.mmiUr, Cope, 1885. .ieol. and Nat. Hist.. Survey of Canada, vol. I, new series, part C, appendix I, p. 84. Lept.mer,,z m.namifer. Cope, 188'... The VertebnUu of the Swift-current river, II, Amcruan Niituralisl, vol. XXI 1 1, p. 154. •/ <'.-. ism Til., unpcics from the Olipoicnc or l.owir Miocene beds ^'■'''::?^^;;rSB;T^J's^;v,^'::f^nad:'Z.tr. to C^. l..d..ont.,v,.l. m, („„arto), pt. I, p. 22, pi. XIV, tigB. •;.». V..1. VII. |.. Ul.pl.X"". l^M.mer,jr m.,mmifir, Matthew. lt.OJ. Tho .kull ..t llypUKliit. the .mullert of th" Artlo- •iBctyltt, with arovwioii of the lly|H>rtruKuli.l.. ., IJalluthi Amor. Mm. Nut. IlUt., vol. XVI, Mtiilo XXIII, i..:!l!. hplcner,. mammifn; M.tthew, Vm. Th« tkn... of the Tlt»n»theri«n, l«.l. «' l''l**«""« Sprinici. Moi.tMi.tt, H.illc.tiii Aiiier. Mm. Nut. llUt, vol. XIX, Mlicle \ I. p. 'iU, ««•• l« und 17. Leptomeryj mummifer wm foundwl on lower inolur», tn)in Hone cotilic, hy Cope, wh... ut u Inter Jttto, url.itrariiy aswH^mted with tliom upper molur* from the mme locality. The l,c.t prowrvoU of tho^e latter, the one Huurt-d in IH'.tl. may he reKar-knl ai the ootypo of the »i«oio* 'i-hero uru in tho lollection of V.IOI -epttrute upper iM..lan ihut unreo closely m *uo and form with the .otyi^s and arc, tl.orclore, r-jfuwlcd ax hel.Hi({inK to thi« *|K)ci«ii. An up|Rr lourtti prcniolur, iilituii.od in litOl, ix nt*. thoiiv'»'t «» •>« referahle to L. nt'imm/fr. It ha« l«ei. iKjii.tcd out hy Mutihew (l9oj) that one ..f the tharacter* of /.. m.immi/.r relied on hy Cope m a diHti»gui»hing one, viz., the prownco in the h)Wer poitenor molar ol a "peculiar column intercalated hetween the heel n.i.l the potterior internal column, U in reality the *mnll ontero internal cu*p of the hcol foiin.l in other H|»cic» of the Kenii*. Xo lower mo'ira are recogniz.'d in the collectiim «i 1904 ax iKjlonginj? to L. mammiler. LBPToMEHYX SP»IOgUl<, up. MOV. I'late Vlll, HgB. 10-15. \ specie* of Leptomenix \» reproncnted hy a largo nurahcr of Hiparato tooth, of which the nnpor molar* are much larger tin... the type of /.. toalat,,,. Cope, contidorahly larger than tluwo of L. «/•-/.».■, hut not reaching the m/.o (>f those of L. mommip;: Ihw ipecun i» ap|>arently diitinct from any of those three «pecie8. In the upper molarx the proportionate devolopmoiit of the moHostylo, the anterior (para- Htyle), and posterior (raotaatyle) .tyle., and the ril)« ot the oxterual face are much the name u« in /.. ,r„nsi. The ttylcs are H'l'te diflorent from the gihhous itylog of L. mammxjtr, a» iocn ill the cotype of that species. In th." upper molars a moderately strong cingulum is generally present for a short distance at the base of the anterior slope of the protocone, ami, in a number of specimens there is a slight indication, as well, of a cingulum on the posterior .lope of the hypoioiie. In two tourth premolars a cingulum is present for a short distanee on both sides (anterior and posterior) ot the inner creseenl. In a m!i,)ority of the upper molart a median internal cu^p is proient, smaller than that of the molars of /.. fvinsi. The lower molars referred to this species, relying on their size principally for their asso ciatioii here, agree in size and general shape with the mandibular teeth referrcl pr.>visionally to L. esalc^tus by Matthew in 1003, (op. cit ,p. ^ii, tig 15). The Cypress Hills lower molars have a slight anterior and posterior cingulum in the majority of eases, and there is aUo m most of the specimens a small median external eusi- having about the same degree of develop- ment as the median internal cusp of the upper molars. Xo mention is ma.le by Matthew ot a cingulum, nor of a median internal cusp in the I'ipe.stone Springs lower molars, which, how- ever, in other respects, and as regards exact size, agree with the Cypress Hills specimens. Si ilnttHr'mrnl: Ty|»' : MM 10 iti 7 MO A .11) n IK) 10 .■>" 11 (X) II so '.I :><» I J 70 I'pfitr iiN'Ur, |>UUi Vtll, At< 10, 11. Mitiilniuiii truinvi-rw' ilUiiwlmr •• itn()'ni |i«»r dkiiwUtr Ixjwrr inokr, |>Ut>' VIII, Dr.. IJ. 11 :— Mmimuiii lr»m»iT»i' ilinnwUT AnttrepwU-rior iliaiiM'tar Pi».t.Tiiw lower moliir. pl»U VIII, Bg». U, Ifi. Anlrni |ir «li»n«'tt'r l'pi»'r iimlur of A. (••n/.-rt»H» dyp") — Mkiiinuni tnimvi'ite •lUiiirtxr Aiit<'n>^""l«rior di»m»l"r, nppnw • • • l'l>|»T iiioliir ol /-. nKimmi/' »■ (.-otviie) i— Maiimum tr»ii«>tTHf rtUim'tfr " «iit«'hh|i«mU(riiir diameter lA)wer pmUrior iii'>l»r .rf /•• mnmHiij>r (Ijfjie .|wciiiM'ii) — Aiiti-ro-|x»«lrri„.>,x U propowd for tl.U •pparently undo«.rilKHl.i«eie.of Upton.«ryx. I/ic«lity :— lloiie coul«i«, CyproM hill*, collottion of lit04. LkpTOMOYX MMICWITUS, Co|iO. U,,t„m^.jr ,«,».>.«<«., Cpe, 1889. Tl.o V.rtobrat. of tlu- Swift-curront river, II. Amorican Naturalirt, vol. XXIll, p. IM /.eplomeryx ,emieincUu, Cop«, 1891. Tim .pocio. from the Oligocene or Uwer Miocene bed. of the Cypres hill.; Geol. Survey of Canada, Contr. to Can. Tala-ont., vol. Ill (.,uarto), pt. I, p. 2:l, pi. XIV, tigi.. 8, 8a. Leptomeryr .■minnrtu,, Matthew, 1902. The .kull of IIypi»o.lu. the -jnallwt of the ArtZd«>tyl.. with u rcvWon of the Ilyi-ortragulid,... l.ulletin .Vu.er. Mu.. >ut. llUt., vol. XVI, article XXIII, p. 314. ThU .pecie. wa. founded l.y Co,h» on two uppor inolaw, and part of a third, m.ni the Cypres hilU. Additional upper n.oUr. wm- obtained in .M4, bv the wntejs m ^^^^'^ Thi. .pecie. U for the pre«...t roferrcnl to U,„..menjr ; without the full dentition lU generic affinities cannot be gutiila.torlly determined. Hypkrtbai.ilijs tbansvkrscs, Cope. amr'r"U>il><-^ transvers,,,, Cope, 1889. The Vertebrata of the Swift-current river, II, American Naturalist, vol. XXIII, p. 154. H.pniragulus transvns,... Cope, 1801. The .pocien fron. the Oligocene or Lower Miocene bed. of the I'ypre.. bill.; Oeol. Survoy of Canada, Contr. to Can. PnUiont., vol. Ill (quarto), pt I, p. 22, pi. XIV, figs. 4. 4a. H,jp.rtra„uluBtr.,r,,versu>, Mati\my, 1902. The skull of IIypi«,du., the smallest of the Artioilactyla. with a revision of the Ilyi^rtraguhdu., Ualletm Amer. -Mu.. Nat. Ili.t., vol. XVI, article XXIII, p. 316. No tMth In the 1M4 colltotioti ar* r«cogiiixwd m lielnnginK to thi« ipMiM. Matthew (1902) U of Iho opinion that the two worn u|.|.«r motam from IJono euiiliW, (tncribod hy Oope, unUvr tha alMve immt, nra prulwbljr D4>t rvftral)!)) to tho genu* Jl^iMrlraijiiliu, Mnouirrti wwioxi, (l^-a) llatalll, flKt. 10, I), 12ttmi 13. AHchilkfrtum, »\>. In.lot., I'opa, 1MM6 Tlia Wiilta Rivor liwli of HwilU-urrant river, Korth Wwt Turrilory ; American Naturalist, vol. XIX, |i. 108. Anehiihtrium wetlonii, C«|>«, l>*><9. Tho Vortobrata of the Hwlitinrrent river, II ; iJem, vol. XXlIi, p. 15:t AnrhilheriuM wtil'>nii,Vi>\H.<, IS91. The •|«cie« from the Oli^.K-ene or Uwer Miocene beila of the 1 'ypruM hiiln ; Gool, rtnrvcy of Canatia, Contr. to Can. Ta'^'ont., vol 1 1 1 ((|Uarto), pt I, p. 20, pi. XIV, A)i». 1, 2 and iit. MfiMiipux wtloni, ()«lK>rn. 11»04. New Oliiroccne lioriM ; IktlletSn Amer. Mu». Nat. Hirt., vol. XX, p. lt)9. Mfinhip/mi weslnni. Ijtml)(', l»Oft. On the tiMtthntrocture of Mewihippue we»toni (Cope) j American (ieolo(ri«f, vol. XXXV, p. 248, pi. Xl\ . .V. »..«i>/>«* wmloHi, Umbe, 11»06. Koeeil liot»e» of the < tliKocene of the Cjprc«a hilli, Ateini- Ijoia; Trane. Koyal 8oc. of Cunaila, •tK.'ond wriea, vol. XI. icetion IV, p. 44, pi. 11, Aft*. 1, III, Ih, uml I' . The tyi>B muterial of this ii|>ecioi, fn>ni Hone coui.'e, Cypreee Lilli, coiiiiitiDff of a right upper molar, and two rij^lit lower moliiw in place in a I'raKraent of tho mundiblo. in in the Miiieum ot the Qeologii'al Survey at Ottawa. A right upiwr molar lielonging to the collection of 1004, hai been referred by the writer to thii •jwciei. The up|>er molar dc«cribcd by t'o|)e in imperfect, the outer ilope of the ectoloph in iniwing and the anterior part of tho tooth, including the protoloph, ia much daniageper molar {imperfect). Type. ^teasuremmt in mm : — Height of protocone 4'7. The left upper molar, on which this Bpeciee is foanded. lacks the ectoloph and the pos- terior border with the hinder slope of the hypooone, but is otherwise well preserved. This tooth is about tlie size, or possibly smaller than 3L westoni, but is more pro,4;re88ive in every way. There is an entire absence of an internal eingulum, the cross crests are better developed, and relatively higher, with steeper "' ;,in The protoconule is relatively larger, and the melaconule, although defined, scarce' ■ !>ro. i^oniir'uity of the metaloph, which unites in a decided manner with the ectoloph. 'I'lio protmoniilc l-i distinctly defined in the proto- loph, and connects closely with the forv .Td ;! )pe of tlic pn, acone. The hypocone has aboat the same hei^fht as the protocone. Thea :t fiorcingulinn i' strong. Mr. (iidley has informed the writer that he "would expect lo see luc u>i,o..l_> .^ w-jU developed, were that portion of the tooth present." Mesohifpus PROPiNQius, Tjanibe. Plate III, figs. 1.5 and 16. Meaohippus propinqittis, Lambe, 1905. Fossil horses of the Oligoccne of the Cypress hills, Assiniboia; Trans. Koynl Soo. of Canada, second series, vol. XI, section IV, p. 47, pi. II, tigs. 3 and 4. ind riijht upper premolar, worn {figure 16). 2nd left upper molar, unworn, {figitre 15). Type. iml right upper molar, iinworn. The above teeth have been regarded by the author as characterizing a species of Mesohippus distinct from M. bairili, I.eidy, although closely allied to it and most resembling it. They are of nearly the same size as those of M. bairdi, if anything slightly larger, and on the whole more primitive. Their general proportions are somewhat different. Meamremtntg in mm. p- (i.p. 13 by tr. 13-5. m'^ left a.p 12 by tr 16*5, height of protocone 5. height of prolorone 57, height of ectoloph .... 8. m- right, a.p 12'2 by tr.. .. . 16, In the unwoni tooth, figure 15, (left upper m-'), the ectoloph is well elevated above the cross crests, in which the protocone and hypocone are conspicuously higher than the oonules. The hypocone exceeds the protocone in height. The protoconule is well defined and distinctly breaks the continuity of the protolopb. The metaloph is fairly continuous and shows a disposition to unite with the ectoloph, which, however, it does not reach. The hypostyle is connected at its inner end with the posterior cingulum and outwardly abuts against the ectoloph ; it is of fair size. In the ectoloph the mesostylo is conspicuous, the parastyle is llattened and connects with the protolopb, and the ribs are faintly shown. There is no trace of an internal cingulum. Mr. Gidley has drawn the writer's attention to the interesting fact that the protocone in these teeth ''is peculiar in having the slope of its anterior face about equal to that of its posterior fsice, while in M. bitirdi, and all the middle and upper Oligoccne horses, the anterior face of the protocone is always much more abrupt than the posterior one." S6 A right upper molar, preBnmably the third, arbitrarily «.BOciaUd with t^;" '"J^^f J' l* conaideibly la^^r than the correB,..nding tooth of M. l.ir.H. A flatne«. f J^e e^oloph U principally notiLble, as well as the «„allnes. of the hypooone. otherw.se .U obaractera yery airailar to thoae of the left upper second molar already mentioned. Mesoiiippui braciiystylub, Osbom. Plate III, tig. 17*. >/«oAwu» <,roehystylu», Osbom, 1904. New Oligocene horses; Bulletin Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., vol. X.K, p. 176, fig. 6. Maohippus hrnchystylus, Lambe, 1905. Fossil horses of the Oligocene of ">« C^l-re^o h'J«. AsBiniboia ; Trans. Royal F-k. of Canada, second series, vol. M, Bect.on 1\ , p. 48, P ' ^' ' 4. A left upper previolar, -worn. Measurement in mm. /)» a. p. .12-5. Afourthieftupper premolar isreferabletothisspecies. T^e inten,al cingulum is ri^^^^^^^ noticed but nothing apparently of importance. The type of M. brachystylus is from the Upper Oligocene, Leptauchenia beds of the Cheyenne river, South Dakota, U.S.A. Mesohippis sTBNOLoranB, Lambe. Plate III, fi8!8. 18, 19 and iO. MesoHlppusstenolophus, I.mbe, 1905. F°-' ^^-^^ ^^l^ ^''f™ :,* j^^^^^ ABsiniboia; Trans. Royal Soc. of Cana.la, 8econ m- .. 31 *•< a. p. 15 hy Ir 178 These teeth indicate a species of about the size of JW. inti-rmediug, OHborn, from the U|)per Oligoeene, i'rotoceras beds of South Dakota, but smaller than M. validus, Osbom, from the same horizon and state. They ditt'er from those of .V. intermedins in the greater obliquity of the protoloph and metaloph, in which respect they resemble those of .V. obliquidens,OBhom. The teeth are brachyodont, and are devoid of an internal cingulum. Externally, the >ctoloph is noticeably flat, with only a slight development of the parastylo and mesostyle, the ribs are absent or but feebly indicated, and the metastyle is particularly inconspicuous. The bypostyle is of fair size, curved and attached at either end to the posterior cingulum. The cross creats are oblique to the ectoloph, well elevated, and moderately continuous, the metaloph more so than thi> protoloph. The protocoiiule slightly interrupts the protoloph, and unitea with the parastylc. The metaconule scarcely breaks the continuity of the metaloph, which is sharply separated from the ectoloph and develops a rudimentary crochet. The protocone and hypo- cone are not so elevated as the ectoloph. The specific name has reference to the flattened condition of the ectoloph. ME80IIIPFU^: ASSINIB0IENSI8, I^ambc. P' ■ r, figs. 22, 23 and 24. ' isil horses of the Oligoeene of the Cypress hills, .Ja, second series, vol. XI, section IV, p. 50, pi. Mtsohippus iissinihoiensis, Lambe, j Assinlboia ; Trans. Royal Soc. II, figs. 8, 8a and Sk 2n(l light upper premolar, wiiovrn. Type. Measiirementst in mm. p- K. p 18 5 b;/ Ir 17, height of Irilocone, . . .10 5. hright of telartocone. . . .8. This species is larger than :!/. intermedins, Osborn and Wortman, and apparently than M. viilidits, Osborn, from the Tieptauchenia bedif ot S. Dakota. Ft resembles M. hrwht/sti/lus, Osborn, from the Leptauchenia beds of S. Dakota, in the great development of the parastyle, which is, however, more distinctly sei ' itod in the Cyiiress Hills s|iecies. In the above tooth (p-) the antuin-poaterior dianioter is greatly increased by the separ- ation and large size of the parastyle. T'le cross crests are short, stoep-sided ands M. inlernuc. AcnH. Xat. S<'i. 1Miil:iiin)lartit>'tii arc imt Iioiik'Iokohi witli thf |m»tu and iiifticiiniili-M of thi* iiHilar altliou^'ti tlit-y ciirn'!*|Miuil in (H.Hihuti. Lower Oligocene, Tilanotheriuni l)eds. Middle Oligocene, Oreodonbeds. Upper < iligocene, I.eptauchenia beds. Upper Oligocene, Protoi'cras beds. 39 IIyracodon NBIIRASCIN8IB, Leidy. Areratheiium pumitum, Cope, in part, 1885. The White River bo'» of S» .iirreiit river, North West Territory; American Naturalist, vol. XIX, p. 16:!, name only. Acmitherium pumilum, Copo, 1885. Oeol. and Nat. iliat. Survey of Canada, vol. I, new series, part C, appendix I, p. 83, specimen II; and 1891, this volume, part I, p. 19, specimen II, pi. IV, tig. 4. H>j<;u'o,lon neh, (license, Osbom, 1898. The Extinct Rhinoceroses. .Memoirs Amer. Mug. Nat. Hist, vol. I, pt. Ill, p. 188, fig. 88. The principal specimen from the Cypress hills, rei)rt'genting this species, is the port' )n of mandible, holding teeth, described by Cope under the name Campus pumilas, (*pecimun 2). This specimen, as pointed out by Osborn in 18!)8, is part of the right ramus of a young individual of H. nehmsceusi: A tooth, belonging to the collection 1904, is referred to this speties ; it is from the right side of the lower jaw, and is apparently a deciduous third pre- molar. IIyracodon PRtsciDENg, I.Ambe. i'late IV, figs. 1, 2, :5 and 4. Hyraoodoti sp., lAnibe, 1905. Oeol. Survey of CaiHida, Summary lieiwrt for l',t04, p. 3fi8. HyraciMlon primdens, lAmbe, 1905. A new species of llijmcodon {II. prisHikns) from the Oligocene of the Cypress hills, Assiniboia ; Trans. Royal Soc. of Canada, second series, section IV, vol. Xf, p. 37, pi. I, figs. 1, In. Another species of Hyracodm is represented, in the collection of 1904 from the Oligocene deposits at Bone coulee. Cypress hills, by an upper jaw with teeth, giving the complete pre- molar-molar series. Three teeth are missing, viz., the fourth premolar from the left side, and the second and third premolars from the right. As the form of the tooth 'n each case is seen in tlie corresponding one of the opposite side, the details of structure of all the cheek teeth are presented. The oetoloph of the right third premolar remains. The teeth an in au excellent state of preservation and. as they are only slightly wo'n, evidently belonged to a young animal. The last molar on either side has not i>rotruded from the jaw to its fullest extent. Both jamais are preserved, and, on the right side, part of the squamosal also. The specimen to which the following remarks apply consists for the most part of the two maxillary bones holiling teeth. These bones are imperfect in their lateral upward extension. The right maxilla is broken ott' slightly in advance of the first premolar, but, on the left side, the full extent of the diastema, separating the first premolar from the canine, is preserved. The lower margin of the orbital opening on either side is intact. This specimen (type) indicates an animal of about the size of Hyr.imdon ne'irasrcnsis, Leidy, from the Oligocene of Nebraska, South Dakota and Colorado, from which, however, judging from iU tooth structure, it differed specifically. The species has been described under the above name. IIyracodon priscidens, as compared with H. ncbi-ascensia, exhibits the follo\.ing charac teristics :— (1) The teeth are shorter or more brachyodont, (2) in the premolars the protoloph is continued in a curve round the inner end of the metaloph, the tetartucone being confluent with the denterocone and arising from the protoloph, (3) in the last molar, m ', the ectoloph 40 ii relatively :uuoh shorter, with a concomitant greater development of the motaloph, (4) th« exterior cingulum ii devt-loped only on the posterior half of the base of the ectoloph in th* .even teeth, and the internal cingulum i. aUent in p', (5) the porastyle in the premolar, i, only .lightly developed, (6) the .knll i. apparently llattur and relatively more e ongate, th. lower niargin of the orbit being Icdintant from the alveolar borcler, and the jugal Ice curve* upward in the posterior halt of it. length, (7) the diastema in a.lvance of p' w proportion ately longer and it. margin i. not .o arched. For thi. specie, of Hyraco.lon the name priicidens has been proposed, indicative of th lew advanced stage of its dentition as com|.ared with H mhrasr.nsis. In the form ot it premolar, it i. decidedly primitive, and implio. a po.itio.. in a direct line <.t de«;ent tror Hvrachyui. A progrewive character i^ seen in the .quarenes. of the premolar, whicli i. Hyra,-hyus are triangular; alw in these teeth the raetaloph i. much advanced in comparmo with the Eocene genu.. In //. priscidens, a. in the type .pedes, in-' is much the largest tooth, and in' i. large than p'. The molars occupy about the same space anteTO-po.teriorly a. the premolars. In the premolar, there is a progre.8ion toward the molar pattern, but the advance h. been slow The anterior premolar* are more progre..ive than the posterior ones in soni resnect. This i. shown in the tendenr- to t he separation of the tetartocone from the deuter, eouT^n in passing from p' forward. In p' the tetartocone and the deuterocone are vei closely united, but in p", although still connected to the protoloph, the tetartocone has move farther toward the posterior border ot the crown, lengthening the anterior loph, and ali effecting a .junction with the metaloph. In p' the cross loph. are unequal in length, the protoloph, in which the tetartocone very intimately united with the deuterocone, not passing beyond a point inline withtl inner end of the metaloph, which is short and curves slightly backward. In p ' the protolo, i. increased in length by the shitting backward of the tetartocone, with a tendency to separa from the deuterocone. The two lopbs remain distinct, the anterior one passing slight beyond tho inner end of the metaloph, which in this tooth is developed to about the .ar extent as that of p', with a like backward obliquity. In p-' the protoloph is stdl furth increased in length, and curves round the inner margin of the crown considerably past tl metaloph toward the posterior border of the tooth. The metaloph curves slightly forwa and unites with the protoloph at a point so....e distance in advance of the latter s post.ri termination. The increased length of the protoloph is due to the further rece«.ion of t tetartocone from the deuterocone, ■ Ithough the union of the two remains comp.ete^ In the protoloph is separate from the .netaloph, a narrow bul distinct sinus dividing them, a the tetartocone arise, from the metaloph which in its inner half presents a concave 3urfi forward A variation i. notice.l in the right tirat premolar of tho Cypress Hills specimen. this tooth the sinus, seen in the left tirst premolar, in advance of the meialoph, docs not occ^ in which case the tetartocone would still be said to arise fron. the protoloph which, oo mencing at the ectoloph, behind the para.style, forms a high continuous wall curving rou the inner border ot the tooth for some distance past its union with the metaloph, giving the protoloph a length proportionately still greater than the corre.sponding loph of p-. 1 left first premolar, above .lescr.bed, resembles the correspondin.^ tooth ot H. nebrascenm fieuredby Uidy in plate XIV, figure 5, accompanying his description of the type specief '•The Ancient Fauna of Nebraska," 1852, (Smithsonian Contribution, to Knowledge). 1 41 Other premolara in thii figure denote a §taRe of evolution much in advance of the correspond- ing teeth of //. priteidens. In the premolars of//, primilena the deuterocone arises from the protoloph, as in p'< and p' of Hijraehyus w/rarius, Luidy, of the Briditer Eocone of Wyoming and Utah; also, in the second, third ami fourtli premolars, tlie general outliuo of the tooth is quadrangular instead of triangular as in llymchyus. The transverse diameter ol p' is relatively greater than that of either p'' or p-. The second, third and fourth premolars a^e i>rovided with a well defined cingalum that is continuous rountl the entire haw of the crown, except at the base of the tritocone; at the base of the para.-. 90, is presented in three successive stages of evolu- tion toward the molar pattern in the second, third and tourth premolars, the last premolar (p^) being the most advanced. In H. prisddens the fourth premolar is the least advanced, us regards the relation of the lophs to each other, although in other respo.ta, viz., in the presetice of secondary crest folds ("crista," "antecrochet" and "crochet "), a decidoil adv;iii<-e has been made, and it may be considered in tliis regard as more progressive than p', p-' and p'. • l'r..f.-.«iirH. K. llsUirn in hi. ii iron ■•Tli.' Kvtinct Filiinmini.. «- (M,.in.iir< "f Ih.' Almr Mii«. of Nut. Hi>l., \,il. I, partlll, |.. H% IsilNl. has MifhtioiK^I that Ihi- •-.nH-li.t" i. •• (-.ciiliar b. tli.-trm. Uhimiu'riKi nioliir.' iiikI i. "..nly (.■.•bly (It VfluiM'ii, if itt iitl, ill tlif AiiiyiKKlont't itiiil llyritLiMlimf-. ■ 1252»— fl -fmL 43 U|i|)er molar Hcpieg, length Upper iiromolor serie*, length Ml widMi, (tr.) M-' " - MM. 62 62 28-2 ... . 24-5 M.M. 103 35 3U :i7 :!. 40 H. ii'hrttif'etnnM'* MM. ■0 26 28 M^' t« 24 26 M' length (a p.) • • • 22 M^ 23 27 M'< it 1!»5 ?' width (trl . , . 185 P- it 20 1" ^^ 21-7 P' a 2:1 p: length (a.p.) .... 12-8 10 P' »i 16-8 P' i( 17-:! The utitorior ent\i U'nv'th "f iliasttT -1 U'liiriil caninr Hreaiitii of rnandi'''^ at inid lengtli of diastema 21 l-engtli of symph)>l- ^>- ■^ posterior end of sympliysis 10 15 12 ir> 13 2H- l.l 20 'ihiekness of mandible ** Ttir ui.'a-iin-iii.-iit.-.'if tlit' t"<-r- / M /i/.OH^*;ts anH //. tn>.r-t*'-, Kcwuil MiiiiiiMil»fr.Hii til.' Wliit.' Riv.r i"f;iiirti..n. i-.niMiiii'l in tin; Mii Heurv V. Oaborn. IKHT. ^,. 171, Bull. .Mu«. ' inv /.r.!.. Hiir\\ir.l C'cjII^. U \*i>' are taktn fruiiitlii' " I'rcliniitijirv iicctinnt nf tin- -uiii i.f Odiniiiiriitivv Z.»rl..g}" liy W. B., Scott aii.l 4.1 lO Coiilue 5 rilh tliat re«orveil, u ot tho ircmolar, igth, and tntiniioua le second r)-5 count (if tlir ., Sttitt all.l AonATiiEBtvu MITE, Cope. I'Ute IV, fig. 6. Aeei'ithfrium mili. Cope, 1874. Annual Report IT. S. Oeol. und Geog. Survey Term for 187y, p. 4!»a. A'eathrrium mile, Copr, 1885. The White River boiU of Swift-turrent river, North Wert Tcritory, American Xatunilist. vol. XIX, p. U!:3. Aetralherium mile, Co|)e, 1885. Geol. and Xat. Hint. Survey of Canada, vol. I, new aeries, part C, appendix I, p. 8:). CTtn-pus mitis. Cope, 18!»1. The specie* from the Oligocene or Fiower Miocene beds of the Cyprew h 'Is, Geol. Survey of Canada, Contr. to Can. I'aln-ont, vol. ill (quarto), pt. I, p. 19, pi. IV, fig. 2. Cxiiopiii pitmilut. Cope, in part, IH^tl. Idem, p. lit, specimen No. 1, pi. IV, figs. 8, :i,(. Aceraihenum mite, Osborn, 1898. The Extinct Rhinoceroses, Memoirs Araer. .Mus. Nat. Hist., vol. I, pt. Ill, p. 136. In his 1891 report Cope assigned certain remains ot Acerathcrea from the Cypress hills to this species. They consist ot parts of two lelt mandibular rami, and are referred to a» specimens Nos. 1 and 2. The first specimen is a section of a left ramus holding the roots of the last two molars, and extending back beneath the base of the coronoid ; the fragment is 87 mm. long. The second is part of the anterior half ot another left ramus, with premolars 8 und 4 preserved, tho rooU of premolar 2, and the inner end of the alveolus of a irocumbent canine. A figure was given (pi. IV, fig. 2, pt. I of this volume) of this second specimen viewed from above. A symphysis of a mandible, also from the Cynress hills, described and figured by Cope in 1891, under the name Cy Cope (this volume, pt. I) from the (Higocene of the t'ypresi hills. A number of lower jaw I'rugiiients, lic-loiigiiig both to the colluvtiou of 1U04 and to th< earlier collections, apparently represent species distinct from .^1. mile and A. ucciiUnlnle, bul they are too im|)erfect tor determination. An inferior left posterior molar (collection of 1904) evidently belongs to this species. Ii it the basal cingulum is develo[ied in front und behind but not on the exterior and intorioi surfaces. Diameters — antero-posterior iVi mm., transverse 21 mm. ACIRATIIRRIUM EXIUDU.M, Sp. noV. I'late V, flgH. 8, 4 and 6. A mandibular symphysis, collected by the writer in llone coulee. Cypress hills, in 1004, has entirely different proportions to the symphysis {C'lno/nts piimitus. Cope) from the same locality, already referred to A. mite. Thi:* iipeoimen consists of almost exactly the same |)arte of the jaw preserved in the sy^'hysis of C. puiiiilus, viz., the anterior end of the left ramus, and a short length of the rigb '.i- in|>iirtil with .(, mili- ( immihim). .1. , npprox jj^ ,,, l>«|itli in friint. ..' , ' j^ .^ Dvpth Iwliiiid •>!! "I Dialmii'i' n|Hirt of iirpionliini 2 27 3'> M|mci' ocvaiiini lijr iin'mnlnm :; and .'1 ... .'.'..,'.,, :io 23 Auleni poKtvrior iliaiiwter of iirrmolar :.' .■...'.... I'.'S 9 Hroadlh of j»w tr»n»\pn»'ly «cr(»iHalve.ili fMrranirmx 43 " .-i;) Height of alvttulua for lanini' 1 ■> "7 Wi-lll : .].. I, ,, - , , I'l 10 '.J lU-plh of rainuK l)clo» pontprinr cml of iliu^tpuia M M iK'iith " " " |>remolur .1 jg .jj Mkmackrops iiNiiciTiaENii (Cope). }hn(Hlui angMtUjenit, Cope, 1H86. Qeol. und Nat. Ili.t. Sarvey of C.nadu, vol. F, new •eriet, part C, appendix 1, p. 81. Jfaplocmlon angusligenU, Cope, 1889. The Vortebrata of the Swift-current river 11 American Naturalist, vol. XXIII, p. 168. ' ' Memdu* angustigenis. Cope, 1891. Tho .pecic from the OliKOce.ic or Lower Miocene bed«ol theCyprcM hills; (ieol. Survey of Canada. C.ntr to Can Palxont vol III (quarto) pt. I p. 18, pi. V, fig,. 1 and 2, pi. VI, fig.. 1, 1', 2.., |>l. VII, figs.'l.la, lb.' pi. VIII, flgj. 1, 2, 8 and figures of leg anti tof)t bones. Titanolhe,iumar,gu,tigeni»,Oihotn,UW. Tho Cranial Evolution of Titanoferium, Uulle. tm Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., vol. VIII. p. 184. Megaeero,^, angustigenis, Ostern, 1902. The K.,ur I'hyhi of ((ligoceno TiUnotheros, idem, vol. XVI, p. 91». This species apparently approaches closest to .U. •■•d.,rwler,s!s, Leidy, founded on coossificl nasals with horns attached. In the tly, .ress Hills species the horns are much farther apart, with a flatter surface separating them. Also the nasals, iMjsides being shorter, expand laterally in front instead of narrowing rapidly a^ in .1/. miloriilensis. Cope, in the American Xaturaliat, 1889, p. 15 i, made this species the type of ll,n,laco,lon a generic term discarded by him in his later writing*. ' The species, of which the full description with figures is given in part I of this volume IS bascl on two maxillary bono.s from the same individual, a sepanito ieft ramus, and thJ syraphysial part of another jaw. With these were associated, as probably belonging to the same species, an imperfect cranium, and certain separate leg and foot bones. One of the maxillary bones, the left ramus and the nasal l.-nos with horns and part of the frontal were figured in plates V, VI, VII and VIII. I„ plate VI, tigure I, a view from above was given of the coossified nasals shown in si.le and front view in plate VIII, and belonging to the cranium mentioned above. Through an error in the explanation of plate VI, these nasals (hg. 1) were ascribed to .1/, «,„/«« .' ammmnus, Lei.ly, instead of to Menodua „pgustignm This error has been repeated in Professor II. F. O.born's piper "Tho Cranial Evolution of litanotherium," Bull. Amer. Mus. of Nat. Hist., 18i)6, f,x)t note p. 175. '■ no. 1 no 9 FIO. 3 M no. 4 no. s / / FIO. e I 0"':r^-^' \ CtXHutifiMl na-tuU uiul linrii!t uf .Xfti/ncrrnpnniutuMlvnniM am Mfii (ruiii ul" ^t■ (ft^. t i. f rum thf fnMit ititf. 'Ji. iiiiil fniiii itip tt-ft !ti()e (t))(. :tt. For (iirniutriMin witli llie niiMiilti aixl Imrnit 'if JUnrnftnifm ralnrtil, i..■ lifUT lii idy). Out- fiiiirtli the imtiiral Hi/.i'. KiK''^. 1 3 after (-(>()•'. aaffppitMPMMM » MlllAOUOn IILWTRURVI Cop«). T.n I V «' r^ «"-/ of C."^.. Contr. toC.n. I..l...„t.. vol. Ill (,,u.,.o). |>t I, |>. 17, |i|. V',||)(M 3, 8aan»»»•'•«. •<««"«. The co,„Miaerof,..,r C.pe'. fall d.*..riptio„ with Agare>, will be foand in part I of tbU volume. «»*-npii«.., with FIO. 7 f \ FIO. 8 6.-L ..-/:?^ b jf fnmi I Ik- left wXU'V fit illy). ra.,Mifi„l ,„..„u of .V,.;...Yr„;» «;«■.„„,„„.,. flg, 7 v.ewrd from .Ik>v,, tig. S fr,„„ tl„ i.ft "ide. One fourth the natural ■ 48 MiOAOBBOPB 8TCBBA8 (Copo). Menodw, tyceras, Cope, 1889. American Naturalist, vol. XXIII, p. 628. " Coi)e. 1891 The specie, from the Oligocene or Lower Miocene beds of the Cypro^i hills; 2^1 luVvey of 'canada, Contr. to Can. Pala-ont., vol. Ill, (quarto), pti, p. 18, 1.1. VII, fig. 2, pl. VIII, figs. 4 and 5. Titanothenum »ycera., Osb^ra, 1896. The Cranial Evolution of Tit.nother.um ; Bulletin Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., vol. VI II, p. 193. ap|)«arcd in part I ot this volume ■urtitce, are well marked. FIO. lO --^ "J N«mIii and tutnia «if Mri/arrropt ii.«frmit, Hk. !» vu-wetl from aliuvf, fiu. 10 fnmi the front, Hg. 11 fmm the right aide. One- fourth the natural Mixe ; figs. 10 and 11, after (^l», Meqacerops paiMiTivus, Sp. nov. Plate VI, figs. 4 and 6. In 1904 the writer was fortunate in securing, from theOligocene deposits of the Cypress hills, a mandible of a Titanothere that is of considerable interest. It is the most perfect lower jaw obtained so far from this locality, and is the type of the above named species. The specimen consists of both halves of the jaw. The left ramus is perfect, with the full number of teeth preserved ; the right ramus lacks the fourth premolar, and the molars, with that part of the alveolar border that held these teeth. The mandible is of fair si/.e, and belonged to an adnlt individual. It presents the follow- ing dental formula: I,, C,, P,, M,. There is a diastema behind the canine, a character which, taken in conjunction with the presence of three incisors and four premolars, is indicative of a somewhat primitive species. The chief characters displayed are : incisors, in three pairs,with a space between the inner pair ; canines, of small diameter, apparently short ; a diastema between the canine and the first premolar ; first premolar, small ; third premolar, becoming molaiiform, fourth premolar, molariform ; symphysis, long ; symphyaial surface between canines, narrow ; jaw contracted at the diastema ; external cingala, moderately developed ; internal cingula, wanting ; mental foramen, beneath the second premolar; coronoid process, short. Megaceropt avus (Marsh), from the Oligocene of South Dakota, has three pairs of inferior incisors but only three premolars below on each side, and there is a short <1iastema behind the lower canine. Its dimensions are greater than those of .1/. primitivas. These two species are apparently the only ones of the Oligocene Titanotheres in which there are three pairs of incisors in the lower jaw. Id the Cypress Hills specimen the crowns of the incisors are of a depressed spherical shape, with a tendency to come to a rounded central point above. The second incisor is the largest, and the first is slightly smaller than the third, which is the most upright. The first is more procumbent than the second. Between the inner pair is a very decided interval, leaving a space of 6*5 mm. between the crowns of the two teeth The crowns of the canines 12529—7 60 •re broken off (that of the right tooth being restored in fig. 5 of plate V I), and the right first premolar i* lost from its alveolus. Compared with Meijncerops angustigenis (Cope), (this volume part I, p. 13, plate V, fig. 2 and plate VI, figg. 2, 2a, M. primitivus differs in the following respects :— There are six incisors instead of four, and the breadth of the jaw between the canines, which are of smaller diameter, is relatively greater ; the diastema between the canine and the first premo- lar is twice as long ; the symphysis is of greater length, reaching back to a point almost in line with the posterior edge of the fourth premolar (in angustigenis in line with the anterior root of the corresponding tooth) ; the exterior cingala are much less developed : the coronoid process is shorter. In both species the premolars have reached about the same stage of development toward the molar pattern, and the molars have very much the same propor- tions. In angustigenis the internal cingula are partially developetl. In primitivus the man- dible is shorter, proportionately deeper, and not so thick in the neighbourhood of the alve- olar border posteriorly. Keeping in mind the differences due to sex in Titanotheres generally, and the apparent variability, both specific and individual, of certain dental characters, such as the degree of development of the cingula, the presence or absence of the first premolar, the size of the canines, and the number of the incisors, M. primitivus is ap[iarently a well marked species, characterized principally, so far as known at present, by the breadth of the mandible anteriorly (as compared with .V. augustigeni$), and the presence of the full number of teeth, with a comparatively long diastema behind the canines. This siiecies, for which the name primitivus is used, is regarded as representing a rather early stage in the develo[iment of the Titanotheres. The general character of the dentition suggests the appropriateness of referring the species to the genuj Megactrops. That the species is already rei>resented by cranial fragments from the Cypress hills, found seiiarately, is quite possible, and further material will probably prove the identity of some of the species, from this locality, described under different names. Measurements oj nmndiltfe of M. jirimitiviiH. MM. Length of rainus 475 Depth of sHiiie at posterinr end of fourth prt'iiiolar . 74 *' " " *' seoond ninlar 8! " " from tip of cornnoiil prooes.s to lower l)order 247 Maximum thickness of Hame iK-neatli third molar 46 Length of hy mphysis 144 Distanci' apart of inHide surface of Imse cif canines^ .... 31 Length of premolar Hcries 10.1 " molar series I S;i Diameter of canines at base . . "'" ,„ ( tran»verse lo ,.._,., , , ( anteroposterior -'fi l.)iameter of second premolar. . . '^ .^ * I transverse l^ 1 .' _ . * .1 • I 1 ( antero-posterior y <'<>|h-, up. i-it.. ttii.-n tiHitNuri'iiient in alhiiit iK iiiiii., itrtil in tlti; !»ynil»h\>iH of tlic jaw (N'n. I, ulwj tiRun-*!! i\ like iii'-a!*ur<-iiiciit j;ivi-ii. i>y tlioaiiit- imtlioiity, ».■« L*7 mm., slnmlit rt^atl 22 iitrii. •• Kin.t premolar in Co|»f'» deHC'iipliim i»f J/. an'juMi'j'iun. ^wpiBirgi i. wB Bm i .m ^ w^t mmmmn i mi i ^mm Diameter of tint molar. . ^^ „„ I tniiisvente 29 Uiaiiieter of kcodcI molar . .. '.o ( traimvorn" 33 Diameter of thinl molar f " "^"^ ^ '" .,X ( triin»ver»e 13 Mbqackkofs A8SINIB0IEN8I8. Kom. proT. Hate V, fig. 6, and plate VI, fig. 3. A robust, short, left mandibular ramus, belonging to the 1904 collection, indicates a species distinct from M. nngustigenis and M. primilivus. In this specimen the three molars and the fourth premolar are preserved, with the roots of the third premolar. The posterior end of the ramus is missing, as well as the anterior end in advance of the third premolar. A part of the right ramus next to the symphysis remains. The jaw is much deeper, thicker and relatively shorter than in angustigenit and primitivus, and the teeth are much larger than in these species. It is narrow anteriorly, and the symphysis extends back to a point in line with the division between the fourth premolar and the first molar.' The bone is massive and heavy throughout. The mental foramen is placed beneath the posterior root of the third premolar, farther back than in M. primitivus. The cingula are very slightly developed. The external cinguium is present for a short distance only, on the anterior face of each of the four teeth, and in the third molar in advance of the heel. The only trace of an internal cinguium is tc '-e seen in the third molar on the posterior slope of the heel. The fourth premolar is fully molariforra. The teeth are stout, and of about the size of the corre8|)onding ones in .1/. marshi, Osborn, but the jaw is relatively shorter than in this species. From the material available, the sjtecies, for which the provisional name usiniMensit is proposed, cannot be definitely characterized. Meiwurementu nf raiuux, Typ*'. MM. Depth of rtiinuH iit post»Tior end of fourth premolar NO " " " tliinl molar V)6 Thickness of runiU'* alwvo lower Iwnier U'neath |M»sterior t'nd of first molar .... •'>.'i Vertical thickness of symphysis a little in advance of its posterii»r termination. . 5:t Vertical thii'kncss of symphysis in line with fniiit root of third premolar 31 Space oi'ciipiol by fourth premolar and the molars 260 ,,...„., ,1 tttiteroposterior 41 Diameter of fourth premolar \ '^ ii ' I transverse 11 r,. . • c . , I antero-posterior oS Diameter of first molar , "^ .,/, I transvers** »t» I-,. , • , , I antero posterior 71 Diameter of sei-oml molar. . . . ' 1 1 I transverse 41 ,,■ . I .I.. 1 1 I antero-posterior U9 Diameter of third molar... . . ' ,, t transverse 43 Space occupied l»y rts of third pn'inolar (anten>-poflterior) .*$! Space lietween fourth premolars (twice the distance of fourth premolar from vertical plane tlinmgh symphysis) 60 81 With the left nunna, above deeoribed, is arbitrarily associated, as [irobably refenble to the tame tptam, the abbreviated cooisified nasal bones figured in plate VI, fig. 8, (collection of 1904). The specimen includes the bases of the horns which are seen to have been placed &r forward and some distance apart. The horns apparently pointed laterally outward and upward, as in M. angattigenit and M. coloraileniU, bat were much farther forward than in either of these speciee. These nasals are entirely diflforent from those of M. telwynianut, and M. lyeeriu ; they are short, thick, and broadly obtuse in front where they are but slightly bent downward. The front and lateral margins are thick and rounded, and the former is deeply notched in the middle. The lower surface is, as a whole, shallowly concave, a low longitudinal median ridge m irking the line of union of the two bor.es. The concave surface between the horn bases is shallowly and evenly curved. The horns at the base appear to have been longitudinally oval in transverse section, but a definite statement in this regard cannot be made, as the horn bases are imperfect posteriorly. The specimen is, on the line of coossifiuation of the two bones, 70 mm. back ftom the front margin, 44 mm. thick. The shortness and general robustness of the nasals, with like characters noticeable in the proportions of the above ramus, makes it appear probable that these specimens represent a ■ingle species. FIO. 12 CcxiiwtfiwI nazals of Mf^/nfrrofm atminifioifmin, fig. 13 suiwrior iwiiort, fi(f. 13 Mt 1at*-ral asiiwt. One-fourth the nalutal 8iw. The two species, angustigenis und syeeras, have the general form of horn found in the type of the genus Megweropa, viz., I/, coloradentis, Leidy. lu the other throe species from the Cypretis hills the horns are not knovvn. In tour of the five species, however, the nasals are known and show a wide variation in shipe, all difiering from those of the type. M A comparison of the naaula and hortit of M. •peciei, ii set forth in the table given below : — '■olornihn$is, with those of Cypress Hills M. selwynianui. M. angustigenis. M. coloradensis. M. syceraa. M. asB'iiiboiensis. Nasals. Ijong and narrow, obtusely rounded in front, under surface deeply ex- cavated, lateral margins produced downward. Thick and rather long, expanded anteriorly, front margin very ob- tusely pointed, under surface moderately excavated. Of moderate length, thin and bent downward anteriorly. Rather short, evenly roundejs (Leidy), dimensions and figures of the horn being given. Two separate horns also belonging to the Cypress Hills collection of 1884, wero referred by the same author in the same publication to Menodus proutii (O. N. and K.). These two species are not determi- nate, and the specimens referred by Cope to them do not present characters sufficient for their identification with described forms. The horns evidently represent two species distinct from Megacerops angustigenis and M syirras. It is possible that, with the advent of new material, they may be found to bo assignable to two of the other three species of .Megacerops from the Cypress hills, viz , .1/. selwyni'inus, .\[. as.sinilmensis and .M. pnmitivas,o{ which the horns are not known. M CaALICOTHIUCM BILOBATDM, Cope. Plate III, figa. 7, 8 and 9. Ckalieotherium bilobatum. Cope, 1889. The VertebraU of the Swift-current river, II American nataraliat, vol. XXIII, i>. 151. Chalieotherium bilobatum, Cope, 1891. The species from the Oligocene or Lower Miocen of the Cy[>reM hills; Oeol. Survey of Canada, Contr. to Can. Palieont., vol. Ill (quarto), pt. I, p. 8. The type specimen of this species has been described and figured by Cope in part I o this volume. It consists of the cooasified anterior ends of the mandibular rami, of which thi left is preserved backward a short distanee beyond the posterior end of the symphysis, am displays the alveoli of the second, third and fourth premolars, and of the first molar, witi part of that of the second molar. In advance of the second premolar are the remains o •Iveoli for the canine, and three incitors. The bone is here slightly abraded, the alveol appearing as distinct but shallow depressions. Of those for the incisors, the first or inner roost if> the largest and deei>est, and the third is the least distinct. That for the canine ii narrow transversely and twice as long as wide. A smooth surface to the bone passes out ward between the second premolar and the canine, representing a narrow diastema. It ii I ocies described by Miirsh under this name are from the I/)ui. Fork bed of Kansas." A se|«rate lower left premolar of a Chalicothoroid (collection of 1904) is probably referable to this species. The tooth (plate II F, figs. 7, 8 and 9) is regarded us the third premolar, and han an antero-iK>sterior diameter about equal to the space for the corresponding tooth, of which the roots are preserved, in the above (type) mandible. I'rofessor W. R Scott, of Princeton University.has kindly examined this specimen, and, although agreeing with the writer that it i» the lower premolar of a Chalicotheroid, considers it unlikely " that the genus Chalicotherinra should be found in the Titanotherium beds, for that genus is typical of the Middle and Upper Miocene of Europe." He is of the opinion that " much more probably the species of Cope will i.roveto be referable tooneof the genera of the French Oligocene, such as Schizotheriaro." The Cypress Hills 8|)ecies needs to be studied from better material before its true generic atlinity can be determined. RODENTIA. SCIURUS ? SASKATCIlEWENSIf!, Sp. nOV. riate VIII, figs. 16, 17. A species of rodent, most nearly allied apparently to Sciurus, is represented by a molar tooth. As enough characters are nr applied by the single tooth for the proper definition of the undescribed genus seemingly ludicated, a provisional reference to Sciurus is made for the present. Tha species is described as new. The tooth is apparently an up))er left molar. The crown, which is borne on three roots, is siibquadrangular in outline aa seen from below, wth the antero-posterior diameter slightly less than the transverse diameter. The maximum antero-|)osterior measurement (length) is near the outer side. Of the three roots, one is internal and is much the largest, the other two aree.\ternal and subequal. The height of the enamelled surface of the crown is twice as great internally as externally. The tooth is only slightly worn. The i.attem consists of an external median enamel inflexion, extending inward nearly across the crown, and two fossettes, one anterior, the other 1 posterior. The enamel inflexion has a de|.th greater than half the height of the external face of the crown bnt the two fossettes are not so dc .'p. Of these latter, the posterior one is the larger and is complete, the anterior one is closed outwardly but communicates inwardly with the median inflexion. A narrow marginal ridge is continuoua round the crown except where It IS mterrupted by the external enamel inflexion. This ridge is most prominent internally I anteriorly and posteriorly it sinks to a lower levc , rising again to enclose the fossettes ; externally. 56 The inner flue of the crown U not strongly tamid m in iSMuriM typically, but apitroaoh the marginal ridge a« a modoralcly convex iito|ie, in contraxi to the other fttoes, which contn toward the Iwae. The anterior crosN creet ii formed of I wo diitinct cacpi, recalling the ar diviiion of the crests deitcribed by Matthew in Seiurus {I'rotnurus) vettulu**. \ mini ■tyle occurs in tha marginal ridge external to the puNterior foHsette, breaking the contlnui of the ridge to a ilight extent. No ityle is present at the outlet of the median enan inflexion. From the above deeoription it will be seen that the tooth pattern implieNanearapproa to Seiurua, but the radical differences apparen' pn>clade its definite reference to thai gem The comparative prominence of the marginal ridge in front and behind is probably a primiti character. Measurements of crown of type specimen: — Antero-|iotterior, 2*80 mm., transvei diameter, 2'70 mm. TxKsality :— Bone uonllVI. In size the Cypress lli tooth is slightly smaller. The antero-posterior diameter of the crown measare* 8 mm. and about equal to the transverse diameter. Bo'ie couMe, Cypress hills. Collection of 1904. CvuNDRODO.N' F0NTI8, Douglass. Plate VIII, figs. 19, 20. Cylindrodon fontis, Douglass, 1901 . Fossil Mammalia of the White River beds of Montar Trans. Amor. Philos. Soc, vol. XX, p. 15, pi. I.V, figs. 9, 9a. Cylindrodon fontii, Matthew, 1903. The Fauna of the Titanotherium beds at Pipestc Springs, Montana; Bulletin Amer. Mns. Nat. Hist., vol. XIX, article VI, p. 212, li 7 and 8 A, B, C, D. Douglass established this genus and species on two jiarts of right mandibular rami, w well worn teeth, from the Pipestone beds (01igocene),near Pipestone Springs,in south-we8t( Montana. The variation of the tooth-pattern through wear has been worked out by Matth from a series of lower jaws, and an upper jaw, from the same locality. In the writer's provisional list of the fauna of the Oligocene beds of Cypres* hills, represented by the collection of 1901, part of a left mandibular ramus was referred to a spec of Steneqfiher distinct from S. vebrnscensis, Leidy. This specimen is now seen to be prope referable to Cylindrodon fontis, Douglass. * The Fauna of tht- Titanotlieriutii I>wl8 at I'iiieHt'ili*' S|iriiigM, Montana, 1!»03. -"^^''mmm 6T The Cypnm f IHlt fragment of lower jaw ia from the mifldle of the left ramui., »nd hold* one tooth, the first molar. Anterior to the tooth U part of the alveolua for the fourth pre- molar, and hobiiid it thealveolai for the Kocond raolar.and the remaineof that for tho poeterior or third molar. The tooth ii onljr mode-ately worn, and has reaolied tho itaire of wear thown by Matthew in his tigun 8 U. Of the three foMettes in tho worn sarfaco of the crown, tlie anterior one ii cloaed internally, u »lij?ht inflexion of the enumel remains to the poatorior one, but there ii still a very decided inflexion to tho median one. When further worn the poeterior ibasetle becomes complete internally, and later the median one also. The orown ofthis molar measures, antero-poHteriorly 2'25 mm , transversely L>i'0 mm. The full depth of the ramus is not preserved, but enough of the bono remains to show that the jaw was deep. Matthew places the species with some doubt in the Castorid:! . It is interesting to find this Hmall gj>ecieH included in the 11)04 collection, thereby adding to the number of species common ti) the faunas of the Cypress llilla ami I'ijiestono Springs O'igocene beds. Locality :— Hone coulee. Cypress hills, I'rovincc of Saskatchewan. Eirr\po«iTs PARvrs, Sp. nov. Plate VI, figs. 1 and 2. A single molar represents this species. In tho Summary Floport of the Geological Survey for the year 1904, the writer specially mentioned this tooth as being worthy of notice on account of the large numbur of isolated enamel loops or lakes present in the worn sur- face of the crown, and in a foot-note, added whilst tho report was being printed, tho opinion was expressed that it was probably referable to .Matthew's then newly established genus Euiypomyi. The Cypress Hill* tooth, thought to be ihe lower third molar of the left side of the jaw, closely resembles, in tooth pattern, the teeth of E. thnmtoni, Matthew, the type species of the genus* from the Oligoceno (Ix)wer Orcodon beds of the White River formation, Cheyenne river) of South Dakota. It is considerably emaller than the lower teeth of the type, and indi- cates a proportionately smaller animal. Seen from above the crown is subtriangular in outline, the transverse diameter in front being greater than behind ; tho antero-posterior diameter exceeds the maximum transverse diameter. A view of the worn surface of the crown is given in plate VI, figure 2, in which are shown the numerous isolated lakes characteristic of the genua. In all about twenty lakes are seen. The tooth is constricted behind its mid-length exteriorly, the crown boing well rounded and tumid on each side of the constriction or valley, in which are three or four shallow infold- ings of the enamel below the level of the worn surfiue On the inside, at raid-length, the crown is slightly inflected al)ove, but the decided constriction of the extenial surface is want- ing. The tooth is two roofed, tlie anterior fang being much the stouter of the two. The anterior surface of the crown is flattened, and has the appearance of having been preceded by a tooth in front. Posteriorly, however, the surface is rounded, as if no tooth pressed against it from behind ; these considerations, together with the somewhat triangular shape of the tooth, suggest its being the last of tho series. \\*l^"'''>r "' '"" "'" *''■'"■"' "' *''>'"">il» lr-ecimen, described by Cofw in 1891, in his species P. bravhyodnn (op. cit., 1003, p. 217) which is of the size of P. turgidut, but diffdnt from it, as the name implies, by being more brachyodont. Other oharactars ascribed to P. brachyodon as distinguishing it from P. tur- giduH are 1'- smaller and more conical, ra'* ap)iarently larger, the internal enaniol inflexion less persistent. In lower jaw 1' , shorter, more conical, and the inflexion disappearing earlier than in P. lurgiihu. These distinguishing characters are not ap|)arent, to the writer, in the Cypres* Kills specimen, which is here left under Cope's name. Mtwmrements of Cyfirriu llillt uperimfn .MM. 18 Molsr-pramular iieries Third premolnr : Ant«"ro-|)o«terior ilittmeter 'I • 4 Transverxe " -4 Height alM>ve alveolnr rim '> + Posterior molar ; Anterapoaterior aiamcti-r 2 ■ •"< Transveme " '2 T i-ngth i« diwiiater ol grimliiiK Hurfare 2-8 l'|>|ii-r right nmUr, ! tint iiiular (|>ltttn VI 11, A||, 2|) :— Aiitrni jHiNtrriur iliiinicti'r ol grindiiiK •iirfai-e 3-0 TranHvcr* iliametri' «l grinding nurfai* 2' 6 Liiwar ri|{lil iiinlar e recorded from this locality, tlie first being lfimip»alot tlio two beneath th« » ori .r root of the tliinl pramolar, tha other beneath it point »lijrhtly in •dvanca of tha i«>>iid 1 1 m mlar. Jt'iuurriiieiil: MM. l4rliir . . . 4 Lfiigtli of a! 3nt< J TraiMverw di ' HpiM.*t* IwtWMT IVptli of ml I" l>ppt)i (if rami Tliii'knen <>i I»i » • 3r I lyiiiphy.ia Ifi Coll.'ctorT. C \\,-t A Inft lower tootli Mcond premolar of 7/ I II.' f'oind t notion. i.( Mwirt-currenl iTi'ck OVine rouli'*), Cyjinwi hilN. IH8f. '• > in lim, |)lafo VII, H^. 3, baa the |.ro|H)rtion«of the .li .'coli (contniniiiK rootn) of the nocoml |>romolar of tha leftraimi«,mentionetli.ifovoimU nilirri i to //. cn^nri/*, indicate by theirsize that thi«ae|>arate tooth in probably roiorablo to thi« si)eciog. Ily.KBOCOll IRDCIAHK? Ixjldv. i'lnte VII, ligd. 4, 6 and 6. Jlyrrnoilon rrurhn.'i, Loidy, 185:1. proc. Acad. Nat. Sc-i. I»hila, vol. VI, p. WH. A Bccorid species o' U,/.niodon \» ropreacnted by a nuporior \e(t fotirtli premolar (collee- tion of 1904). The t. otii is not quite as large as the corregpondiiig premolar of Jl. cruci.nis, a» described iiml figured by L.'idy in 1869 in "The Kxtiti. t Miinimalian Faupu of Dakota and Nebraska"*, but approaclies cloit-ly to it in sliaiie ; it is referred to this species provisionally. In the Cypress Iliilstooth the protocone is large and compressed, thetritocoue (posterior cusp) is small and slightly trenchant, the denterocone (inferior cusp) is fairly developed on the inner side in line with the piotoeone. There is an inconspicuons protostyle (anterior basal cusp, and exteriorly, at the mid-length of the crown, the basal cingnluni is foebiy di'veloped. Mfasiit-inf titi'. Mux. lu'i^iht of crnwn i>f tooth " length " " " " lireHiJtIi " " " MM. 8 -2 10 HI The specimen rcpreaents a species of about the same size as //. crwians, Ixjidy, but pDssilily distinct. :i»i».I.i'''i'l.*'''''''''''''''''''''''''" "'''""'■'''''"■''"''"'' ^''■'''■''"''''- •'"'"'■ '^'■"''- >■■"<■ ~^-i- I'liila.. «,„„,l„r, ii», >..! VII, |.|,. 4K>M,I IlnimALoiMXf aMHDiSiCope. Plate V(I, «((•. 7«iid8. ffemip»nl,H/„ii gian.Us, CofM), l«8i, Thi- White River boU» o( Swiflturrent river, North VVett Territory. American Natumliit, vol. MX, p. ltd; and Qeol. ami Nat lli«t. Simey of Canada, vol. I, ne«rM>ri«i, part C, 1886, a|>|)«ndix I, p. »0. /ImipMlodon grandit, C<>p«, 1891. The mM^cio* from the Oligoccno or I^iwi r Miocene be»fi(o behind tho other two Tbocviiiphysis reaches hacktoapc t nearly b«'low tho middle of tho fourth premolar. Through iiii error, in printing probably, the length o( the premolar serioii is given, in the dcscript: 11 on ].. 6, of pii I, of this volume, as 108 mm. This mcaHuremont should read S" mm. In the l!ii4 collection from the typical locality is a large canine tooth, plate VII, tign. 7 :iiid 8, that api rontly belongs to thi* species. Its dimensions, at the point of greatent thii k. no89, agree with those of tho canine in the typo spocimon. In this xeparate tooth tho upp^-r part of the crowi\ is brolton off, bul the whole of tho root Im preaervoii, giving a length to th.- specimen of II I mm , with an estimated total length lo the tooth, when perfect, of about 1-!' mm. CVBODIOTIS UPPIKCOTTIANl'- (Cope). Plate VII, figs. !•-! 4. There are in the eollectioii of 1904 four teeth that apparoiiuy h- long I- •<.. - species, of which Cope was uncotlaiii as to whether it was distinct from, or onl a lar. .iriety of C. grfjanui (Cope), one of the coininoiiest .f the Whit. River (OligcK-one/ car!ii\ore> (le>criliod from Colorado, Nebraska and South Dakota. The teeth from tho Cypro.-^s hills were obtained s>.|.:irately , and agree in .size iiio-i closely with those described by Cope under the name '.'-i/c yn./- lipp cality :— eastern escarpment of the Cypress hilli, nine miles due east of Bone couMe. Tiawrence Lambe, 1!)04. 1'ROTKMNOCYON lURTSIIORNIANim (Cojic). Plate VII, tig». 17, 18, 19 and 20. A left upper fourth premolar (ioctorial),l>eloiiging to the collection of l!t04, is referred to this species. Tlie tooth, from which the inner anterior cusp (deuterocoiie) has been broken off, is well worn, and probably belonged to an old individual. This species is kn.)wn from raiher meagre material from the Oligocene of Colorado and South Dakota. CJope has referred toliis species i»m/)Aicyo« hanahoniianus* certain fragments of .iawi», holding teeth, that Lcidy,in his memoir on "The Kxiinct Mammalian Fauna of Dakota and N^ebraska," 186!*, included in his descripiion of Amplacyon nlus (p. .i-i. pi. I. figs. 8, 4 and 6). The suj^rior sectorial, obtaine 1 m 1904 from the Cypress hills, agt«c< very clok jy'in size and form (without considering the inner anterior cusp which is missing in our specimen) with the sectorial shown by I^idy in his figure G. A second upper sectorial, also from the left side, obtained from the Cypress Hills locality by Mr. T. C. Weston in I b»4, may belong t.i this species. It is slightly smaller than the 1904 specimen but is otherwise very similar. Ilie protocone is robust and has a broad anterior face ; posteriorly it narrows to a sharp, stc. j, edge directed obliquely inward. The tritooone is compressed laterally and forms a good cutting edge. The ileuterocone i< of fair size and is well detached from the base of the protocone. A ilistinct cing ilum encin .> s the entire base of the crown. The posterior root is laterally compressed, its antero-iiosterior diameter proxi- mally greatly exceeding the transverse one. The root supporting the deuterocone is likewise compressed, but to a less extent. \l''aitttre,nfinU. Sectiirml of IS.SI ; plntc V|[, (i^,«, is, lil and 20 : I>!n;.'tli from postiTior i-ml to iiiitiTo^xteiiial Iwse of [.loliicom- 12-5 l>'ii;,'tli from pi.Hterior end to antero intrinal Imw of |irotiicfciiB |.-i Rri'iultli iintrriiirly at liagc of iiiutuciiMr j . 2 Height of in-otiH'oni', iiioliiilinj; uiiiKiilum (j .", Sectorial of 11(04 : pliito VII, lij;. 17 : Kxternnl length , .> . I, Internal lengtli 1 'i fi Breadth anteriorly . 7 • •> llreadth anteriorly at Iwse of pnitocoiie \\ (;.•( Height of protocone, ineludinj; cinguluin ' _ l^ . o • ISAI. Tlir Vrrtelmitii uf til.- T.-rtiiiry K..iriiiition« .,f tlie Wot. K.|«irt f. S. Cnl. .Siirv.-y ' >'l. III. il 64 According to Hatcher. Daphmnus hartshomxanut i« properly referable to his genaa Pro Umnocyon,* fooDded on excellent material from the Oligocene depo«t. of Hat Creek bariu, Sioux county, Nebraska. DitciOTis FmiTA, Leidy. Plate VII, fig*. 21, 22, 23 and 24. DinietU fetina, Leidy, 1856. Proc. Acad. Nat 8ci. Phila., vol. VIII, p 91. T ." .^fJ''^' ^^^^' '''''* •"'"'=* mammalian fauna of Dakota and Nebraska: Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., vol. VII, pp. 1 and 8ti8, pi. V, figs. 1-4. Ti. ;^"«^* '»"«••/«*. "'"'"'.I'elonKmg to the 1904 collection, is referred to thi. apeciee The three figures of it m plate VII will give a fair idea of its proportions. The two large cusps, the principal one and the smaller anterior one, together form an admirable cutting e^ge. The posterior cusp or heel is well developed, trenchant and larger than the heel of the corresponding tooth in Hoplophoneu,. A small p .stero-intemal cusp is present, big*, on the posterior border of the principal cusp. There is also a very small anterior basal cusp or tubercle The tooth has not been subjected to much wear, and its cutting edge, are, throughout, slightly denticulated. * * ' Another tooth, fig 24, an upper canine, probably also belong, to this species. It curve. . ightly backward and ends b^low in a moderately sharp point. In transverse section above It IS narrowly elliptical. The posterior border is denticulated and sharper than tha anterior one on which no denticles are seen. The surface of the specimen is weathered. Ungth Jmperfect above). 28-5 mm.; ma.x. anteroposterior diameter, 14 mm.; max. tran.verw .iig<«tni> C»niite. .Meinuin irf the Carnegir Muh-uui, vol. I, I'.ina, p 104. IN l)E X Iiitniductiu.i ;, Amia whileavefianat Co|ie li Amia macrtts/Hindyla^ Cope.. Vi Amia exUU, Mp. nov \2 Ltpidoateua lotigim, gp. niiv ) 3 Jihineiuitfn rA/'-o*, Cope 14 Amiitruii canerllahu, Co|ie 15 Amiiirut maroniflli, Co|)e Ifi A iioitfini tyrnnta f Ijt'idy 1 " Slylemy nubriucetuu, Leidy 18 Tetliido exomatn, J^inbe 18 Trionyx hum/Mlamicin, Co|ic 19 /'••llomiiriit granttlntuii. Cope 19 Ugmophit compaetun, sp. nov 20 (,'romdiliM prtnatalU I Loomis ... 21 Didflfihyii rtdfUH^ Hp. nov 22 Anendim brofhyrhynchun, Oiborn and Wort- man . . 24 Anthracilh'rium t pytjmifum, wp. nov 25 Elolherium coarclalum, Co|ie 26 Agriochf nm ontu/nug, Lcidv 28 Mfrycfnut/tKlm ''itlbfrlmni^ Leiftv 29 /^Ofhrothfrium /ri/j«>«t, Leidy. 30 Leptotmryr mulealu*. Cope 30 Leptomeryj- tiuinimifer. Cope 30 Lf/Uomeryr uperiosiit, »p. nov 31 Lefilonif^ifj- MffnieiHctnA^ Coiw 32 ll;iprrtriu)uhi» Irntuvfriiiiii, Cope 32 Mftohipput nvahmi, (Ce 34 Metohippiu propinquui, Lambe 35 P.UIK. Meaohi/tpnii bnir/ii/glylHi; Osborn 36 MrmkippiiH uleno/iip/ina, (AniU- 36 ifemlii/ipiiM /ilanidirni, T^nibe.. . . . 37 MemhipitUK luninihoientu, Lainlx) 37 I/yiaeadoH tu^brwKenjiig, I.£idy 39 llyracodon /irUridnu, I.jinil)e.. 39 Acerat/ierium mite, Co{pe 43 Acerathnriiim occitlmUalif, (l«idy) 44 Acralhmum ejiguum, ap. nov 44 Lfjilacfral/ifrium trigouodun, Oslx>rn and Wortman 44 Mf.gacernfit aiit/imtiffniii, {Co|ie) 45 il'gnenropa iieliripiianna, (Co|>e) 47 Jiri/aceropK tyrnTM, (Cope) 48 Mtgaexropa primitifiit, «p. nov 49 Mf-yaceropg (iMsinifMtiensis, nom. prov 51 Clialieolheriiim liVolmlum, Cope 54 Scinrim I mtkntcheiretma, »p. nov 55 IiKhynimyti lypun, Leidy 56 Vylindrndon fontit, Douglass 56 EutyjHhityii jkirvttn, sp. riov . 67 l'nlttotiujii» turyidiitt^ Cop«! 58 I'alnolmjua linydmi, Li'idy .58 llyiiHodoH criie.ntut, \je\As 59 f/i/tt-niKloH trntcinnHf Leitly 60 Ihmiptalodon 'jraiidin, (Copi;) 61 CynodidU Uppinrofliitnns, (Cop') 61 Dapfii'Hun fftinitu, Scott 62 Protemitm'tjnn hartxhominnni*^ (Cu|>e) 63 Diniclia I'tliiui, Leidy 154 12529—9 PT.AiK r. TLATE I.* % .51 i Fig. 1. Fig .1 Fig. 8. Fig. 4. Fig. 5. Kig. 6. Fig. 7. Fig. 8. Fig. 9. Fig. 10. Fig. 11. Fig. 12. Fig. 18. Fig. 14. Fig. 15. Fig. 16. Fig. 17. Fig. 18. Fig. 19. Fig. 20. Fig. 21. Fig. 22. Fig. 2;!. Fig. 24. Fig. 25. Fig. 26. Fig. 27. Fig. 28. Fig. 29. Fig. 30. .r4»ii'rt exitis, Lambo ; dorwl vertebral centrum, articular face. Type. Page 12. The same specimen from above. Lateral view of the same. Amia exihi. I^mbe ; l)a«i-occipital, snpcrior aspect. The same bone, viewed from below. The same, poslerior view. LepidosUM longut, Lambe ; vertebral centrum, superior view. Type. Page 13. The same centrum, inferior view. The same, lateral view. Mineailt* rhuas, Cope ; pectoral spine collected by Mr. T. C. Weafon, inner view. Page 14. Same specimen, outer view. Same specimen, view from above. f Rhineastei rhiras. Cope ; fragment from distal eud of spine Rhineastet rhuas. Cope ; dorsal spine, anterior view. The same, posterior view. The same, lateral view. Anosteira ornain, Uidy; marginal plate from the right side of the carai-ace, seen from above. Page 17. The same plate viewed from below. End view of the same. Teiitudo exormta, I.ambo ; distal half of loft fifth costal plate, upper surface Tvne Page 18. '* T,stado exornala, Laral>e : proximal end of left sixth costal plate, upper surface, Tesludo txornala, l^mbo; proximal end of left first costal plate, upper surface. I'ellosaurus granulosus, Coiie ; part of left dontary, interior view. Page 19. Pettosaurus yranuloius, Cope ; posterior half of right maxilla, interior view. / Pdtosourus granulosus, Cope : dermal scute, upper surface ; twice the natural siae, Ogmop'iis compaHus, Lambe; dorsal vertebra, superior aspect ; twice the natural size. Type. Page 20. The same, anterior aspect ; similarly enlarged. The san)e, posterior aspect ; siniilariy enlarged. The same, irom below ; similariy enlarged. The same, right lateral view ; similariy enlarged. • III thiK niul III.- f..ll(.wi.i« .,1, II |,lat..> III! till. liKur... «r.- ..f nutiinil n,.v lining ..tti,.|»i„. ,|„t..,l. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA PLATE I «> W% 1^^^ > ao. I 5 to. 17 IS. '19. Zi ^3. U rv! LAMBE. Delt 24. ^1 PL A IK TI PLATK II. Fig. I. Fig. Flif. Fig. Fig. Fig. Fig. Fig. F5g- Fig. 10. Fig. 11. Fig. 12. Fig. 18. Fig. 14. Fig. 15. Fig. 16. Fig. 17. Fig. 18. Fig. 19. Fig. 20. Fig. n. Fig. 22. Fi-.'. 28. Fig. 24. Fi>r. 25. Fig. 26. Atuodiu braehyrkynchat, 0«b. anil Wort. ; right upper third molar, Tiewotl from below. Page 24. Antodu* braeliyrhynehu* .', 0r aspect. Same tooth, seen from below. Elotkerium eoaretatam f Cope; right ni>per fourth premolar, inner asi)ect. The xame specimen, viewed from below Ayrioekarut antii/aut .' Leidy ; left ujiper thir<' mnlar, crown view from below. Page 28. Agriocko:nu anti'iuiii f \MAy ; left upper third molar, viewed from below. Merycoidotlon fulberttoni, Leidy ; left lower first premolar (caniniform), outer aspect. Page 29. The same as seen from within. M irycoidoJoii eulberlsoni, Leitly : loft upper canine, inner aspect The same tooth, posterior aspect. Outline of transverse section of game at a. Outline of transverse eection at k Meryroidcxion eulberlsoni, Leidy : right lower second molar, inner view. The same tooth, viewed from without The siime, viewed from above. Abbreviations for cusps, etc., as in plate III. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA PLATE II ZO L W LAMBE. Delt ai PLATE III. Fig. I. Fig. 2. F.g. 8. Fig. 4. Fig. 5. Fig «. Fig. 7. Fig. 8. Fig. i>. Fig. 10. Fig. 11 Fig. 13. Fig- 13. Fig. 14. Elotheiium gp. ; incisor, lateral view. Collection of 1889. Page 28. The same tooth, inner aipect. E' ueriiim ap. ; inciaor, lateral view. Collection of 1904. 1 he same tooth, inner aopect. Elolheriiim »p. ; lnu.«or, inner view. Collection of 1904. Surae Biieciinen, viewed from without. Clialiioihfiiiim hilohntam, Cope : left lower third premolar, viewed from ahove. Page 54. The eame tooth, inner aspect. The same, outer aspect. Mttohippiit wetloni. Cope ; right upper second molar, viewed from lielow ; twice the natural size. Page ■!:{. The same tooth, exterior aspect ; twice the naturul si/c. The same, inner aspect ; similarly enlarged. The same, anterior aspect ; similarly enlarged. 3fetiih)ppus priieocidcni, T^ambe ; left upper molar, as seen from below. Tyj>e. Page U. Meaohippus propinq\tus, Lamhe ; left upper second molar, viewed from below. Type. Poge 35. Mesohippus propinquus, Lanibe; right upper second premolar, viewed from below. Mesohippiis brachyilyltm, Osbom ; left upper fourth premolar, as seen from below. Puge 86. Meaohippy.i stenohphus, Lambe: right upper third molar, viewed from below. Type. Page 8'!. The same tooth, anterior aspect. The same tooth, outer aspect. Mesohippus piti.iiileiis, Larabe ; left upper first and second molars, seen from below. Type. Page 37. Mesohippus ussiniboiensis, Lambe ; right upper second premolar, viewed from below. Type. Page .'17. The same tooth, outer aspect. The same tooth, posterior aspect. pa., paracone ; me., metacone ; pr., protocone ; hy., hypocone ; pi., protoconule ; ml., metaconule; ps., parastyle ; ms., meaostyle; mts., metastyle; d., deuterocone; U., tetar- tocone ; Ir., tritocone. Fig. 16. Fig. 16. Fig. 17. Fig. 18. Fig. 19. Fig. 20. Fig. 21. Fig. 22. Fig. 23. Fig. 24. J GEOLOGICAL SURVCY OF CANADA. PLATE III 11 \ ■] '! -v^ oyf t /,,, I" , *■ /"■ ', I, /« /7 tr vi. t- "O, It ^ 24 tr. pr ■^ nl zz ps. pr tr --■ ^ 20 te. L M LAMHfc D'-n -'23 21 If J ■ti PLuV'lK IV 12529—10 PLATE IV. Kijt. 1. //i/r«("on>(i./<;w«, Lambc ; left m«xill» with premolar ttiid molar teeth. Tyjie. I'ajre .O. Fig. -2. The Rame Hpecimeii, outer aspect. Fig. 3. Uyracoilon prisciileni, TiUnbe ; anterior end of mandible, outer view from the left. Kig. 4. The same specimen, seen from above. Fig. 6. /I' *T''|m,>, Umbe; left mandibular ramo^ outer a.,«ct; one-half the natural iize. Type. I'age61. -.".i II II, ATI; VIII V'iit. 1. Di'Mjihys r,iliis, Latiilx*: riglit ii|.por nn.liir. c ri>\vii vlow : t'.nir tinu'* the imtural itizf. Ty|H<. I'a^e 23. ¥\g. 8. The sumo tfn)tli, (MMtciior ti!«|K'ot ; :«iriiil8ily eiilunri'J. Fiit. 8. The Piime tooth, nut. rior view ; Kimiliiily I'lilurireil. V"\g. 4. Till- «unio t(H)th. fxli'iior vlow ; Biiiiilarly ciilarirfil. Kijr fi. .' Di'l' lpl"l.i i.ilnt.i, l.iiiiili.' : lower molar, vi.we.l troiii uliovc : .•nliiri^eil four tiiiicn. Kiir. t!. Sumo tooth. iniiiT iis]icct : i-atiic ctilaiiriiiKiit. Ki({. 7. Sanii! tooth, ]MHterior view : *tnw ciilarir-'nu'iit. V\g. X /•(Hh,nll„ri>iiii »•/■/.<..«;. [A'iily ; part ol'a lolt iiiaii.lil>iilar ramus w'nli lust temporary molar ill |ilaie; outer aspri't. I'ajie '.il. K'i:-. '.'. • row II view oltlic molar kIiowii in lii;iirc "* : fiilarjfeil three timo». Kijf. lit. .^'/|^.m• ','/.' ■-!'■ ■ '■■■■""■: I.aiiil'f ;irowii vi of ri^'lit upper iiioiar ; three tiliien natural cize. Type. Pau'e ''l- V"\)i. 11. The name tooth ititiiilarly eiiluru'eil, outrr aspect. Kljf. U'. /.■pI'.W'i'i.r s/K.i'o.'.'i.-, Laiiihu: ri^ht lower molar, erown view; three times tin- natural j*!/.". Ki).'. 1.1 Tiie same tooth, f "■.».«-. I.amhe: hit upper molar, erown view ; lour times the natural size. 'I'ype. I'u<;e 6.'>. V'lg. 17. The rttiue tooth, posterior a-p 'el ; similarly cnlarL'eil. Fig. 18. ls'-hi)riimii.t /,»/'".'', Ijeiily : iM;.'hr seioml li>wui molar, erown view ; tour limes the iiuHiral eixe. I'ajie M. Kisr. li'. CyVihli-i,.l.,n hiiii'x. Doiiiilass; |.oriion of left mamliliular ramus in which in preserved the lirsl molar ; eiil:iri;iil llcree times. I'a'ie Stf Kiir. -Ji*. 'I'lie same speeimeii, us s,.en from ahove ; lour times the milural size. Kiir. 21. P.il.: olfi, 1,1.1 l.iifiJ, ,'i, I.eicly : risrht upper lirsf iuol;ir, .rown view ; sliirhtly over liiiir limes the natural size. l'a'.:i' •">>'. Kis;. 2-. #'.'/. I <'"'/M.v A./'/''./", I.eidy; leli upper foiirlh piemolar, posterior view : slightly over four times tin' iiatiiij' -Ize Fii;. :;:«. The cuuie too'li. er. .wn view ; -imilarly eiilaiv'eil. Ki". iM. /'.. The same lo..rli. view.il tnun al")Ve ; similarly enlarued. ^.> e.iRVEV Of CANADA 4-. '-''^ 1^ PLATt VIII tu ^ y i*. L\ *^ 19 uAMBt.OSIt