914 THE MIOCENE FAUNA. 



Joseph, the chief of the Nez Percys Indians of Oregon, a man declared by 



common consent to be possessed of many noble qualities, and whose political 



record has been altogether creditable. 



Found in the John Day beds of the John Day region, Oregon, by Mr. 



J. L. Wortman. 



GALECYNUS Owen. 



Quarterly Journal Geological Society, London, 1847, iii, 54-60. "Cpwdon Aymard, Annales Soci6t(5 du 

 Puy, 1848, xii, p. 244. Cynodictis Bravard et Pomel, Notice sur les Ossemens Fossilea de la De- 

 bruge, 1850, p. 5. Cyotherium Aymard, Ann. See. d'Agric. du Puy, 1850, xiv, p. 115"; Broun. 



Dental formula, I. -; C. -; Pm. -; M. ~. Inferior sectorial with in- 

 3 1 4 o 



ternal tubercle, and with a heel with raised or tubercular internal and 



external borders. First premolar in both jaws one-rooted. A postglenoid 



but no jjostparietal foramen. Humerus with an epiti'ochlear arterial foramen. 



This genus, which is abundantly represented by species and individ- 

 uals, existed during the Upper Eocene epoch in Europe (in tlie Phospho- 

 rites), and also during the White River or Oligocene in North America. 

 As the structure of the feet of the numerous species from these epochs is 

 not yet known, and, therefore, some doubt as to their correct generic 

 reference may still exist, I only regard the genus as a certain inhabitant of 

 North America during the Truckee or Middle Aliocene epoch. This is indi- 

 cated by the Galecynus geisniarianus, M'here the number of the toes on the 

 posterior foot has been ascertained. 



All the species of the genus from Eocene and Lower Miocene beds, 

 as well as most of those of the Loup Fork epoch, are characterized by the 

 relatively small size of their sectorial teeth. In this they resemble the 

 Amphicyons, Temnocyons, and other forms of Canidce of the same period, 

 and differ from such true Canes as C. ursinus, C. scevus, and C. haydeni, 

 which display the enlarged sectorial teeth of the existing species of the 

 genus. Of course there is every gradation in this respect between the two 

 t^'pes. In the older species the internal tubercle of the inferior sectorial 

 tooth is more largely developed than in the later ones, thus approaching 

 some of the species of Viverridce, where it is still more largely developed. 

 As in other characters, there are gradations in this also, so that neither in 

 it nor in the relative size of the sectorials do I find ground for the separa- 



