PLATE CXIXb. 
MiocenrE CANID&®. SKELETON OF CYNODESMUS 
Nomenclature 
Cope 1880-3 Revised 1915 
Canis brachypus Cynodesmus brachypus 
Fias. 1-9. Cynodesmus brachypus (Cope, 1881). Type specimen Amer. Mus. No. 8140, Cope 
Coll., from Miocene beds east of Laramie Peak, Wyoming. Natural size. 
Fig. 1, skull and lower jaw side view; fig. 2, cervical vertebra second to sixth; 
fig. 3, seventh cervical, lateral and posterior views; figs. 4, 5, 6, lumbar verte- 
bre; fig. 7, distal caudals; fig. 8, fifth metatarsal dorsal and plantar views; fig. 
9, unidentified. 
See also pl. CXIXe and CXIXa. 
