RHYNCHIPPUS 93 
The carpus is preserved im toto and is decidedly weak 
for an animal of this size, though no more so than is the 
case of Nesodon and Adinotherium, with which forms the 
arrangement of the bones agrees in almost every detail. 
The scaphoid has a broad facet on the upper side for the 
radius, on the ulna side a narrow band-like facet for the 
luna, and distally facets for the trapezoid and the magnum, 
none for the trapezium. The luna is a larger bone with a 
broad radial facet on the upper side, a narrow facet for the 
scaphoid on the radial side, a larger one for the pyramidal 
on the ulnal side, and two broad facets for the magnum 
and unciform on the lower side. The pyramidal is a low, 
flattened bone, with a cup-like facet for the ulna on the 
upper surface, an elongated flat facet for the pisiform on 
the palmar surface, and below a broad facet occupying the 
entire lower side for the unciform. The pisiform is shaped 
like a tiny caleaneum, and, beside the facet for the pyra- 
midal, has a broad contact on the styliform process of the 
ulna. The trapezium is a flattened nodular bone, resting 
against the side of the upper end of Mc. II, for which it has 
a flattened contact surface, but it does not properly artic- 
ulate with any of the carpals. The trapezoid is a small 
bone, cuboidal in shape, with the proximal facet for the 
scaphoid rounded, and with a narrow facet for the sup- 
port of Mc. II on the distal end. The magnum is a larger 
bone, articulating proximally with the scaphoid and luna, 
on the ulnal side with the unciform and distally supporting 
Mc. III. The unciform is the largest of the carpal bones, 
articulates proximally on the luna and pyramidal, on the 
radial side with the magnum, and distally carries Mc. IV, 
while on the ulnal side there is a facet for the modular ves- 
tige of Mc. V. 
The metacarpals are longer than those of Adinotherium, 
and are much more closely pressed together, making a 
narrower, firmer foot. Three metacarpals are present 
(beside the modular vestige of Mc V.). Mc. Il and Mc. IV 
