1898.1 IVortman, Extinct Camelidce of North America. 1 17 



acteristic of the later Camelida^. In no individual in the collec- 

 tion is there evidence, even in those of the most advanced age, 

 of any traces of bony union of the metapodials. In size 

 G. steinberi^i exceeded F. labiatuin by at least one-third. 



Fig. 13 



Fig. 14. 



Fig. 13. Femur, tibia and fibula of Gontphotheriuin sternhc7-gi. 

 Fig. 14. Hind foot of Goinphotherizim sternbergi. 



Gompotherium cameloides, sp. nov. 



This species is represented in the collection by an almost com- 

 plete mandibular ramus from the uppermost levels of the John 

 Day deposits (No. 8179). To this same sjiecies I also refer an 

 upper dentition (No. 7915), an almost complete fore limb (No. 

 7912), as well as several other fragments. The chief distinctions 



