Article IX.— REMOUNTED SKELETON OF PHENACO- 

 DUS PRIM^VUS. COMPARISON WITH EUPRO- 

 TOGONIA. 



By Henry Fairfield Osborn. 

 Plate XII and Four Text Figures. 



This unique skeleton was transferred to the American Museum 

 with the remainder of the Cope Collection in 1893. It had been 

 mounted' as found (Fig. i), laterally crushed, a large portion of 

 the vertebrae and ribs concealed so that their number could not 



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Fig. I. Skeleton of PhcnaciHius /ohiKe^nis as originally mounted and cast under the direc- 

 tion of Professor Cope. 



be definitely ascertained, and in such position as to convey a false 

 impression both of the proportions and mode of location of this 

 remarkably primitive Ungulate. 



After very careful deliberation we decided to remove the skele- 

 ton entirely from the matrix, and remount it as nearly as possible 

 in the natural position. This removal cost many months of labor 



' See Cope, 'Tertiary Vertebrata,' Plate LVII e. 



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