r902.] 



Osborn, American Eocene Primates. 



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molar teeth relates it 

 rather to Mixodectes , a 

 supposed primitive Ro- 

 dent. 



The skeleton (Amer. 

 Mus. No. 823) originally 

 associated with Indrodoi 

 by error (Osborn and 

 Earle, 1895, pp. 16-20) 

 deserves most careful 

 examination, for if it 

 belongs to a Primate 

 it is by far the most 

 primitive known. The 

 astragalus is not like 

 that of a Rodent. The 

 figures (Figs, i, 2) give 

 the proportions of the 

 limbs. 



Mioclcenus acolytus 

 and M. lemuroides Mat- 

 thew are two other small 

 Torrej on species in which 

 the lower molar teeth 

 suggest those of Hyop- 

 sodus, especially in the 

 reduction of the para- 

 conid (Fig. lA). 



Oxyacodon apiculatus 

 (Puerco) and 0. agapetil- 

 lus (Puerco), also Car- 

 cinodon filholianus 

 (Puerco), deserve ex- 

 amination in this con- 

 nection. 



Fig. 2. Supposed Primate. Am. Mus. No. 

 Fore and hind limb bones and tarsals. All na 

 size. Compare Fig. i. 



823. 

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