Article XIV. — ON TWO SPECIES OF PLATYGONUS 

 FROM THE PLIOCENE OF TEXAS. 



By J. W. GiDLEY. 



Among the very interesting fossils obtained by the Ameri- 

 can Museum expedition of 1901 from the Blanco beds, are 

 two specimens of peccaries. Both are referable to the genus 

 Platygonus , but represent two distinct species. One is prob- 

 ably referable to P. hicalcaratus Cope, but the other is clearly 

 distinct from any described species. Both specimens consist 

 of upper teeth unassociated with those of the lower series. 



Platygonus bicalaratus Cope.' 



This species was founded on a posterior portion of a molar, 

 mg of the lower series. Unfortunately there were no charac- 

 teristic portions of the upper teeth associated with the type, 

 hence the upper dentition of P. hicalcaratus is not known. 

 As shown by Cope's figures, the crests of the lower teeth are 



Fill. ■..—Platygonus hicalcaratus f Cope. Ki.nht upper molar series, .^mer. Mus. No. 

 10701, X \. 



very high, and the conids forming them arc subequal. 

 These characters, together with the agreement of size, have 

 led the writer to refer provisionally the present specimen 



'Geol. Surv. Texas, 4th Ann. R(lm>., 1S02 (1S93). PP- 6.S-70, PI. XIII, fiR. .s. 



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