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KORTH-CAROLTNA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 



ORYCTKROOETU9 QUADRATIDENS. LEIDY. PROC. ACAD. NAT. SCf&amp;lt; 



vn, 378. 



FIG. 32. 



A single tooth belong 

 ing to this cetacean was 

 found in Pitt county by 

 Thos. Sparrow, Esq., to 

 whom I am indebted for 

 an opportunity for de 

 scribing this interesting 

 relic. 



The tooth is remark 

 ably curved for a ceta 

 cean. It is rather rough, 

 and is somewhat quad 

 rate or angular. This 

 character, according ti 

 Prof. Leidy, is not con 

 stant. Its transverse 

 section is rather ovate, 

 with the anterior part 

 flattened. It was point 

 ed, but by exposure the 

 apex is injured. Its 

 base has a short conical 

 pulp cavity, less than 

 one inch in depth. Its 

 surface is marked by 

 longitudinal cracks. 

 The tooth belongs to the 

 right lower jaw, and is 

 drawn the natural size. 

 It is supposed to be- 



to the miocene, but the locality contains a few small fos 

 sils, derived from the eocene, and hence this may be of that 



