PROADINOTHERIUM 



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molars of Proadinotherium or some similar form. The 

 genus Senodon, which Ameghino also places in this family, 

 I feel will prove to be worn teeth of Leontinia. 



Proadinotherium Ameghino 



Proadinotherium Amegh., 1895, Bol. Inst. Geog. Argen., t. 15, p. 625. 



The dental formula is 



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, as in Adinotheriiim, the 



chief difference being that the teeth are less hypsodont 



Fig. 80. P. leptognathus 



portion of skull — 1/2 natural size; shaded areas are matrix. 



than in the Santa Cruz genus. Little is known as yet of 

 the skeleton, but when more is known probably more dis- 

 tinctive characters will appear. Ameghino made two 

 species, P. leptognathus which we also found, and P. angtis- 

 tidens a much smaller form. 



