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Amynodon Marsn, 1877. Ungulata, Perissodactyla, Amynodontide. 
Am. Journ. Sci. & Arts, 3d ser., XIV, 251-252, Sept., 1877; Osporn, Trans. Am. 
Philos. Soc., new ser., XVI, pt. rir, 506-507, 1890. 
Type: Diceratherium advenum Marsh, from the Eocene (Uinta beds) of Utah. 
Extinct. Based on ‘‘a nearly perfect skull and various other remains." 
Amynodon: &urc, to ward off, to threaten; ó08cv—090vs, tooth—in allusion 
to the canines which are developed into greatly enlarged vertical tusks. 
Amyxodon CavrLEY & FaArcoxEen, 1885. Ferze, Mustelide. 
Journ. Asiatic Soc. Bengal, IV, No. 48, p. 707, Dec., 1835; Ann. Sci. Nat., Paris, 
2° sér., Zool., VII, 61, Jan., 1837; FaArcowxERm, Paleeont. Memoirs, I, 331, 1868. 
Type: nhi: fodon (Amyxodon) sivalensis Cautley & Falconer, from the Tertiary 
of the Siwalik Hills, India. The species is not characterized in the first two 
papers, and in the Paleeontological Memoirs the name Amywvodon seems to be 
an alternative or possibly a subgeneric term occurring in the title of the 
article, ‘On Enhydriodon (Amyxodon), a fossil genus allied to Lutra, from 
the Tertiary Strata of the Sewalik Hills." 
Extinct. 
Amyxodon: Guvé, tearing; 00€ —0007v6z, tooth. 
Anacodon Corr, 1882. X Creodonta, Arctocyonide. 
*Paleont. Bull., No. 34, pp. 181-182, Feb. 20, 1882"; Proc. Am. Philos. Soc., 
XX, 181-182, Mar. 16, 1882; Tert. Vert., 427, 1885 (ates of publication ). 
Type: Anacodon ursidens Cope, from the Eocene (Wasatch beds) of the basin of 
the Big Horn River, northern Wyoming. 
Extinct. ‘‘ Known only from mandibles supporting molar teeth.’’ 
Anacodon: av, without; d&?», point; 06@v=odovs, tooth—in allusion to the 
** erowns of molars without distinct cusps, but with a superior surface consist- 
ing of two low transverse ridges separated by a shallow valley." (Copr.) 
Anzema (see Ancema). Glires, Caviidee. 
Anadolops AMEGHINO, 1903. Allotheria, Polydolopide. 
Anales Mus. Nac. Buenos Aires, IX (ser. 3a, II), 186, fig. 120, July 18, 1903. 
Type: Anadolops thylacoleoides Ameghino, from the Notostylops beds of Patagonia. 
Extinct. Based on part of the left lower jaw. 
Anadolops: ava, up (?); 4 (Poly)dolops. 
Anahyster Murray, 1861. Fer, Mustelide. 
Proc. Roy. Soe Edinburgh, II, 157-158, sessions 1860-1861 [read Mar. 28, 1860]. 
Type: Anahyster calabaricus Murray, from old Calabar, West Africa. 
Anahyster: ‘Belonging to an estuary.’ 
Analcimorphus AMEGHINO, 1891. Edentata, Megalonychide. 
Nuevos Restos Mamif. Fós. Patagonia Austral, 34, Aug., 1891; Revista Argentina 
Hist. Nat., I, entr. 5a, 320, Oct. 1, 1891. 
Type: ER Du inversus ieteaiine. from the Eocene of southern Mau 
Extinct. 
Analcimorphus: avadkys, feeble; “opp, form. 
Analcitherium AwEcniNo, 1891. Edentata, Megatheriidze (Scelidotheride ). 
Nuevos Restos Mamíf. Fós. Patagonia Austral, 39, Aug., 1891; Revista Argentina 
Hist. Nat., I, entr. 5a, 325, Oct. 1, 1891. 
Type: Analcitherium antarcticum Ameghino, from the Eocene of southern Patagonia. 
Extinct. 
Analeitheriwm: @vadkns, feeble; 670z0v, wild beast—probably in allusion to the 
dentition of the lower jaw. 
Ananarcus, Ananareus (see Anarnak). Cete, Physeteride. 
Anancus Aymarp, 1855. Ungulata, Proboscidea, Elephantid:e. 
Ann. Soc. Agr., Sci., Arts, et Comm. du Puy, XIX, for 1854, 507, 1855; XX, for 
1855, 35, 1859; Congrés Sci. France, for 1855, I, 271, 1856; LYDEKKER, Cat. Foss. 
Mamm. Brit. Mus., IV, 52, 1886 (under LT OU arvernensis). 
