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Aspalax Wacrren, 1830. Insectivora, Chrysochlorid:e. 
Nat. Syst. Amphibien, 14, 1830. 
Species: Ta/pa inaurata Schreber, and T. rubra Linnzeus, from South Africa. The 
name is apparently proposed as a substitute for Chrysochloris Lacéópéde, 1799: 
“Ohrysochloris Lacép., Cuv. Der zeAapyós . . . der Griechen entschuldigt 
zwar die Zusammensetzung obigen Sippenamens, allein. Linne's Talpa rubra 
macht ihn abgeschmackt und verwerflich." (WAGLER. ) 
Name preoccupied by Aspalax Desmarest, 1804, a genus of Glires. (See Chryso- 
chloris Lacépéde, 1799.) 
Aspalomys (‘LAxMANN’) Gervais, 1841. Glires, Muridee, Myotalpin:e. 
* Eypoux & SouLEYET, Voy. ‘La Bonite,’ I, Zool., Mamm., 56, 1841." * 
Type: Mus aspalax Pallas, from Siberia. 
Aspalomys: Aspal(ax); 40s, mouse. 
Astegotherium Awraniwo, 1902. Edentata, Dasypodid:e (Stegotheriidze). 
Bol. Acad. Nac. Cien. Córdoba, XVII, 67-68, May, 1902 (sep. pp. 65-66). 
Type: Astegotherium dichotomus Ameghino, from the Notostylops beds of Patagonia. 
Extinct. 
Astegotherium: &- not; + Stegotherium. 
Asteromys AmEGHINO, 1897. Glires, Cephalomyid:e. 
La Argentina al través de las Ultimas Épocas Geológicas, 18 footnote, 1897 
(nomen nudum); Bol. Inst. Geog. Argentino, XVIII, 495, Oct. 6, 1897. 
Species: Asteromys punctus Ameghino, and A. prospicuus Ameghino, from the 
‘Cretaceous’ of Patagonia. 
Extinct. 
Asteromys: &ó6r»p, star; 4405, mouse. 
Asterostemma AMEGHINO, 1889. Edentata, LP E 
Cont. Conocimiento Mamif. Fósil. Repüb. Argentina, in Act. Acad. Nac. Cien., 
Córdoba, VI, 822-824, pl. rxiv, figs. 2, 3, 6, 8, 1889. 
Species, 3: <Asterostemma depressa Ameghino, A. granata Ameghino, and A. levata 
Ameghino, from the Eocene of the barrancas of the Rio Chico, southern 
Patagonia. : 
Extinct. Based on pieces of the carapace. 
Asterostemma: a6thp, star; 6réujwa, wreath—in allusion to the figures on the 
scutes of the carapace. 
Asthenodon Mansn, 1887. Marsupialia, Amphitheriidze. 
Am. Journ. Sci. & Arts, 3d ser., X XXIII, 336-337, 343, pl. 1x, figs. 6 and 7, 
Apr., 1887. 
Aesthenodon OsBoRN, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., Nov. 1, 1887, 290. 
Type: Asthenodon segnis Marsh, from the Janeen beds of the Upper Jurassic, 
of Wyoming. 
Extinct. Based on a right lower jaw. 
Asthenodon: &60ev7)c, weak; 00cv-080vc, tooth—in allusion to the ‘weak 
canines.’ 
Astrapodon AmsEGcuHrino, 1891. Ungulata, Astrapotheroidea, Astrapotheriidee. 
Nuevos Restos Mamíf. Fós. Patagonia Austral., Aug. 13, 1891; Revista Argen- 
tina Hist. Nat., I, Entr. 5a, 299, Oct. 1, 1891. 
Type: Astrapodon carinatus Ameghino, from the Lower Eocene of southern Pata- 
gonia. 
Extinct. ‘‘Representado sólo por dos muelas inferiores que parecen ser el m., 
de cada lado.”’ 
Astrapodon: Astrapo (therium); 06@v=06 0vs, tooth. 


*I have not seen this reference, and have been unable to find the place where 
Laxmann used the name—T. 8. P. 
