BOTHRIODON 

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Bothriodon— Continued. 
Species, 3: Bothriodon platorhynchus Aymard (type), B. leptorhynchus Aymard, 
from the Lower Miocene of Puy; and Anthracotherium velaunum Cuvie 
the Miocene of Ronzon, near Puy, France. 
Extinct. 
Bothriodon: fóotpior, dim. of /506posc, pit, hollow; 06@v=oddov's, tooth; from the 
deep channel or valley separating the ECHO tubercles of the molars. 
Bothriomys AwzrauriNo, 1889. Glires, Muridee, Neotomin:e? 
Cont. Conocimiento Mamíf. Fósil. Repüb. Argentina, in Act. NE Nac. Cien., 
Córdoba, VI, 118, pl. rv, fig. 13, 1889. 
Type: Bothriomys catenatus Ameghino, from the Pampean formation (Pliocene), in 
the vicinity of Córdoba, Argentina. 
Extinct. ‘‘Representada por la rama izquierda de la mandíbula inferior con 
toda la dentadura.’’ 
Bothriomys: ffoüpiov, dim. of 0000s, pit, hollow; 42s, mouse. 
Bothrolabis Corr, 1888. Ungulata, Artiodactyla, Suidee. 
Proc. Am. Philos. Soc., XXV, 63, 66-79, Apr. 3, 1888. 
Bothriolabis LypEkKER, in Flower & Lydekkers Mamm., Living & Extinct, 
291, 1891. 
Type: Bothrolabis rostratus Cope, from the Miocene (John Day beds) of Camp 
Creek, Oregon. 
Extinct. Based on ‘a cranium nearly entire, but without mandible.’ 
Bothrolabis: BoGpos, pit, hollow; A@fis, holder—from ‘‘the aiveolus of the 
superior canine [which] is produced downwards below the remaining alveolar 
border so that the fossa for the inferior canine is excavated." (Cope. ) 
r, from 
Bothryodon (see Bothriodon). Ungulata, Artiodactyla, Anthracotheriidee. 
Brachalletes DEVis, 1883. Marsupialia, Macropodid:e. 
Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales, VIII, pt. 1r, 190-193, 1883. 
Type: Brachalletes palmeri De Vis, from Chinchilla, Darling Downs, Queensland, 
Australia. 
Extinct. Based onaÍfemur ‘‘associated with a number of bones which . . . may 
well have belonged to the same animal.’’ 
Brachalletes: fpaxos, short; &AAouot, to spring, leap; -- suffix—rys, denoting 
agent. 
Brachiopithecus SÉNxÉCcHAL, 1839. Primates, Simiid:e. 
Dict. Pittoresque Hist. Nat., VIII, 2° pt., 428, 1839; ‘‘ BrLA1NviLLE, Lecons Orales, 
1839." 
Based on the orang and gibbon of the Malay Archipelago. 
Brachiopithecus: fpa xyicov, arm; ziün«os, ape—in allusion to the length of the 
arms. 
Brachycrus (subg. of Merycocherus) MaATruEw, 1901. Ungulata, Agriochceride. 
Mem. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., I, pt. vir, 397-398, Nov., 1901. 
Type: Merycocherus rusticus Leidy, from the Pliocene! of Sweetwater River, near 
Devils Gate, Wyoming. 
Extinct. 
Brachycrus: Bpaxvs, short; Lat. crus, leg. 
Brachycyon Fitnor, 1872. Fer:, Canidee. 
Ann. Sci. Géol., Paris, III, Art. No. 7, pp. 15-18, pl. 14, figs. 11-13, 1872; VII, 
ATG. INOS T, 25 63-66, pl. 13; figs. 27-29, 1876. 
Type: Brachycyon gaudryi, from the Phosphorites of Quercy at Caylux, Dépt. 
Tarn-et-Garonne, France. 
Extinct. Based on a left lower jaw. 
Brachycyon: fjpaxvs, short; «ocv, dog—in allusion to the lower jaw. 
