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Brachydiastematherium DBócku & Mary, 1876. Ungulata, Titanotheriid:e. 
Mittheilungen Jahrb. K. Ung. Geol. Anst., Budapest, Bd. IV, Heft 5, pp. 125-150, 
pls. 17-18, 1876; Tawney, Geol. Record for 1875, 273, 1877 (given by mistake as 
1875); Daron, ibid. for 1876, 250, 1878. 
Brachydiastematotherium Roger, Bericht Naturw. Ver. f£. Schwaben u. Neuburg 
(a. V.), Augsburg, X XIX, 53, 1887. 
Type: Brachydiastematherium transilvanicum Bockh & Maty, from the Eocene in 
the vicinity of Andrásháza, Klausenburg, Transylvania, Hungary. 
Extinet. Based on part of a lower jaw. 
Brachydiastematherium: Bpaxvs, short; 62&6r9jce, diastema; 05p£ov, wild beast. 
Brachygnatus Pome:, 1848. Ungulata, Artiodactyla, Anthracotheriid:e. 
Comptes Rendus, Paris, XX VI, No. 25, p. 687, Jan.-June, 1848. 
Brachygnathus Gerry ats, Zool. et Paléont. Franc., I, 96; IT, expl. pl. xxxi, p. 7, 
1848-52. 
Type: Anthracotherium gergovianum Blainville, from Gergovia, a mountain near 
Ménat, Puy-de-Dóme, France. The name occurs only in a list of genera in the 
*Deuxicme tribe des Artiodactyles, Cheeroidiens.' 
Name preoccupied by Brachygnathus Perty, 1830, a genus of Coleoptera. See 
Synaphodus Pomel, 1848. 
Extinct. 
Brachygnatus ( Brachygnathus): Ppayvs, short; yv«tos, jaw. 
Brachylagus (subgenus of Lepus) Minuer, 1900. Glires, Leporid:e. 
Proe. Biol. Soc. Wash., XIII, 157, June 13, 1900. 
Type: Lepus idahoensis Merriam, from Pahsimeroi Valley, Custer County, Idaho. 
Brachylagus: fpa yos, short; Aa cs, hare—on account of the short skull, ears, 
legs, and tail, the latter not perfectly formed. 
Brachymelis (subgenus of Perameles) MikLouHo-Mac ay, 1884. 
Marsupialia, Peramelidee. 
Proc. Linn. Sec. New South Wales, IX, pt. rrr, 713-720, pl. 38, 1884; Tuomas, 
Cat. Marsup. & Monotrem. Brit. Mus., 227, 236, 238, 1888 (type fixed). 
Species: Peraimeles (Brachymelis) garagassi Miklouho-Maclay (= Perameles cocke- 
relli Ramsay, type), from the northern coast of New Guinea; and P. rufescens 
Peters & Doria (= P. doreyana Quoy & Gaimard), from New Guinea. 
Name preoccupied by Brachymeles Duméril & Bibron, 1859, a genus of Reptilia. 
Brachymelis: Bpaxyvwedis, short-limbed. 
Brachymeryx Corr, 1878. Ungulata, Artiodactyla, Agriochceridee. 
Proc. Am. Philos. Soc., XVII, 220-221 (sep. issued as Paleont. Bull. No. 28), 
Jan. 12, 1878; ibid., X XI, 547, 1884 (in synonymy). 
Type: Brachymeryx feliceps Cope, from the Upper Miocene ( Ticholeptus beds) of 
Deep River, Montana. 
Extinct. Based on ‘two nearly complete crania without mandibles. 
Brachymeryx: fpa xs, short; u9pv£, ruminant—possibly in allusion to the two 
last upper molars, which are described as having short roots. 
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Brachymys Mryer, 1847. Glires, Muscardinid:e. 
Neues Jahrb. Mineralogie, 1847, 456; Bronn’s Handb. Gesch. Natur., IIT, Index 
Paleeont., 173, 1848. 
New name for Micromys Meyer, 1846, which is preoccupied by Micromys Dehne, 
1841, a genus of Muride. 
Extinct. 
Brachymys: pays, short; 0s, mouse. 
Brachyodon Larrer, 1868. Ungulata, a0 
Comptes Rendus, Paris, LXVI, No. 22, p. 1121, Jan.-June, 1868 (provisional 
name). 
