HOM(EOCETUS—HOPLOCETUS, 3x5t]l 
Tiomceocetus—Continued. 
Homocetus LypEKKER, Quart. Journ. Geol. Soe. London, XLIII, pt. 1, No. 169, 
p. 14, Feb. 1, 1887. 
Type: Homeocetus villersii Du Bus, from the Antwerp Crag of Wilryck, Belgium. 
Extinct. Based on fourteen vertebr:e of the same individual, including the atlas 
and the five following cervicals. 
Homeocetus: 0j010c, like; Kt os, whale—from its resemblance to the cachalots, 
both in having the atlas free, and in the form and manner of union of the 
cervicals. 
Homogalax Hav, 1899. Ungulata, Perissodactyla, Tapiridee. 
Science, new ser., IX, 593, Apr. 21, 1899; Cat. Foss. Vert. N. Am., Bull. 179, 
U. S. Geol. Surv., 627, 1902. 
Type: Systemodon primxvus Wortman, from the Eocene (Wasatch) of the Big 
Horn Basin, Wyoming. 
Extinct. Based on two fragments of skulls. 
Homogalax: óuoy«&Aa£, foster brother—in allusion to its relationships with 
EKohippus and Hyracotherium. — (Av. ) 
Homorhinoceros AMEGHINO, 1882. Ungulata, Perissodactyla, Rhinocerotidze? 
** Cat. Sec. de la Prov. de Buenos Aires, en la Exp. Cont. Sud-Am., Mar., 1882" 
(fide AMeGurno, Mam. Fos. Repub. Argentina, 500, 1889). 
Type: ‘‘ Homorhinoceros platensis Ameghino (nomen nudum)," a synonym of 
Plicatodon perrarus Ameghino, from Argentina. 
Extinct. 
Homorhinoceros: óuós, like; +-Rhinoceros. 
Homotherium Fasrint, 1890. Fer, Felid:ze. 
“Boll. R. Comitato Geol. Italia,, Roma, 3* ser., I, 121-144, 161-176, pls. 1v-vt, 
1890" (fide LvpEkkER, Zool. Record for 1890, XXVII, Mamm., 27, 1892). 
Type: Machairodus nestianus W eithofer, from the Pliocene of the Val d' Arno, Italy. 
Extinct. Name provisionally proposed. 
Homotherium: óuósc, same, like; §7pt0v, wild beast. 
Homunculites AmEGuHino, 1902. Primates, Cebidze. 
[Anal. Soc. Cien. Argentina, LI, 76, Mar.-Apr., 1901—nomen nudum]; 
Bol. Acad. Nac. Cien. Córdoba, XVII, 73-74, May, 1902 (sep. pp. 5-6). 
Type: Homunculites pristinus Ameghino, from the Eocene (Patagonian formation) 
of Patagonia. : 
Extinct. Based on a left mandible with the fifth molar in place. 
Homunculites: Homunculus, with the suffix -ites indicative of its fossil character. 
(Compare Eucetites. ) 
Homunculus AmMEGHINO, 1891. Primates, Cebidee. 
Revista Argentina Hist. Nat., I, entr. 4a, 217, Aug. 1, 1891; entr. 5a, 290-291, 
Oct. 1, 1891. 
Type: Homunculus patagonicus Ameghino, from the Santa Cruz beds, Patagonia. 
Extinct. 
Homunculus: dim. of Lat., homo, man. 
Hoplocetus Gervais, 1848-52. Cete, Physeteridee. 
Zool. et Paléont. Frang., 1° ed., I, 161; II, expl. pl. 20 figs. 10, 11, 1848-52; 
2° ed., 318, atlas, V, pl. 3 fig. 12, pl. 20.figs. 10, 11, 1859; Hav, Cat. Foss. 
Vert. N. Am., Bull. 179, U. S. Geol. Surv., 596, 1902 (type fixed.) 
Species: Hoplocetus crassidens Gervais (type), from the Miocene in the vicinity of 
Romans, Dépt. du Dróme; and H. curvidens Gervais, from the Pliocene of 
Montpellier, Dépt. Hérault, southern France. 
Extinct. Based on teeth. 
Hoplocetus: OmA a, arms, armor; K7jroc, whale—‘‘il renferme des espéces armées 
de dents trés fortes, au moins dans leur partie radieulaire." — (GERvaArs.) 
