NODUS—NOTHARCTUS. 461 
Nodus WaateEr, 1830. Cete, Physeteridze. 
Nat. Syst. Amphibien, 34, 1830; Gray, Cat. Seals & Whales Brit. Mus., 328, 330, 
1866 (in synonymy ). 
Type: Delphinus edentulus Schreber (=D. butskopf Bonnaterre = Balena rostrata 
Müller), from the North Sea. 
Nodus: v@60s, toothless—in allusion to the absence of functional teeth in the 
upper jaw. 
Nomeris (see Neomeris). : Cete, Delphinide. 
Nopachtus Amecurino, 1888. Edentata, Glyptodontid:e (Hoplophoridee). 
** Rápidas diagnosis de Mamíferos fósiles nuevos, p. 16, Feb., 1888" (fide AMEGHTNo, 
Cont. Conocimiento Mamif. Fósil. Repüb. Argentina, in Act. Acad. Nac. Cien., 
Córdoba, VI, 828-829, pl. Lv, figs. 1-2, 1889). 
Type: Nopachtus coagmentatus Ameghino, from the Sierra de Cordoba, and from 
Monte Hermosa, about 40 miles east of Bahia Blanca, Province of Buenos Aires, 
Argentina. 
Extinct. 
Nopachtus: Anagram of Panochthus Burmeister, 1866. 
Notaelephas (see Notelephas). Ungulata, Proboscidea, Elephantidze. 
Notagogus GrocEgn, 1841. Marsupialia, Didelphyide. 
Hand- u. Hilfsbuch Naturgesch., I, 82, 1841; Tuomas, Cat. Marsup. Monotrem. 
brit. Mus., 340, 1888 (type fixed). 
Type: (Species not mentioned by Gloger, but according.to Thomas) Didelphis 
murina Linneeus, from tropical America. 
Name preoccupied by Notagogus Agassiz, 1833, a genus of Pisces. (See Marmosa 
Gray, 1821.) 
Notagogus: vcxray wy éo, to carry on the back—in allusion to the manner of 
carrying the young. 
Notamynus Rorg, 1903. Ungulata, Astrapotheroidea, Astrapotheridze. 
Revista Mus. La-Plata, XI, 133-136, 1903. 
Species: Notamynus holdichi Roth, and N. dicksoni Roth, from the upper ‘ Creta- 
ceous’ of Lago Musters, Territory of Chubut, Patagonia. 
Notamynus: vóros, south; &jvr«, defense. 
Notaphrum RaFinesque, 1815. Cete, Physeteridee. 
Analyse de la Nature, 60, 1815 (nomen nudum); Gray, Cat. Seals & Whales 
Brit. Mus., 196, 1866 (synonym of Catodon). 
Type: Catodon sp. (‘Notaphrum R. sp. do’ [espéce du genre précédent, Catodon]). 
Notelephas Owen, 1882. Ungulata, Proboscidea, Elephantide. 
Proc. Royal Soc. London, XXXIII, No. 219, p. 448, 1882; Phil. Trans. Roy. Soe. 
London, for 1882, vol. 173, pt. 11, 777—781, pl. 51. 
Notaelephas Jack & ErnertpGr, Geol. and Palzeont. Queensland, 685, 1892. 
Type: Notelephas australis Owen, from ‘‘a district of Darling Downs, 60 miles to 
the eastward of Morton Bay, Queensland, Australia." 
Extinct. Based on ‘portions of a tusk.’ 
Notelephas: **vóros, south; éAépas, ivory." (OwrEn.) In allusion to the type 
locality in the far south. 
Notharctus Leipy, 1870. Primates, Notharctidee. 
Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1870, 113-114; Osnsonw, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 
N. Y., XVI, 191, 194—199, fig. 23, June 28, 1902. 
Type: Notharctus tenebrosus Leidy, from the Eocene (Bridger) of Blacks Fork 
of Green River, Wyoming. 
Extinct. Based on ‘‘the greater part of the right ramus of a lower jaw with 
most of the teeth." 
Notharctus: vó60oc, spurious; &picr oc, bear—in allusion to the fact that the animal 
was at first supposed to be related to the raccoon. 
