PARACYNODON. Bald 

PAPIO 
Papio—Continued. 
Syst. Regni Anim., Mamm., 15-17, 1777; Grorrroy, Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris, 
XIX, 101-104, 1812; Forses, Handb. Primates (Allen’s Nat. Library), I, 253, 
1894 (type fixed). 
Species, 5: Papio sphinx Erxleben (type), Simia maimon Linnzus, S. mormon 
Alstrómer, from West Africa; S. nemestrina Linneeus, from Sumatra; and S. 
apedia Linnzeus, from India. 
Papio: French papién = Span. papion, baboon. Modern Latin name of a baboon 
adopted by Buffon in French form (Hist. Nat., XIV, 153, 1766). 
Pappogeomys Merriam, 1895. Glires, Geomyid:e. 
N. Am. Fauna, No. 8, pp. 23, 25, 145-149, pl. 11 fig. 1, text figs. 56-58, Jan. 31, 
1895. 
Type: Geomys bulleri Thomas, from Talpa, Mascota, Jalisco, Mexico. 
Pappogeomys: manos, grandfather; -- Geomys--in allusion to the apparent 
antiquity of the type. 
Parabderites AwEGuiNo, 1902. Marsupialia, Abderitid:ze. 
[Anal. Soc. Cien. Argentina, LI, 77, Mar.-Apr., 1901—nomen nudum]. 
Bol. Acad. Nac. Cien. Córdoba, X VII, 121-122, May, 1902 (sep. p. 53-54). 
Type: Parabderites bicrispatus Ameghino, from the Patagonian formation ( Eocene) 
of Patagonia. 
Extinet. 
Parabderites: mapa, near;* -- Abderites. 
Paraceros AMEGHINO, 1889. Ungulata, Artiodactyla, Cervidee. 
Cont. Conocimiento Mamíf. Fósil. Repüb. Argentina, in Act. Acad. Nac. Cien., 
Córdoba, VI, 605-607, pls. xxxvu figs. 3, 5, xxxvii figs. 7, 8, 1889. 
Species, 4: Cervus ensenadensis Ameghino, C. fragilis Ameghino, Paraceros vulneratus 
Ameghino, and Cervus avius Ameghino, from Argentina. 
Extinct. 
Paraceros: mapa, near; Képas, horn. 
Paracetus LvpEkkER, 1894. Cete, Physeterid:e. 
Anal. Mus. La Plata, Paleeont. Argentina, II, for 1893, art. No. II, p. 8, Apr., 
1894; T Copr, Proc. Am. Philos. Soc., XX XIV, 135-136, 1895. 
New name for Mesocetus Moreno, 1892, which is preoccupied by Mesocetus Van 
Beneden, 1880, a genus of Balenid:e. Evidently an error, as Hypocetus is pro- 
posed on the previous page to replace the same name! 
Antedated by Diaphorocetus Ameghino, Feb., 1894. 
Extinct. 
Paracetus: mapa, beside, near; Kt 0s, whale. 
Paracotylops Marrnew, 1901. Ungulata, Artiodactyla, Agriochceridee. 
Bull. Dept. Geol., University Calif., II, 296, Apr., 1901. 
Type: Oreodon superbus Leidy, from the Miocene of the valley of Bridge Creek, 
a tributary of John Day River, Oregon. 
Antedated by Promerycocherus Douglass, Jan., 1901. 
Paracotylops: mapa, near; -- Cotylops. 
Paracynodon Scurossken, 1899. Ferre, Canidee. 
Paleeontographica, XLVI, 4te Lief., 115, Taf. xir figs. 2, 6, 10, Taf. xtv figs. 21, 
23, 25, 29, Oct., 1899. 

* The prefix Para-, meaning beside or near, is used to denote relationship, chiefly 
in the case of extinct genera. Paracyon, Paraechinus, Paralces, Parascalops, Para- 
scaptor, Parasciurus, and Paraxerus are examples of its use among recent genera. 
T For date of publication, see AmecutiNno, Revista Jardín Zool. Buenos Ayres, II, 
entr. 7, p. 193 footnote, July 15, 1894. 
