PRIONODONTIDJE—PROACRODON. 563 
Prionodontide (subgenus of Felis) Horsrietp, 1824. Fere, Viverride. 
Zool. Researches in Java, No. 1, 1824, 4 pages (unnumbered—under Felis gra- 
cilis), pl. and 6 figs., 1824. 
Prionodon Horsrietp, Ibid., No. 5 [last page under Mangusta javanica], 1824 
(raised to generic rank). 
Prionodontes Lesson, Nouy. Tableau Régne Animal, Mamm., 60, 1842. 
Type: Felis gracilis Horsfield, from Blambangan, eastern Java. 
“The Delundung resembles the genus Viverra; but the character of the claws, 
as well as the peculiar structure of the teeth . . . indicate . . . a closeraffinity 
to Felis. I have therefore placed it in that genus, in a separate section, which 
I have denominated Prionodontide.’’? | (HonsrFIELD.) 
Prionodontide: zcv, saw; ddo0vs, 00óvroc, tooth. 
Prionodos (see Priodontes). Edentata, Dasypodid:e. 
Priscodelphinus Leripy, 1851. Cete, Platanistide. 
Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., for 1850-51, 336-327, 1851; Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. 
Phila., 2d ser., VII, 433, 1869; Hay, Cat. Foss. Vert. N. Am., Bull. 179, U. 8. 
Geol. Surv., 591, 1902 (type fixed). 
Species, from the Miocene of New Jersey: Priscodelphinus harlani Leidy (type), 
from Mullica Hill, Gloucester County; and P. grandxvus Leidy, from Shiloh, 
Cumberland County. 
Extinct. 
Priscodelphinus: Lat. priscus, primitive; -+-Delphinus. 
Priscophyseter Portis, 1886. Cete, Physeterid:e. 
Mem. Reale Acc. Sci. Torino, 2d ser., XXXVII, 315-321, figs. 84-86, 1886; 
W. L. ScrarER, Zool. Record for 1886, X XIII, Mamm., 59, 1887. 
Type: Priscophyseter typus Portis, from the Pliocene of Asti, Italy. 
Extinct. Based on cervical vertebree. 
Priscophyseter: Lat. priscus, primitive; +- Physeter. 
Pristinocetus Trovessart, 1898. Cete, Delphinide. 
Cat. Mamm., new ed., fasc. v, 1071, Nov., 1898. 
New name for Pachypleurus Brandt, 1873, which is preoccupied by Pachypleura 
White, 1853, a genus of Coleoptera; and for Archaeocetus Sinzow, 1898, errone- 
ously considered preoccupied by Archzeoceti Cope, 1890 (Am. Nat., XXIV, 
600, 601), a suborder of Cete. 
Pristinocetus: Lat. pristinus, primitive; cetus, whale. 
Pristiphoca (subgenus of Phoca) Gervais, 1852-53. Fer, Pinnipedia, Phocide. 
Mém. Acad. Sci. Montpellier, II, pt. 2, pp. 308-309, pl. vr fig. 4, 1852-53; Ann. 
Sci. Nat., Paris, 3* sér., X X, Zool., 281-282, pl. 13 figs. 8, 8a, 1853; Zool. et 
Paléont. Francaises, 2° éd., 272-273, pl. vir fig. 7, 1859 (raised to generic rank). 
Type: Phoca occitana Gervais, from the Pliocene of Montpellier, France. 
Extinct. Based on an external upper incisor, also a considerable portion of the 
left lower jaw. 
Pristiphoca: zpí6ris, sawfish; -+ Phoca. 
Proacrodon Rornu, 1899. Ungulata, Ancylopoda, Isotemnid:e. 
Revista Mus. La Plata, IX, 385, 1899; Awxanuiwo, Sin. Geol.-Paleeont., Segundo 
Censo Nac. Rep. Argentina, I, Supl., p. 12, July, 1899. 
Type: Proacrodon transformatus Roth, from the Territory of Chubut, Patagonia. 
Extinct. Based on a single lower molar. 
Proacrodon: p06, before; &kpos, pointed; d6@v=dédov's, tooth—in allusion to 
thelower molar. *'Esto diente es muy característico . . . La parte anterior 
también es más alto que la posterior, pero nose divide en dos puntas." (Rorn. ) 
