586 



SGIENGE. 



[N. S. Vol. VII. No. 174. 



by the writer, that in the hind foot the 

 calcaneum nearly reached the ground in 

 the forward step. 



Length, incisors to perpen 



dicular of tail 



Height at withers 



Fore limb 



Hind limb 



2.38 

 1.03 



.82 



The skull presents a very peculiar appear- 

 ance with its powerful and spreading upper 



dency displayed to reduce the upper incisors 

 or lower canines into the Uintathere type.* 



GENERAL APPEARANCE OF CORYPHODON. 



The most accurate forecast of the ap- 

 pearance of the animal was that made by 

 Copet in 1874 : 



" The general appearance of the Cory- 

 phodons, as determined by the skeleton, 

 probably resembled the Bears more than 

 any living animals, with the important ex- 

 ception that in their feet they were much 

 like the Elephant. To the general pro- 



PIQ. 1. — Jlouuted Skeleton of Cori/phodon radians. Slightly exceeding one-lifteenth natural size. 



and lower canines, and widely spaced in- 

 cisors, slender zygomatic arch and broad, 

 flattened cranium. 



The rudimentary horn observed for the 

 first time in the parietals is prophetic of the 

 great parietal horn of Uintatherium. Many 

 other characters of the skull and skeleton 

 are also prophetic, but there is little ten- 



portions of the Bears must be added a tail 

 of medium length. Whether they were 

 covered with hair or not is, of course, un- 

 certain ; of their nearest living allies, the 



* Bulletin American 3Iuseum. of Natural History, 

 April 4, 1898. 



fVertebrate Paleontology, Vol. IV., Wheeler Sur- 

 vey, p. 203. 



