APPUN TET: 
Art. XXXIII.—WNotice of some new Vertebrate Fossiis ; 
by O. C. Marsa. 
known member of the family. A number of new genera are 
introduced, some of which have an important bearing on the 
genealogy of Tertiary Mammals. Among the other vertebrates 
is a new genus of Crocodilians from the horizon of the Weal- 
den, and a species of Crocodilus from the Pliocene. 
Moropus distans, gen, et sp. nov. 
This genus of Edentates is based mainly upon the bones of 
the feet, which have been found in several individuals. These 
(Orycteropus). The specimens here described belong to a dis- 
tinct family, the Moropodide. 
In the type specimen of the present species, only the hind 
feet appear to be represented. One of the most characteristic 
ones 1s a codssified first and second phalanx. The articula- 
tion for the metatarsal is nearly in a horizontal plane, and 
situated on the proximal end of the upper surface of the base. 
It is somewhat heart-shaped in outline with the apex rounded 
and about equally concave in both directions, or slightly less 
so transversely, This articulation occupies nearly half the 
length of the first phalanx which is thoroughly codssified with 
the seco The line of junction between the bones can, how- 
ever, be traced easily, and is strongly marked on the under 
surface by a pit or foramen entering obliquely upwards and 
forwards. Except near this line of junction, the surface of the 
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