3&8 MEMOIRS OF THE CARNEGIE MUSEUM. 
-—— “ Zodlogie et Paléontologie Generales,’ Second Series. 
At p. 59 Gervais remarks upon Ancylotheriwm pentelict Gaudry and Schizotherium 
priscum Gaudry. 
1877. 
VinnoLt, H.—*‘ Recherches sur les Phosphorites du Quercy, Etude des Fossiles quon y Ren- 
contre, et spécialement des Mammiferes.”’ Annales des Sciences Géologiques, Tome 
VIII, pp. 1-340, Pl. I-X XVIII. 
On pp. 273-275 the author discusses Ancylotherium priscum Gaudry, which is recog- 
nized as belonging to the Edentata, family Macrothertide. Speaking of the analogies 
between the species found in the phosphorites of Quercy, A. priscum, and the species 
found at Pikermi, A. pentelici, he quotes from Gaudry, Journal de Zodlogie, Vol. IV, 
pp. 518-520. 
The author gives an account of Chalicotherium modicum Gaudry, and quotes the 
original description. He states that the “ slight differences ”’ upon which the species 
was founded by M. Gaudry, appear to him scarcely to possess specific value. Fig. 348 
is a representation of the type already figured by M. Gaudry. 
Gaupry, ALBERT—“ Letter to Count Saporta on North American Vertebrate Paleontology.” 
American Naturalist, Vol. XI, pp. 184-186. 
GERVAIS, Paut—‘‘ Remarques Ostéologiques au Sujet des Pieds des Edentés.” Journal de 
Zodlogie, Tome VI, pp. 79-82, 198-228, Pls. II-IV. 
On pp. 221-226, and on PI. IJ, the author sets forth his views as to the structure of 
the foot of Ancylotherium pentelict and Macrotherium giganteum. He announces that 
he has critically reéxamined the specimens and gives figures illustrating the attempt 
which he has made to reconstruct the feet. 
Marsu, O. C.—‘ Note of Some New Vertebrate Fossils.’ American Journal of Science and 
Art (8), Vol. XIV, Sept., 1877, pp. 249-256. 
The author describes the genus Moropus and erects three species, distans, senex, 
and elatus, the two former from the John Day Miocene, and the latter from the lower 
Miocene of Nebraska. Marsh compared his specimens with the European Macro- 
theres and, following the example of European authors, placed the genus in the 
Edentata. 
“ Introduction and Succession of Vertebrate Life in America. An Address 
delivered before the American Association for the Advancement of Science, at Nashville, 
Tenn., Aug. 30, 1877.” 
At p. 24 we find the following: ‘‘ The edentate mammals are evidently an American 
type, and on this continent attained a great development in numbers and size. No 
Eocene edentates have been found here, and, although their discovery in this formation 
has been announced, the identification proves to have been erroneous. In the Miocene 
of the Pacific Coast a few fossils have been discovered, which belong to this group, and 
to the genus Moropus. There are two species, one about as large as a tapir, and another 
