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GEOLOGY AND PALAIONTOLOGY. 
Tue Temporary DENTITION oF A New CrEopont.—The na- 
ture of the he sen dentition of the Creodonta has been hitherto 
unknown. As this point has an important bearing on the sup- 
Posed relation of these animals to the Mursupialia, I give an ac- 
count of it as seen in a new genus which has recently come under 
my observation: 
rlsodon quivirensis gen. et sp. nov. Char. gen—Derived from 
lower jaw. Probably only three premolars. True molars 
alike, consisting ‘of three anterior cusps and a heel. The cusps 
are relatively smail and the heel large. Of the former the inter- 
nal is much smaller than the external, and the anterior is rudi- 
mental, being merely a projection of the cingulum. The cutting 
