1883. ] Geology and Paleontology. 535 
r P. primevus Cope. The specimen as it laid in the sandstone of 
_ the Wasatch formation, was divided by a gutter which scattered 
the posterior dorsal and lumbar vertebrae. These were all found, 
_ More as in the common American tapir, but was of smaller size. 
7 The middle three toes of both feet reached the ground, while the 
_ ist and fifth projected laterally and posteriorly, like the dew- 
| Saws of the hogs. The tail was longer and heavier than that of 
oes 
The animal was probably omnivorous in its diet. It was not 
mished with any weapons of offense or defense pertaining to the 
osseous System, so that it must have sought refuge in flight. The 
-developed muscular insertions of its limbs and the digitigrade 
character of its step, indicate that it may have had considerable 
na bones of this species have been found wherever the beds 
Wve, Wasatch epoch occur, but most abundantly in Northern 
ooer From the Wind River valley Mr. Wortman brought 
hte mens, and ten from the Big-Horn basin. One of the 
| S$ now figured. l : 
‘future number of the NATURALISTI hope to give a similar 
~ Of the P, vortmani, of which a nearly equally complete 
Pecimen has been found.—£, D. Cope. "ia 
