the comparatively slender build of the bull-dog, with; 
head proportioned more as in the raccoon, and with 
more elevated than the withers, as in the peccary. 
resembled those of a tapir or rhinoceros, but had a pair 
toes on each side which did not reach the ground. 
add a tail much like a cat’s in proportions, and the pi 
The diet of this animal was omnivorous, 
smaller proportion of animal food than the hogs, for i 
The food is more likely to have resembled that of 
What means of defence this species had, i 
easily surmised, as the canine teeth and hoofs are not large | 
I have named this species after Mr. Jacob L. Wortman, 
Junction City, Oreg., whose explorations in the West have 
more than usually productive of important results. : 
The species of the Puerco epoch, of which the superior 7 
are known, differ from those of the Wasatch in the absence 
the small external cingular tubercle which marks the spi 
between the external tubercles. 
complete, 
use. 
quadrumana. 
22. — Phenacodus puercensis ; 
parts of upper and lower jaws, three- 
quarters ig. 
molars from below; 4, left mandibular 
ramus, external side; c, inferior mo- 
lars from a . From the Puerco 
pania of New Mexico. TOPe 
1 eee ‘habe heres that in spite af the near resemblance 
primevus in most respeets, it presents two important diferen 
instead of four sacral vertebræ, and the ungues are wedge-shaped an 
I cannot avoid the belief that the species should be 
from Phenacodus, and therefore propose that the name of Tris 
the new genus in case its distinction be substantiated. 
rounded, 
The Condylarthra. 
mat. size, Fig. a, superior 
These are the P pu 
and P. suniensis Ce i 
the former is very s 
and about the size of Pot 
mani (Fig. 22). o 
The molar teeth of an! 
placed by flattened s 
the valleys represente 
tain bears. 
ursidens Cope (Fig. 23), $5 
the size of the 
mævus, and has been 
the Wankah beds of Wyomlls’ 
or be u 
