1916] 



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MUSTELID?, sp 



A portion of a small mandible no. 19781 (fig. 5) represents a 

 Canis-like form with slender but thick jaws, small M 1; very small 

 and one-rooted M 2 , and no M 3 . It presumably represents an unknown 

 mustelid in the Cedar Mountain fauna. 



FELID, sp. A. 

 A small phalangeal element 

 (no. 19800, fig. 9). of a felid 

 form from Stewart Valley, local- 

 ity 2027, represents a cat of ap- 

 proximately the dimensions of 

 the existing wildcat. It is un- 

 certain whether it represented 

 the feline or the machaerodine 

 division of the family. 



FELID, sp B. 

 Phalangeal elements no. 19769 

 and 19700 (figs. 7 and 8) repre- 

 sent felids near the size of the 

 puma. A slender, somewhat cat- 

 like metapodial, no. 22289 (fig. 

 3), may not represent a felid 

 form. 



A humerus, no. 19765 (fig. 

 6) near the size of that in the 

 Recent puma possibly belongs 

 to one of the felid types mentic 

 much heavier than in the puma. 



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Fig. 6. Felid, indet. sp. B. Portion of 

 humerus, no. 19765, X Cedar Moun- 

 tain beds, Stewart Valley, Nevada. 



Figs. 7 and 8. Felid, indet. sp. Pha- 

 langes, nos. 19769 and 19700, X V 2 - 

 Cedar Mountain beds, lone Valley, 

 Nevada. 



Fig. 9. Felid, indet. sp. A. Phalanx, 

 no. 19800, X y 2 . Cedar Mountain beds, 

 Stewart Valley, Nevada. 



med above. The supinator ridge is 



Measurements of Humerus No. 19765 



Greatest width across distal end 54. mm. 



Least anteroposterior diameter of trochlea 17.3 



BASSAEISCUS NEVADENSIS, n. sp. 

 A portion of the mandible with the carnassial and premolars .(fig. 

 10) from Stewart Valley, Nevada, locality 2027, represents a form 

 almost indistinguishable from the Recent miners cat of California. The 

 dimensions of the teeth are almost identical with those of two Recent 



