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podial is well marked at the anterior side, showing that the metapodial 

 keel was well expressed as in the Hippario n type. The phalanx rep- 

 resents an animal of somewhat larger size than the individuals from 

 which the small metapodial specimens have been derived. 



A small cuboid, no. 21787 (fig. 12), from locality 2751, has approx- 

 imately the size of the corresponding element in small Merychippus 



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Fig. 10. Neohipparion, sp. Proximal end of metacarpal 3, natural size, 

 anterior anil proximal views, no. 22365. Chanae formation, southern end of 

 San Joaquin Valley, California. 



Fig. 11. Neohipparion, or Merychippus. Distal end of metapodial, no. 22376, 

 natural size. Chanae formation, southern end of San Joaquin Valley, California. 



Fig. 12. Neohipparion or Merychippus. Cuboid, no. 21787, proximal and 

 inner view, natural size. Chanae formation, southern end of San Joaquin Valley, 

 California. 



Fig. 13. Neohipparion or Merychippus. Proximal end of first phalanx, no. 

 22375, natural size. Chanae formation, southern end of San Joaquin Valley, 

 California. 



