UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PUBLICATIONS 



BULLETIN OF THE DEPARTMENT OF 



GEOLOGY 



Vol. 4, No. 8, pp. 163-169, Pis. 24-25 Andrew c. lawson, Editor 



PREPTOCERAS, A NEW UNGULATE 



FROM THE 



SAMWEL CAVE, CALIFORNIA 



BY 



Eustace L. Furlong 



CONTENTS. 



PAGE 



Introduction 163 



Preptoceras sinclairi 164 



Generic characters 164 



Specific characters 164 



Occurrence 164 



Cranium 165 



Dentition 166 



Vertebrae 167 



Limbs and Girdles 167 



Affinities : 163 



INTRODUCTION. 



In the course of the exploration of the Quaternary Caves of 

 Shasta County, conducted by the Department of Anthropology 

 of the University of California during- the past three summers, a 

 large quantity of ungulate material has been brought together 

 Through the kindness of Professor J. C. Merriam, it has been the 

 writer's privilege to prepare and study this collection. 



In the material from the Samwel Cave there is a nearly com- 

 plete skeleton of a large sheep-like animal differing from all 

 described forms. There are also the skull and horns of another 

 individual of the same species, and other more fragmentary 

 material. These animals were contemporary with Eucerather- 

 ium collinum* recently described from Potter Creek Cave; the 



* Univ. of Cal. Bull. Dept. Geo., Vol. 3, No. 20, pp. 411-415, Pis. 50-51. 



