234 
COKYPHODON. 
Diameter of the posterior articular face | 
{ transverse 
Wi(.lth of the expanse of the anterior faces. 
Diameter of the odontoid at the base / ' ^rtical. 
( transverse ... 
0. 035 
0. 050 
0. 084 
0. 024 
0. 022 
Three other cervical vertebrae in a fragmentary condition accompanied 
the above. The centra of two are nearly complete, and exliibit the prin¬ 
cipal characters. They are short and wide, and somewhat obliqne. The 
articular faces are ovals extended in the transverse direction, and the poste¬ 
rior is moderately concave, and the anterior proportionately convex, but 
not so strongly so as in the Tapir. Though resembling the cervical vertebrae 
of the Carnivora rather than those of the Tapirs, they are shorter than in 
the Lion or the Bear, but not so short as in ICobasileus j^^essicornis and the 
Elephants. 
Length of the centrum .... 
Width of the articular face 
Depth of the same. 
Length of another. 
Width of the neural canal. 
Width of the articular face 
Depth of the same. 
Measurements. 
M. 
0.023 
0. 055 
0. 022 
0. 023 
0. 027 
0. 056 
0. 029 
The general characters of the fore foot have been described under the 
head of the genus. The best-preserved one of the present series exhibits 
all the carpals with four metacarpals in a single mass, somewhat dislocated. 
The carpals are stout, those of botli rows increasing in size from the inner to 
the outer sides of the palm. The second and fourth metacarpals are of 
equal length, while the third is a little longer; the fourth is much shorter, 
but of equal width. The relative proportions are seen in the following 
measurements. The phalanges are all wider than long. The unguals are 
transversely expanded with gently convex margin, which terminates in a 
free acumination on each side. The surface is quite rugose. 
Measurements. 
Width of the anterior face of the lunar .. 
Width of the anterior face of the cuneiform. 
Width of the anterior face of the magnum. 
M. 
0. 038 
0. 045 
0. 020 
