The _Mandible_ is long, stout, but comparatively shallow. It is
of nearly uniform thickness throughout, and does not exhibit the
thickening of the alveolus and thinning, of the lower margin, which
is shown in _Palæosyops_, especially in _P. major_; and the downward
and inward arching of the alveolar border is not marked to the same
extent as in that species. The lower border is nearly straight,
and has but one slight emargination just behind the symphysis. The
ascending portion of the ramus rises near the last molar quite
abruptly, and makes an angle of nearly 90° with the horizontal
portion. The masseteric fossa is shallow and obscure, and the
anterior bounding ridge is almost obsolete. This part of the jaw is
very different from any of the species of _Palæosyops_. The symphysis
is quite long, and extends back as far as the second premolar; the
chin is probably rounded. The dental foramen is situated high up in
the ascending portion of the ramus; the mental foramen is placed
below the second premolar; it is large and single.
_Cranial Measurements._
M.
Breadth of frontal at postorbital process ·045
Breadth of frontal in front of postorbital ·030
Breadth of nasal just in front of orbit ·032
Length from angle of nares to end of premaxillary ·1235
Length of premaxillary ·056
Length of maxillary ·230
Breadth of palatine process at canine ·026
Breadth of palatine process at second premolar ·029
Vertical height of maxillary at angle of nares ·064
Breadth of maxillary across floor of orbit ·058
Fore-and-aft diameter of orbit ·054
Length of malar along maxillary ·094
Vertical diameter of malar behind maxillary ·029
Transverse diameter of malar behind maxillary ·033
Fore-and-aft diameter of glenoid cavity (about) ·029
Vertical diameter of squamosal at end of malar
articulation ·032
Transverse diameter of squamosal at end of malar
articulation ·0325
Length of ramus mandibuli from symphysis to
ascending portion ·177
Depth of jaw at last molar ·068
Depth of jaw at second premolar ·061
DENTITION.
Upper Jaw.--The incisors, three in number, are placed close together
in a nearly straight line, which does not make so great an angle with
the line of molars as in _Palæosyops_. They increase regularly in
size from the first to the third, which is very large. They all have
stout rounded fangs, and sharp pyramidal crowns, with strong basal
ridges separated from the acute blades by deep clefts. Between the
incisors and the canine there is a long diastema.
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