They differ from the corresponding processes
in _Dinoceras_, in their forward projection, in being longer and
more everted, and in their approach to each other at the base. They
taper quite regularly from base to tip, but do not come to a point;
a section here would be subcircular. They are not so long and are
not knobbed at the ends as in _Loxolophodon_. Their inner curve is
convex, the outer concave; converging below at an angle of 90°, they
are united by a strong ridge, which is raised decidedly above the
surface of the nasals. At their posterior insertion they touch the
frontals, lachrymals, and malars. It is probable that the nasals
send up processes on the internal and posterior side of these median
projections; the sutures between these and the maxillary portions are
marked by slight ridges.
_Frontals._--In our specimen it is very difficult to determine the
exact relations of these bones. The nasals narrow at their posterior
end, and articulate with the frontals by a V-shaped suture which
thus encloses them on each side. It is probable that the frontals
run to some point between the posterior or parietal projections. If
we have discovered the suture, they overlap the parietals, sending
up V-shaped processes, which join the sides of the posterior cranial
projections, and form a deep concavity with them. They constitute a
large part of the interior wall of the orbit, but have no postorbital
processes; the superciliary ridge is very strong, and gradually rises
into a large rounded crest, which joins the posterior projection.
The frontal eminences are large, and situated immediately over the
lachrymals. The upper surface of the frontals is marked by two high
ridges, which probably represent the divided parts of the sagittal
crest; they rise from the anterior margin of the bones, and are
strongest above the frontal eminences. They converge, and then
diverging, together forming an X-like curve (without crossing,
however), gradually disappear posteriorly. These various ridges form
four deep concavities on the upper surface of the skull: (1) The
largest already mentioned, between the parietals and the posterior
part of the frontals; (2) that marked by the suture between the
nasals and frontal, not so large; (3 and 4) two much smaller lateral
ridges between the sagittal and superciliary ridges. This great
irregularity of the upper surface of the head is, so far as is yet
known, peculiar to _Uintatherium_.
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