The _pelvis_ is represented by the acetabulum and a small portion
of ilium and ischium. They resemble the corresponding parts in the
skeleton of _Stenops gracilis_. The acetabulum is a long oval, not
subcircular, deep, and quite narrow from side to side. It appears
to be directed nearly straight outwards. The ilium is narrow, has a
concave gluteal surface, and a prominent acetabular border. The pubis
evidently projected forward, making a right angle with the ilium;
while the ischium is slender and nearly in the same plane with the
ilium. The femur is thoroughly lemurine in shape. The shaft, (as
much of it as is preserved), is straight and sub-cylindrical; it is
not flattened even distally, but becomes very thick and trihedral
in shape just above the trochlea. The trochlea is long, and rises
obliquely upon the shaft; the groove is deep, and the two divisions
are asymmetrical, the external somewhat the larger. The condyles are
large. They are but slightly convex in either direction and project
backwards, and are broadest posteriorly. The internal is the larger.
They are separated by a deep but not wide popliteal groove, which
does not extend into a popliteal fossa. The position and shape of the
condyles are such as show that the femur must have been very oblique
to the tibia, as in the other lemurs. The tuberosities, especially
the internal, are very large and prominent. The whole distal end has
an asymmetrical appearance, owing to the greater size of the internal
condyle.
_Measurements._
M.
Breadth of ilium at acetabulum ·0065
Vertical diameter of acetabulum ·007
Transverse diameter of acetabulum ·009
Fore-and-aft diameter of shaft of femur above trochlea ·0065
Transverse diameter of shaft above trochlea ·0065
Width of trochlea ·004
Length of trochlea ·0075
Breadth over condyles ·010
Breadth of inner condyles ·005
OLIGOTOMUS, Cope.
Ann. Rep. U. S. Geol. Survey of the Terrs., 1872, p. 607.
"Molars constructed much as in _Hyopsodus_ and _Lophiotherium_, viz.,
with two external subtrihedral cusps which wear into crescents, the
posterior connected by a low oblique ridge with the basis of the
anterior cone of the inner side; the latter with two conic cusps. It
differs from these genera and from _Orotherium_ in the possession of
two premolars; the inferior molars are probably six, leaving four
true molars."
Oligotomus cinctus, Cope.
Loc. cit.
Represented in our collection by the penultimate lower molar, and a
caudal vertebra, which has a remarkably long, slender, and simple
centrum, with rudimentary metapophyses.
OPISTHOTOMUS, Cope.
Wheeler's Survey, Pal. v. iv., pt. 11, p. 152.
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