Proceedings of the United States National Museum . Figs 1-4.—Teeth or Eurhinodelphis bossi. Cat. No. 8842, X 3. 1. An-terior VIEW OF TOOTH. 2. POSTERIOR VIEW OF A TOOTH. 3. POSTERIOR VIEW OFAN ANTERIOR TOOTH. 4. LATERAL VIEW OF A POSTERIOR TOOTH, APEX OF CROWNMISSING. Unfortunately at least 12 of the posterior teeth and all of thosein front of the tooth assumed to be the fifty-first on the left side;are missing. Those that are present possess some interesting pecu-liarities. All of these teeth are compressed in an anteroposteriordirection and progressively show a slight increase in he
Proceedings of the United States National Museum . Figs 1-4.—Teeth or Eurhinodelphis bossi. Cat. No. 8842, X 3. 1. An-terior VIEW OF TOOTH. 2. POSTERIOR VIEW OF A TOOTH. 3. POSTERIOR VIEW OFAN ANTERIOR TOOTH. 4. LATERAL VIEW OF A POSTERIOR TOOTH, APEX OF CROWNMISSING. Unfortunately at least 12 of the posterior teeth and all of thosein front of the tooth assumed to be the fifty-first on the left side;are missing. Those that are present possess some interesting pecu-liarities. All of these teeth are compressed in an anteroposteriordirection and progressively show a slight increase in height andthickness posteriorly. The teeth of Priscodelphinus productus asdescribed by Du Bus ^^ are apparently flattened in an anteroposterior »>* Du Bus, B., Bull. Acad. Scl. de Belgique, ser. 2, vol. 34, No. 12, p. 492, 1872. EEMAINS OF FOSSIL POEPOISES KELLOGG 21 direction. A short neck or constriction beloAV the enamel crownapproyimately mm. wide accentuates the swollen appearance ofthe roots of these teeth. The surface of the enamel
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