. Hardwicke's science-gossip : an illustrated medium of interchange and gossip for students and lovers of nature . THE HORNED HOOFED MAMMALS OF THE EOCENE PERIOD IN AMERICA. By AGNES CRANE. {Continuedfrom p. 40.]. j«1^w^^ HIRTV species ofDinocerata, allfrom the middleEocene deposits ofWyoming, the onlylocality in whichtheir remain havebeen hitherto foun d,either in the Newor the Old World,*are fully describedand illustrated inthe present are all re-ferred by Marsh tothree well-markedgenera, and of two,Dinoceras and Ti-noceras, he hasbeen able to giveThe least known is theUintatheri
. Hardwicke's science-gossip : an illustrated medium of interchange and gossip for students and lovers of nature . THE HORNED HOOFED MAMMALS OF THE EOCENE PERIOD IN AMERICA. By AGNES CRANE. {Continuedfrom p. 40.]. j«1^w^^ HIRTV species ofDinocerata, allfrom the middleEocene deposits ofWyoming, the onlylocality in whichtheir remain havebeen hitherto foun d,either in the Newor the Old World,*are fully describedand illustrated inthe present are all re-ferred by Marsh tothree well-markedgenera, and of two,Dinoceras and Ti-noceras, he hasbeen able to giveThe least known is theUintatherium of Leidy (Uintat, Indian name, and6-qpiov, a wild beast). This, the smallest and themost generalised form, occurs in the lowest beds ofthe series. Dinoceras, Marsh, in the succeeding de-posits, and Tinoceras (tiVcc, to tear, itepas, horn),the most specialised form in the upper beds the dinocerata are shown to have the smallestproportionate brain, with the most reptilian charactersof any known mammalian animals. Of ponderousbuild, and slow in movement, but well armed, theyheld their own while the conditions of life weresuitable, but could not battle with changed or adversesurroundings. Thus the
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