. Description of new carnivores from the Miocene of western Nebraska. Carnivora, Fossil; Paleontology; Paleontology. 244 MEMOIRS OF THE CARNEGIE MUSEUM In Cynodesmus brachypus the pelvis is practically complete and again displays characters which are entirely unlike those in Daphamodon and are more like those in the recent canids. The ilium, while not as much expanded at the supra-iliac border as in Canis, has a tendency to become more generally concave on the external face, the attachment for the sacrum is more anterior, and the ischium and pubes are decidedly shorter than in the genus under
. Description of new carnivores from the Miocene of western Nebraska. Carnivora, Fossil; Paleontology; Paleontology. 244 MEMOIRS OF THE CARNEGIE MUSEUM In Cynodesmus brachypus the pelvis is practically complete and again displays characters which are entirely unlike those in Daphamodon and are more like those in the recent canids. The ilium, while not as much expanded at the supra-iliac border as in Canis, has a tendency to become more generally concave on the external face, the attachment for the sacrum is more anterior, and the ischium and pubes are decidedly shorter than in the genus under description. Measurements of Pelvis. Mm. From supra iliac border to acetabulum, approximately 105 Width of ilium at posterior inferior spiDe 41 Widtb of ilium at great sacro-sciatic notch 30 Antero-posterior diameter of acetabulum 28 Vertical diameter of acetabulum 25 Femuj LXXXI). The femur of the type is not represented except by surface fragments which may or may not belong to this individual. The younger specimen (No. 1589a) which was found with the type has the shafts of both femora with the proximal ends lost and the distal ends slipped off at the epiphysial su- tures (see fig. 42). A third .and larger specimen, which belongs to Amherst College, has the femur well preserved. This complete femur will here be used in connection with the description of the type and the material of the younger individual in the Carnegie Museum (see PI. LXXXI, figs. 1 and 2). The length of the femur cannot be accurately ascertained, but I judge that it is approximately equal to that in an adult specimen of Cam's lupus. The head is rather small and hemispherical, and the neck is moderately long. The pit for the ligamentum teres is deep and located on the posterior half of the head nearer the inferior than the superior bor- der. When the bone is held in position the head is directed upward and inward in approximately the same proportion as is the case in the recent dogs, and as is also the case
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