. College collection of palaeontology. FAMILY BRONTOTHERID^ (MENODONTID^). This family is found only in the upper Eocene and lower Miocene of the American lake-beds. No. 24. [1255] JMenodus (Titanotherium) Prputii, Leidy. Head (cast). This creature was one of the largest of the strange Tertiary mammals found in the Lake-beds of the Rocky Mountain region. It was about the size of an elephant, but with shorter legs, its proportions resembling those of the Rhinoceros. The skull is large and elongated, being in some specimens three feet long. The maxillaries bear, in front of the orbits, a pair. o
. College collection of palaeontology. FAMILY BRONTOTHERID^ (MENODONTID^). This family is found only in the upper Eocene and lower Miocene of the American lake-beds. No. 24. [1255] JMenodus (Titanotherium) Prputii, Leidy. Head (cast). This creature was one of the largest of the strange Tertiary mammals found in the Lake-beds of the Rocky Mountain region. It was about the size of an elephant, but with shorter legs, its proportions resembling those of the Rhinoceros. The skull is large and elongated, being in some specimens three feet long. The maxillaries bear, in front of the orbits, a pair. of stout diverging protuberances, which doubtless indicate horns. The teeth are intermediate in character between those of Palmotherium and Rhinoceros, excepting the peculiar incisors which have tuberculate crowns, resembling the palatel teeth of fishes. It had no tusks and no proboscis, but probably a Tapir-like snout. The fore feet have four short stout toes, and the hind feet three. These specimens are from the lower Miocene of the Black Hills, Dakota. Original in possession of Ward and Howell. Size, 20 x Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Ward's Natural Science Establishment, inc. Rochester
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