. Elements of geology : a text-book for colleges and for the general reader. Geology. Fig. 908.—Periptychus Rhabdodon : A, Hind-foot, x £ ; B, Hind-limb, x £ (after Osborn). 5. Green River Basin—Wahsatch Beds—Lower Eocene.—Imme- diately above the last, but still in the Lower Eocene, is found another mammalian fauna equally abundant in species and equally remarkable,. Fig. 909.—An almost perfect Skeleton of a Phenacodus primsevus (after Cope). but almost wholly different. From this fauna we select two, Phenacodus and the Coryphodon (peak-tooth). The Phenacodus (Fig. 909) is probably the most ge

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. Elements of geology : a text-book for colleges and for the general reader. Geology. Fig. 908.—Periptychus Rhabdodon : A, Hind-foot, x £ ; B, Hind-limb, x £ (after Osborn). 5. Green River Basin—Wahsatch Beds—Lower Eocene.—Imme- diately above the last, but still in the Lower Eocene, is found another mammalian fauna equally abundant in species and equally remarkable,. Fig. 909.—An almost perfect Skeleton of a Phenacodus primsevus (after Cope). but almost wholly different. From this fauna we select two, Phenacodus and the Coryphodon (peak-tooth). The Phenacodus (Fig. 909) is probably the most generalized mammal known. It may be regarded. 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 LeConte, Joseph, 1823-1901. New York : D. Appleton and Co.

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