Bulletins of American paleontology . The genns Orycierocetus wasoriginally proposed on the frag-ment of a jaw, and several teethfrom the miocenc deposit of Vir-ginia. In my collection I havea tooth like those just mentioned,except that it is not quadrate,which it is suspected, however, tobe an unimportant character.—The specimen was discovered inthe miocene deposit of North-Car-olina. It is remarkable for its re-seniblance in form to a small ox-horn, being elongated, conicalI. and curved. The base is excava- ted as in the teeth of the sperma-<\ coti whale, to which the extinctI cetacean was
Bulletins of American paleontology . The genns Orycierocetus wasoriginally proposed on the frag-ment of a jaw, and several teethfrom the miocenc deposit of Vir-ginia. In my collection I havea tooth like those just mentioned,except that it is not quadrate,which it is suspected, however, tobe an unimportant character.—The specimen was discovered inthe miocene deposit of North-Car-olina. It is remarkable for its re-seniblance in form to a small ox-horn, being elongated, conicalI. and curved. The base is excava- ted as in the teeth of the sperma-<\ coti whale, to which the extinctI cetacean was probably allied. In] structure, the tooth appears to bet wholly composed of dentine. TheJ length of the specimen in thecurve is 44 inches, but it appearswhen entire, to have been half aninch longer. The section of thel)ase is oval, and is 14 lines in onediameter and 12 lines in theother. North Carolina Geol. Sur.: Emmons 121 212 NOKTH-CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SUEVEY. Fig
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