Fig. 67. M. imbricatus—
½ natural size;
A, upper dentition;
B, lower dentition
after Ameghino.
Fig. 68. E. latirostris, palatal view,
after a photograph of the type—
½ natural size;
the cross hatched area represents
matrix not yet removed.
Eurygeniops Ameghino
Eurygenium Amegh., 1895, Bol. Inst. Geog. Argen., t. 15, p. 655.
Eurygeniops Amegh., 1897, Bol. Inst. Geog. Argen., t. 18, p. 464.
The name first given this genus was found to be preoccupied, and therefore changed. It is a clear cut genus, differing from the others in the family in the expansion of the front of the muzzle, and by the heavy broad character of the skull.
Eurygeniops latirostris Ameghino
E. latirostris Amegh., loc. cited above.
This is the type species and is based on a muzzle which has never been figured, but which I figure, the drawing being made from a photograph taken by Professor Scott and kindly furnished me. The characters of the species are those of the genus, with the following measurements for specific determination, quoted from Ameghino: