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separate American genera towards the European horned genera. A genus sometimes united with Aceratherium, but still differing from it in some points, is Aphelops (Teleoceras).[1] This animal is more nearly approximated to "the modern standard" of Rhinoceroses than is its possible ancestor Aceratherium.
Fig. 134.—Skeleton of Hyracodon nebrascensis. × 1⁄12 (After Scott.)
The skeleton in general is more robust, even surpassing that of modern forms, and approaching the Hippopotamus. There is a reduction in the upper incisors, which are limited to two pairs, and the lower molars
- ↑ Osborn, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. x. 1898, p. 51.
