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The Miocene period. See Chart of Geology.

A genus of large extinct mammals from the miocene strata of western North America. They were allied to the rhinoceros, but the skull bears a pair of powerful horn cores in front of the orbits, and the fore feet were four-toed. See Illustration in Appendix.

A large extinct proboscidean mammal from the miocene beds of Europe and Asia. It is remarkable fora pair of tusks directed downward from the decurved apex of the lower jaw.

dle Tertiary period, of France, abounding in shells, and used by Lyell as the type of his Miocene subdivision.

gglomerated cases of caddice worms, or larvæ of caddice flies (Phryganea). It is found in Miocene strata of Auvergne, France, and some other localities.

phants, and their romains occur in nearly all parts of the world in deposits ranging from Miocene to late Quaternary time.

See Miocene.

An extinct Miocene mammal of the Horse family, closely related to the genus Anhithecrium, and having three usable hoofs on each foot.

More recent than the Eocene, that is, including both the Miocene and Pliocene divisions of the Tertiary.

designating, certain strata which occupy an intermediate position between the Eocene and Miocene periods. -- n.

A large American Miocene mammal, allied to the rhinoceros, and more nearly to the extinct Brontotherium.