. Geological magazine . as pertaining to a formlike the chelonian of the Pleistocene of Queensland, described byOwen. I brought this fossil with me to London for comparisonwith the remains of Miolania preserved in the British Museum(Natural Historj). The resemblance was great, but the fact ofa Tertiary chelonian from Patagonia being analogous to thePleistocene genus from Queensland and Lord Howe Island was soastonishing, that some doubt was permitted; but, having previouslyordered a new examination of the fossiliferous bed where the remainswere found, I have now the certainty of the extremely
. Geological magazine . as pertaining to a formlike the chelonian of the Pleistocene of Queensland, described byOwen. I brought this fossil with me to London for comparisonwith the remains of Miolania preserved in the British Museum(Natural Historj). The resemblance was great, but the fact ofa Tertiary chelonian from Patagonia being analogous to thePleistocene genus from Queensland and Lord Howe Island was soastonishing, that some doubt was permitted; but, having previouslyordered a new examination of the fossiliferous bed where the remainswere found, I have now the certainty of the extremely close relationbetween the Australian and Patagonian chelonian. I have received DECADE IV.—VOL. VI.—^NO. IS. 25 386 Dr. F. P. Moreno—Miolania, etc., in Patagonia. several photographs of a skull discovered by Mr. Roth, whichphotographs, when compared with the Australian specimens in theBritish Museum (Natural History), give no place for doubt upontins matter. I think that it is sufficient for the present to give two. Fig. 1.—Front view of skull (A) and side view of tail-sheath (B) of Miolania Oiveni (greatly reduced), from Pleistocene Deposits, Queensland, Australia. [Originally described as Megalaniaprisca (Owen, 1880).] €uts representing the two forms of Miolania. I expect in a few daysthe original specimen from Patagonia, together with various bonesand additional remains of the caudal sheath, with some of thecarapace. These will be the subject of a special description byMr. Arthur Smith Woodward, who has so kindly commenced studieson the fossil reptiles in the La Plata Museum.
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