. A general guide to the British Museum (Natural History) ... With plans and a view of the building. British Museum (Natural History). 76 FOSSIL MAMMAL GALLERY. the Glyptodon, a huge extinct Armadillo, enclosed in a solid barrel-like bony case. As these animals far surpassed in size their diminutive existing representatives, so the gigantic Marsupials of the corresponding period in Australia (Pleistocene, or latest Tertiary), the Diprotodon and Nototherium, remains of which are shown in this room, greatly exceeded any of the species now existing on that continent. On the other hand, all the Ma
. A general guide to the British Museum (Natural History) ... With plans and a view of the building. British Museum (Natural History). 76 FOSSIL MAMMAL GALLERY. the Glyptodon, a huge extinct Armadillo, enclosed in a solid barrel-like bony case. As these animals far surpassed in size their diminutive existing representatives, so the gigantic Marsupials of the corresponding period in Australia (Pleistocene, or latest Tertiary), the Diprotodon and Nototherium, remains of which are shown in this room, greatly exceeded any of the species now existing on that continent. On the other hand, all the Mammals of the earlier geological periods of which remains are known, are of diminutive size, as seen in the very interesting series, mostly from the Purbeck (Upper Oolite) beds of Dorset and the Stonesfield Slate (Great Oolite). Fig. 47.—Skull op Tragoceros, or Samotherium, hoissieri, an extinct Okapi-like Euminant from the Pliocene strata of Samoa. of Oxfordshire, exhibited in the centre window-case on the east side of the room. Extinct Birds. The south side of this room (right on entering) is chiefly devoted to the remains of extinct Birds, including the famous Lizard-tailed Bird (Archceopteryx) of the Solenhofen beds of Bavaria (fig. 48), the oldest known member of the class, presenting many reptile-like characters, but with well-developed feathers on the wings and tail, the impressions of which are beautifully preserved in the specimen. A series of skeletons of the " Moas," or Dinornithidce, of New Zealand, birds in which no trace of a wing has been discovered, shows the diversity in size of different members of the group, some far exceeding any existing Ostrich,. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original British Museum (Natural History). London, Printed by order of the Trustees [by W. C
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