. Annals of natural history. Natural history; Botany; Zoology; Geology. 8 Prof. Owen on the Remains of a sources of the Darling river and at a great height above the level of the sea, upwards of 4000 feet. I am informed that these huge bones, of which I send you but fragments, are found in some abundance.^' These fragments, when their broken surfaces were re- adjusted, composed the very considerable part of the right femur, of which the subjoined cut, fig. 1, gives a view of the posterior and most entire surface, one-fifth the natural size; the contour of the circumference at {a) illus
. Annals of natural history. Natural history; Botany; Zoology; Geology. 8 Prof. Owen on the Remains of a sources of the Darling river and at a great height above the level of the sea, upwards of 4000 feet. I am informed that these huge bones, of which I send you but fragments, are found in some abundance.^' These fragments, when their broken surfaces were re- adjusted, composed the very considerable part of the right femur, of which the subjoined cut, fig. 1, gives a view of the posterior and most entire surface, one-fifth the natural size; the contour of the circumference at {a) illustrates the principal characteristic of the bone, viz. its being flattened from before backwards. Among the larger quadrupeds the femur presents a simi- lar antero-posterior compression in the elephant, mastodon, and rhinoceros, but the latter animal is distinguished by a. 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 [S. l. : s. n. ]
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