. Catalogue of the fossil Mammalia in the British museum, (Natural History). Mammals, Fossil. MEGATHERIID^. 93 Pig. ScelidotJierium leptocephaLmn.âFrontal aspect of the cranium ; from tlie Pleistocene of the Argentine Republic, y-. 32995. The cranium, imperfect anteriorly; from the Eio Plata. {Fig.) This specimen is figured by Owen in the ' Phil. Trans.' for 1857, pL viii. fig. 1 ; its vertical height is somewhat less than that of No. 37308, but the difference is in all , probability only a sexual one. Bravard Collection. PurcJiased, 1854. 32996. Fragment of the hinder portion of the righ
. Catalogue of the fossil Mammalia in the British museum, (Natural History). Mammals, Fossil. MEGATHERIID^. 93 Pig. ScelidotJierium leptocephaLmn.âFrontal aspect of the cranium ; from tlie Pleistocene of the Argentine Republic, y-. 32995. The cranium, imperfect anteriorly; from the Eio Plata. {Fig.) This specimen is figured by Owen in the ' Phil. Trans.' for 1857, pL viii. fig. 1 ; its vertical height is somewhat less than that of No. 37308, but the difference is in all , probability only a sexual one. Bravard Collection. PurcJiased, 1854. 32996. Fragment of the hinder portion of the right ramus of the mandible, containing the last two molars. Bravard Collection. Purchased, 1854. 32997. Fragment of the opposite ramus of the same mandible. Bravard Collection. Purchased, 1854. The originals of the following casts belong to the same individual as the type skull., and are preserved in the Museum of the Royal College of Surgeons, by the Council of ivhich body they tvere pi-esented. M. 3585. Cast of the left scapula. M. 3584. Cast of the adjacent portions of the right scapula and humerus. M. 3586. Cast of the left femur. Figured by Owen, op. cit. pi. xxv. figs. 5, 6 ; the length is 0,395, and the distal width 0,220. M. 3587. Cast of the right femur, wanting the distal extremity, and with the astragalus cemented by matrix to the head. M. 3588. Cast of the left astragalus. Described and figured by the â writer in the ' Proc. Zool. Soc' 1886, p. 494, pi. xlix. fig. 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). Dept. of Geology; Lydekker, Richard, 1849-1915. London, Printed by order of the Trustees
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