. Catalogue of the fossil Mammalia in the British museum, (Natural History). Mammals, Fossil. EDENTATA. 85 28264. Similar specimens ; from Woodbridge. Purchased^ 1852. 29596. Similar specimens; from Woodbridge. Purchased, 1855. 29603-5. Similar specimens; same locality. Purchased, 1855. 36649. Similar specimens; same locality. Brown Collection. Presented hy Prof. Sir R. Owen, , 1859. 49978 a. Similar specimens; same locality. Wether ell Collection. Purcliased, 1871. 28264 a. An imperfect tympanic; from "Woodbridge. Purchased, 1852. 29599. An imperfect tympanic ; same locality. Purch
. Catalogue of the fossil Mammalia in the British museum, (Natural History). Mammals, Fossil. EDENTATA. 85 28264. Similar specimens ; from Woodbridge. Purchased^ 1852. 29596. Similar specimens; from Woodbridge. Purchased, 1855. 29603-5. Similar specimens; same locality. Purchased, 1855. 36649. Similar specimens; same locality. Brown Collection. Presented hy Prof. Sir R. Owen, , 1859. 49978 a. Similar specimens; same locality. Wether ell Collection. Purcliased, 1871. 28264 a. An imperfect tympanic; from "Woodbridge. Purchased, 1852. 29599. An imperfect tympanic ; same locality. Purchased, 1855. 36649 a. An imperfect tympanic ; same locality. Brown Collection. Presented hy Prof. Sir B. Otuen, , 1859. Order EDENTATA. Family MEGATHERIIDiE. The members of this family present characters intermediate between the Brady])odidce and Myrmecoijhayidce, combining the skull Pig. Megatherium amerkamim.—The mandible ; fi'om the Pleistocene of Buenos Ay res. Much reduced. and dentition of the former with the structure of the limb-bones and vertebra} of the latter. One species of Seelidotheriurn approxi- mates, however, in cranial characters to the Mynneco^ihagida^. Xoue of them appear to have been arboreal. The number of the teeth is usually ^. and there may or may not be a diastema between the first and second teeth. There is no third trochanter to the femur; and the odontoid process of the axis vertebra has a facctte on its ventral 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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