A pictorial atlas of fossil remains, consisting of coloured illustrations selected from Parkinson's "Organic remains of a former world," and Artis's "Antediluvian phytology." . omthe bone-cave near Torquay, Devonshire. Fig. 3. The crown of a molar tooth of the gigantic Tapir of Baron Cuvier; the Dino-therium of M. Kaup. Fig. 4, the outer, and fig. 5, the inner, surface of the fourth molar of Pakeotherium medium,of M. Cuvier.—Mr. Parkinson. From the eocene tertiary deposits of Paris. Fig. 6, the outer, and fig. 7, the inner, aspect of an upper molar of the same animal. Figs. 8, & 9. Lower molar
A pictorial atlas of fossil remains, consisting of coloured illustrations selected from Parkinson's "Organic remains of a former world," and Artis's "Antediluvian phytology." . omthe bone-cave near Torquay, Devonshire. Fig. 3. The crown of a molar tooth of the gigantic Tapir of Baron Cuvier; the Dino-therium of M. Kaup. Fig. 4, the outer, and fig. 5, the inner, surface of the fourth molar of Pakeotherium medium,of M. Cuvier.—Mr. Parkinson. From the eocene tertiary deposits of Paris. Fig. 6, the outer, and fig. 7, the inner, aspect of an upper molar of the same animal. Figs. 8, & 9. Lower molars of Amplotherirmi commune, of M. Cuvier. Fig. 10. An ungueal or bone of the claw, of a gigantic animal of the Sloth tribe {3IegalonyxJeffersoni); the figure is half the linear diameter of the original. ^ Fig. 11. Vertical section of a tooth of the same. These remains of a colossal animal ofthat remarkable group of mammalia—the Edentata—are from Bigbone Cave, inKentucky. The Megalonyx resembled the Megatherium in its general charactersbut was one-third smaller. See Supplementary Notes, p. 184. Wonders of Geology, vol. i. p. 174. - Ibid, p, 256. ^ Ibid. p.
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