. College collection of palaeontology. 27 No. 43. [112] Dinotherium giganteum, Kaup. Skull and Lower Jaw (cast). This huge beast, though its teeth were discovered more than a century ago. has scarcely found a resting-place lu the classification of animals. Cuvier called it a gigantic Tapir; DeBlainville and. Pictet considered it an aquatic": Herlnvore, the Dugong, and in- habiting the embouchures of great rivers; Kaup regarded it as intermediate between the Tapir and Mastodon, and truly terrestrial; while Owen says, that "in the general shape of the skull and a
. College collection of palaeontology. 27 No. 43. [112] Dinotherium giganteum, Kaup. Skull and Lower Jaw (cast). This huge beast, though its teeth were discovered more than a century ago. has scarcely found a resting-place lu the classification of animals. Cuvier called it a gigantic Tapir; DeBlainville and. Pictet considered it an aquatic": Herlnvore, the Dugong, and in- habiting the embouchures of great rivers; Kaup regarded it as intermediate between the Tapir and Mastodon, and truly terrestrial; while Owen says, that "in the general shape of the skull and aspect of the nostril, the DinotJiermm most resembles the Manatee, but bones of the limb have been found so asso- ciated with teeth as to determine the DinotJiermm to be a hoofed quadruped of probably aquatic habits, and transitional, as it would seem, between the large. 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 Ward's Natural Science Establishment, inc. Rochester
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