. The ancient life-history of the earth; a comprehensive outline of the principles and leading facts of palaeontological science. Paleontology. Fig. 183. -Lower jaw q{ A7nphithe7-ium {Thylacotheriion) Prevostii. Stonesiield Slate (Great Oolite.) of the Stonesfield Slate is in a dubious position. It may have been a ^Marsupial; but, upon the whole, Professor Owen is inclined to believe that it must have been a hoofed and her- bivorous Quadruped belonging to the series of the higher Mam- mals [Flacentalia). In the IMiddle Purbeck beds, near to the close of the Oolitic period, we have also evidenc
. The ancient life-history of the earth; a comprehensive outline of the principles and leading facts of palaeontological science. Paleontology. Fig. 183. -Lower jaw q{ A7nphithe7-ium {Thylacotheriion) Prevostii. Stonesiield Slate (Great Oolite.) of the Stonesfield Slate is in a dubious position. It may have been a ^Marsupial; but, upon the whole, Professor Owen is inclined to believe that it must have been a hoofed and her- bivorous Quadruped belonging to the series of the higher Mam- mals [Flacentalia). In the IMiddle Purbeck beds, near to the close of the Oolitic period, we have also evidence of the exist- ence of a number of small , all of which are probably Marsupials. Fourteen species are known, all of small size, the lars^est beinsj no bio-aer than a Polecat or Hedo:ehoo^. The genera to which these little quadrupeds have been referred are Plagiaiilax^ Spalacothermm^ Triconodon^ and Galesfes. The first of these (fig. 184, 4) is believed by Professor Owen to. 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 Nicholson, Henry Alleyne, 1844-1899. New York, A. L. Fowle
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