. Australasian fossils, a students' manual of palaeontology. Paleontology. MAMMALS. 285 the rocks where they were shielded from the influence of air and moisture. The remains of Moa birds are very abundant in some of the localities as at Hamil- ton in Southland, where, as Hutton estimated, the remains of at least 400 birds were contained within a radius of 25 Fig. 138—Pachyornis elephantopus, Owen sp. Pleistocene. New Zealand. About l/26th. nat. size. (After Owen). Mammalia: Early Types.— MAMMALIA.—The history of those warm-blooded animals, the mammals, commences in the early part of th
. Australasian fossils, a students' manual of palaeontology. Paleontology. MAMMALS. 285 the rocks where they were shielded from the influence of air and moisture. The remains of Moa birds are very abundant in some of the localities as at Hamil- ton in Southland, where, as Hutton estimated, the remains of at least 400 birds were contained within a radius of 25 Fig. 138—Pachyornis elephantopus, Owen sp. Pleistocene. New Zealand. About l/26th. nat. size. (After Owen). Mammalia: Early Types.— MAMMALIA.—The history of those warm-blooded animals, the mammals, commences in the early part of the Mesozoic period. It was then that the skull be- gan to assume the characters seen in the modern quad-. 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 Chapman, Frank M. (Frank Michler), 1864-1945. Melbourne, London [etc. ] G. Robertson & Company Propy. ltd.
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