. Elements of geology : a text-book for colleges and for the general reader. Geology. 588 CEXOZOIC ERA—AGE OF MAMMALS. Australia.—Fn Australian caves, also, great abundance of remains lias been found, and they show the same prevalence of gigantic spe- cies. As now, so then, the mammals of Australia were almost all Mar- supials, but the present species are dwarfs in comparison. The largest of these wTas the Diprotodon (two front teeth), a pachydermoid kangaroo as big as a rhinoceros. A reduced figure of the skull, which wTas three feet long, is given herewith. Among other remarkable species of
. Elements of geology : a text-book for colleges and for the general reader. Geology. 588 CEXOZOIC ERA—AGE OF MAMMALS. Australia.—Fn Australian caves, also, great abundance of remains lias been found, and they show the same prevalence of gigantic spe- cies. As now, so then, the mammals of Australia were almost all Mar- supials, but the present species are dwarfs in comparison. The largest of these wTas the Diprotodon (two front teeth), a pachydermoid kangaroo as big as a rhinoceros. A reduced figure of the skull, which wTas three feet long, is given herewith. Among other remarkable species of marsupials were Macropus (kangaroo) Titan and M. Atlas, of great size; Nototherium Mitchelli, as large as a bullock, and a very remarkable species, supposed by Owen to have been carnivorous, and therefore called Tliylacoleo (pouched lion) cam-. Fig. 960.—Skull of Diprotodon Aus- tralis, x £s, Post-Pliocene, 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 LeConte, Joseph, 1823-1901. New York : D. Appleton and Co.
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