. Annals of natural history. Natural history; Botany; Zoology; Geology. THE ANNALS AND MAGAZINE OF NATURAL HISTORY. No. 71. MAY 1843. XLVI.—Additional Evidence proving the Australian Pachy- derm described in a former Number of the ^ Annals ^ to be a DiNOTHERiuM, with remarks on the Nature and Affinities of that genus. By Prof. Owen, In the January Number of the ^ Annals of Natural History' (p. 7) I described some fossils transmitted from Australia by Sir Thos. L. Mitchell, and referred them to the Proboscidian family of Pachyderms, pointing out the close resemblance of the broken tooth
. Annals of natural history. Natural history; Botany; Zoology; Geology. THE ANNALS AND MAGAZINE OF NATURAL HISTORY. No. 71. MAY 1843. XLVI.—Additional Evidence proving the Australian Pachy- derm described in a former Number of the ^ Annals ^ to be a DiNOTHERiuM, with remarks on the Nature and Affinities of that genus. By Prof. Owen, In the January Number of the ^ Annals of Natural History' (p. 7) I described some fossils transmitted from Australia by Sir Thos. L. Mitchell, and referred them to the Proboscidian family of Pachyderms, pointing out the close resemblance of the broken tooth (figs. 2 and 3, p. 9) to the molars of the Di- notherium and Mastodon, but more especially to those of the Dinotherium, on account of the size and shape of the trans- verse ridges ; although, as their number in the entire tooth Fig. Dinotherium Australe : one-third nat. size. could not be ascertained from the fossil, it could not with cer- tainty be referred to that genus. I have this morning been favoured by Sir Thos. Mitchell with a letter containing two figures of the portion of the jaw- bone referred to in his former letter, but which he has not been able to procure for transmission, and these figures prove the Australian Pachyderm to be a Dinotherium, not a Mastodon. Ann, Mag, N. Hist, Vol. xi. Z. 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 [S. l. : s. n. ]
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