. Australasian fossils, a students' manual of palaeontology. Paleontology. MAMMALS. 289. Tig. 141—Thylacinus major, Owen. Hind part of mandible, outer side. Pleistocene. Queensland. Y2 nat. size all diprotodont. The Peramelidae or Bandicoot family are represented in Pleistocene Cave-breccias in New South Wales by the genera Peragale and Perameles. Pleistocene Diprotodonts.— Pleistocene remains of the diprotodont forms of this syndactylous group are Phascolomys (the Wombat), perhaps ranging as low as Upper Pliocene (P. plio- cenus) (Fig. 141) ; Phascolonus (P. gigas) (Fig. 142 A)1, a large Womb
. Australasian fossils, a students' manual of palaeontology. Paleontology. MAMMALS. 289. Tig. 141—Thylacinus major, Owen. Hind part of mandible, outer side. Pleistocene. Queensland. Y2 nat. size all diprotodont. The Peramelidae or Bandicoot family are represented in Pleistocene Cave-breccias in New South Wales by the genera Peragale and Perameles. Pleistocene Diprotodonts.— Pleistocene remains of the diprotodont forms of this syndactylous group are Phascolomys (the Wombat), perhaps ranging as low as Upper Pliocene (P. plio- cenus) (Fig. 141) ; Phascolonus (P. gigas) (Fig. 142 A)1, a large Wombat from Queensland and New South Wales and South Australia; the Giant Kan- garoos, as Macropus titan (Queensland, New South 1.—This genus was described by Owen in 1872 as a sub- genus of Phascolomys founded on some cheek-teeth; and sub- sequently, in 1884, the same author described some incisors under the name of Sceparnodon ram sayi, which are now known to belong to the same animal that bore the 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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