Prodromus of the paleontology of Victoria; or, Figures and descriptions of Victorian organic remains .. . ] PALEONTOLOGY OF VICTORIA. iMammalia. I am here enabled to figure one of the simple conical archedanterior teeth of this curious carnivorous extinct genus of Whales,SO unlike the lobed posterior molars figured in our second Decade,but showing in this another approximation to the larger extinctCetacean genus of Tertiary Whales, the Zeuglodonts of is one of the many interesting discoveries of Mr. W. Nelson inthe Waurn Ponds quarries of the Miocene Tertiary deposits near
Prodromus of the paleontology of Victoria; or, Figures and descriptions of Victorian organic remains .. . ] PALEONTOLOGY OF VICTORIA. iMammalia. I am here enabled to figure one of the simple conical archedanterior teeth of this curious carnivorous extinct genus of Whales,SO unlike the lobed posterior molars figured in our second Decade,but showing in this another approximation to the larger extinctCetacean genus of Tertiary Whales, the Zeuglodonts of is one of the many interesting discoveries of Mr. W. Nelson inthe Waurn Ponds quarries of the Miocene Tertiary deposits nearGeelong, from which place also I should mention that the Price has sent me a portion of the lobed posterior tooth, likethat in our first figures from a diflferent locality. Explanation op Figures. Plate LV.—Fig. 3, side view of fang and crown, natural size. Fig. 3a, surface of crown,magnified to show the character of the ridging, agreeing with that of the lobed teeth. Fig. 36,form of section of base of crown. Frederick McCot. [ 21 ] PJ LVI. PAL/EONTOLOCY OF VICTORIA. (IhperSilurianJMIxuCI /. ?f ,• ?i J v. Prof M Coy dim ? I^Cin Tertiary.] PALAEONTOLOGY OF VICTORIA. IMollusca. Plate GIPPSLANDICUM (McCoy). [Genus CARDIUM (Lra.). (Sub-kingd. MoUusca. Class Lamellibranchiata. OrderIshedrolotila. Fam. Cardiadae.) Gen. Char.—Shell sub-cordate ; margins close or gaping anteriorly and posteriorly ; cardinalteeth, 2, 1, or absent ; lateral teeth, one anterior and one posterior, or absent. Marine. Rangein time from Palseozoic to Recent. The surface is usually costate, radiatingly, but in the section Protocardium the radiatingridges are only distinct on the posterior slope, and there is a slight sinus in the paUial scar.] Description.—Rotundato-quadrate, slightly oblique, ventral margin very con-vex, gradually curving to the obtusely rounded cardinal angles; moderately convex,greatest depth about the middle; beaks large, tumid, slightly oblique; about 36 sub-eq
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