The zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle [vol. 1 of 5] : $b Fossil mammaliaOwen, Richard
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The zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle [vol. 1 of 5] : $b Fossil mammalia
Owen, Richard
Beagle Expedition (1831-1836); Mammals, Fossil; Paleontology -- South America; Zoology
PLATE I. Cranium of _Toxodon Platensis_, nat. size, basal view, with
the sixth molar, right side upper jaw, and grinding surface
of the seventh molar left side.
II. Cranium of _Toxodon Platensis_, side view.
III. Ditto, upper view.
IV. Ditto, back view, with two views of the sixth molar,
right side, upper jaw.
V. Fragment of lower jaw, and teeth of _Toxodon Platensis_.
VI. Cervical vertebræ of the _Macrauchenia Patachonica_.
VII. Ditto, ditto, and of _Auchenia Llama_.
VIII. Lumbar vertebræ of the _Macrauchenia Patachonica_.
_a._ Medium convex articular surface joining the body of the
sacrum.
_b._ Lateral concavities joining the transverse processes of the
_b._ sacrum.
_c._ Ossified ligament of an anchylosed lumbar vertebra.
IX. Fig. 1 and 2. Fragments of the Scapula.
Fig. 3. Distal end of the femur of _Macrauchenia Patachonica_.
X. Proximal ends of the anchylosed radius and ulna of
_Macrauchenia Patachonica_.
XI. Bones of the right fore-foot, _Macrauchenia Patachonica_.
XII. Femur, _Macrauchenia Patachonica_.
XIII. Anchylosed tibia and fibula, _Macrauchenia Patachonica_.
XIV. Right astragalus, _Macrauchenia Patachonica_.
XV. Fig. 1. External metatarsal bone of the right hind-foot.
Fig. 2. Proximal end of internal metacarpal bone, right
fore-foot.
Fig. 3 and 4. Proximal end of middle metacarpal bone.
Fig. 5. Proximal end of external metacarpal bone, right
fore-foot, _Macrauchenia Patachonica_.
XVI. Fragment of cranium of the _Glossotherium_.
Fig. 1. Side view.
Fig. 2. Base view.
Fig. 3. Inside view, all half natural size.
Fig. 4. Os tympanicum, natural size.
XVII. Fig. 1. _Megalonyx Jeffersonii._
Fig. 2. _Megalonyx laqueatus._
Fig. 3 and 4. _Mylodon Harlani._
Fig. 5. _Mylodon Darwinii._
XVIII. Lower jaw of the _Mylodon Darwinii_.
XIX. Fig. 1. Side view of the lower jaw.
Fig. 2 and 3. Last molar tooth.
Fig. 4. Front view of the symphysis of the lower jaw, _Mylodon
Darwinii_.
XX. Portion of the skeleton of the _Scelidotherium leptocephalum_.
XXI. Fig. 1. Side view of the cranium.
Fig. 2. Back view of the cranium.
Fig. 3, 4, and 5, anterior molar, upper jaw _Scelidotherium_.
XXII. Upper view of the cranium of the _Scelidotherium_.
XXIII. Fig. 1. Inside view of cranium.
Fig. 2. Articular surface for the lower jaw.
Fig. 3. Section of upper jaw and molar teeth.
Fig. 4. Section of lower jaw and molar teeth,
_Scelidotherium_.
XXIV. Cervical and anterior dorsal vertebræ of.
Fig. 1. _Scelidotherium._
Fig. 2. _Orycteropus._
Fig. 3. _Dasypus._
Fig. 4.
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