OWEN, RICHARD. - FOSSIL OF A GIANT WOMBAT.

On the Fossil Mammals of Australia. - Part V. Genus Nothotherium. Received May 8, - Read June 15, 1871.

(London, Taylor and Francis, 1873). 4to. No wrappers as extracted from "Philosophical Transactions", 1872. Vol. 162. Pp. 41-82 a. 10 litghographed plates. Clean fine.


First appearance of this classic paper on the genus Nototherium, in which Owen reconstructs the animal based on the findings of teeth and mandibles.

Nototherium ("Southern Beast) is an extinct genus of marsupial. This mammal had hypsodont molars. It was a relative of the larger Diprotodon and a distant kin to modern wombats too. It was hunted by megalania and Thylacoleo carnifex.

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