PAPERS 



OF THE 



ROYAL SOCIETY OF TASMANIA 



1923 



STUDIES IN TASMANIAN MAMMALS, LIVING AND 

 EXTINCT. 



Number VIII. 

 By 



H. H. Scott, Curator of the Launceston Museum, 



and 



Clive E. Lord, F.L.S., Director of the Tasmanian Museum. 



(Read 26th February, 1923.) 



PLEISTOCENE MARSUPIALS FROM KING ISLAND. 



The present specimens relate to the same find as that 

 noted in our communication to this Society upon 13th June, 

 1921, when we detailed the characters relating to the humerus 

 of Zaglossus harrissoni. 



Nototherhim mitchelli, Owen. — Female (?) animal. Our 

 claim (1920, p. 24 and p. 107) that the plaster cast studied 

 by Professor Owen, and practically elevated by him to the 

 status of a type, was made from the skull of a female animal, 

 is once more our theme, and the evidence is of some con- 

 siderable interest. Of the animal to be studied, we have 

 the nasal platform, some parts of the zygomatic arch, one 

 tusk, the right upper maxillary with parts of four teeth in 

 situ, and the fifth present, but detached. In addition to this, 

 the atlas, axis, and third cervical are available to us — a most 

 fortunate group of associated bones in view of the nature of 

 our inquiry. We have given (1920, p. 81) a table of the 

 calipered thicknesses of Nototherian nasal platforms, and 

 to this we now add the following data: — 



N. MITCHELLI. 



Female. Male. 



Thickness of right nasal boss 47 mm. 60 mm. 



Thickness of left nasal boss 49 mm. 59 mm. 



Central thickness of nasal platform 17 mm. 25 mm. 

 Thickness at base of nasal cartilage 



studs 18 mm. 22 mm 



Thickness midway between studs and 



nasal bosses 16 mm. 16 mn\ 



Width of nasal platform 160 mm. 175 mm. 



