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STUDIES IN TASMANIAN MAMMALS, 



LIVING AND KXTIN( T 



Number 1 V 



.\ ototheri u m mitcfu fit. 



Appendicular Skeleton, inclu qus and pes 



(hitherto unknown ). 



H. IJ. s on (Cuj the Launoeston Museum) 



and 



Clive E. L< ator of Tin Tasmanii urn, 



pi.-.t 3 xxn xxin. 

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INTRODUCTORY NOTE. 



The feel of the Nototheria hav< hitherto remained 

 ribed from 'hough many 



bones in museum collections have be n rel gated to the 

 genus. The calcaneum, and as itotherium 



tasmanicum were recovered with the rest oi leton 



in 1910. and the a \herium victories, came 



to light with other associated remains from King Island in 

 1912. Of the foot of Nototherium mitchelli, we have now 



cord the following bones, all parts of a single pes, and 

 the aseocia be skeleton unearthed at Smithton, in 



1920 ? namely : — 



( 1 ) Astragalus. 



(2) < Jalcani am. 



(3) Navicular. 

 ( h Cuboid. 



(5) Ento-cuni iform. 



(6) Ecto-cuneiform. 



(7) Two metatarsals. 



(8) One ungual phalanx. 



For all practical purposes this outlines the fool, and 

 as the bones, in a general way, conform to the Diprotodon 

 type, it will be easy to restore the missing parts, the more 



