﻿266 Allen's naturalist's library. 



to those of existing Wombats, and, according to De Vis, the 

 same is true with regard to the upper ones. 



Distriljution. — Queensland, New South Wales, and South 

 Australia. 



GENUS SCEPARNODON. 

 Sceparnodon, Owen, Phil. Trans., 1884, p. 245. 



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I. SCEPARNODON RAMSAYI.' 



Sceparnodon ranisayi, Owen, loc. cit. ; Lydekker, Proc. Royal 

 Soc, vol. xlix., p. 60 (1891); De Vis, Proc. Linn. Soc. 

 New S. Wales, ser. 2, vol. viii., p. 11 (1893). 



This genus and species were estabHshed on the evidence 

 of large chisel-like incisor teeth, remarkable for their breadth, 

 fla':ness, and thinness, some examples being fully an inch and 

 a half in width, and not more than a quarter of an inch in 

 thickness. In a clay deposit at Bingera, on the frontier of 

 New South Wales, numbers of these teeth are found separately, 

 and likewise numbers of the jaws of Phascolomcs gigas without 

 the incisors. Seeing that there were no molar teeth known 

 which could be assigned to Sceparnodon^ while the upper 

 incisors of Phascoloniis were unknown, the author contended 

 that the remains described under these two names pertained 

 to one and the same animal. Recently, however, Mr. De Vis 

 has stated that he has obtained the upper incisor of FhascolonuSj 

 which is quite different from the teeth of the Scepar?iodon. If 

 his determination be certain, the two genera must be distinct, 

 although there still remains the difficulty that no molar teeth 

 are known which can be assigned to the latter. If, however, 

 his identification is to be accepted, it appears, as already men- 

 tioned, very doubtful if Phascoloniis gigas can be generically 

 separated from Phascolomys. 



Distribution. — QueensL.nd, New South Wales, and South 

 Australia. 



