SCELIDOTHEEIUM. 



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liO.— Remains of '^kuU of Scchdoth nun. 



112. 



e, the crown 



plantation of the teeth and their structure 

 of a tooth seen from above. 



This animal was evidently allied to the mylodon and 

 meofatherium, and belongs to the same family. 



The fossil remains, viz. a cranium, several vertebrae, 

 the scapulae, and various bones of the limbs, were dis- 

 covered by Mr. Darwin at Punta Alta, in northern 

 Patagonia, and in the same bed of partly consolidated 

 gravel as that wherein the lower jaws of toxodon and a 

 species of mylodon were imbedded. AH the parts were 



