EXTINCT ANIMALS 



is expected that the complete skeleton will be 

 put together and exhibited in the Natural 

 History Museum before very long. 



Fig. 133. — The restoration of the skeleton of Diprotodon, as 

 drawn by the late Sir Richard Owen. It will be observed 

 that the feet were not known when this drawing was made. 



The oldest remains of mammals, which we 

 know of, are found in the Oolitic and Triassic 

 strata and consist of very small lower jawbones 

 with their teeth, embedded in very fine-textured 



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