78 GUIDE TO JllK FOSSIL :MA:\I."MALS and lUltDS. 



Wall-case The skull (Fig. 72) measures about three feet iu length. The 

 Table-cases Mi'iii*^^ii^g teeth are ridged, much like those of a iminitive 

 14, 14a, 15. elephant, such as Dinotlierium. The toes are five in numl)er 



liut remarkal)ly sliort and slender. 

 Table-cases The remains of kangaroos from tlie river deposits of 

 14, 15. Queensland and Xew .South Wales, and from the Wellington 

 Caves, Xew South Wales, indicate animals of various sizes 

 from that of the smallest living species to that of a donkey. 

 The unique original collection described by Owen is ex- 

 hibited in Table-cases 14, 15. The largest extinct species 

 referred to P rocoptodon and Palorchcf-tcs, though essentially 

 kangaroos, had the fore and hind liml)S less dis]irn])ortii)nate 



Fig. 72. — Skull and lower jaw of a gigantic extinct Marsupial, Dijyrotodon 

 aiistralis, from the Pleistocene of Queensland ; with a Human Skull 

 (b) to show comparative size. (Wall-case 27.) 



in size than any li\ing member of the family, and would 

 ])roljably be unable to leap. 



Table-case The largest of the extinct wombats, found with Dipro- 



^'^^- fodoii and the large kangaroos, is Fhasco/onus, oH which the 



lower jaw and upper front teeth are shown in Talde-case 14a. 



It was about as large as an ox. Here are also numerous 



remains of wombats of more ordinary size. 



Table-case The phalangers seem to be represented among fossils by 

 the so-called " pouched lion " of Owen, Thylacoho carnifex, 

 which is also found with Diprotodon and the large kangaroos 

 in the Australian river deposits and caverns. Numerous 

 unique fragments are exhibited, with a restored model of the 



14. 



