xii 



Pngo 

 4^ 



til'IIUS STYl."l>oN ™» 



Species 1. Stylodon pusillus 4o 



2. S. robustus 52 



Lrptoclndtut dubitts (?) 53 



Genua Bo&ooo> 54 



Species 1. Holodon crassidens 54 



(irnus Tkiconoiion 58 



Sjifcics 1. Triconoflon mordax 08 



2. T.ferox 64 



3. T. occisor - 69 



4. T. minor 70 



Genoa Tiuacantiiodon '2 



Species 1 . Triacanthodon serrula 72 



Genua I'i.aoiauxax 75 



Species 1. Plogiaulax minor 75 



2. P. Becklesii 77 



3. P. Falconeri < . . . . 84 



4. P. medius 85 



Taxonomic deductions 88 



Physiological deductions 96 



Objections to the carnivority of Playiaulax considered 98 



USTRALIAN TLKISTOCENE MARSUPIALS. 



Suborder POLYPROTODONTIA. 



(Jenus Sarcophilos 105 



Species 1. Sarcophilus ursinus 105 



2. 5. laniarius 105 



Genua Thylacixcb 106 



Species 1. Tliylacinus cynocephalus 106 



2. T. major '. 106 



Suborder DIPROTODONTIA. 

 Section SAHCOPHAGA. 



(ienus Thylacoleo 107 



Species Thylacoleo carnifex (fragmentary indications) 107 



„ (mutilated skull) 110 



„ (almost entire skull) 123 



„ Affinities, living habits, and food 133 



„ Location of laniaries 148 



„ Comparison of its teeth with those of the Koala 151 



„ Mandibular characters of carnivorous and herbivorous Marsupials . . 153 



„ Testimony as to the native food of the Aye-aye 158 



„ Comparison of the mandibular condyle in Thylacoleo and Rodentia. . 160 



„ Interrupted and continuous applications of teeth 162 



,, Work of molars in Herbivora 164 



„ Relation of size to carnivority 177 



„ Localities of fossil evidences of Thylacoleo 184 



