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Macropus cf. anak. 
Mandibular fragment with three molars (F. 2096), Found whilst sinking 
a well, “ 40 feet below the surface,” at Knapp’s Creek, near Beaudesert, S.E. Q. 
Presented by Mr. D . Salisbury, and received through Mr. L. Power. 
This specimen represents one of the larger extinct species of Macropus , and as 
these are somewhat difficult to determine on incomplete series of molars it may be 
M. necfms. Pending a revision of our fossil Macropodidse, it may here be noted that 
some specimens in the Queensland Museum recorded as M. anak should probably 
be placed with allied species. The writer considers that the forms with the very 
elongated lower premolar described by Owen as Protemnodon rcechus are specifically 
distinct from anak , and that both species are genericallv separable from Macropus . 
In these large specimens the lower premolar may attain an antero -posterior length 
of 19-5 mm., and one is even reminded of the caruassial of Thylacoleo. Although 
there is considerable variability in the size of the premolars in our specimens, the 
writer cannot agree with De Vis in <e lumping” all of these under Macropus anak. 10 
In December, 1926, some fragments of bones found at a depth of about 30 feet 
when sinking a well in the bed of jNogo Creek, near Raw belle, Burnett district, 
S.E. Q., were received from Mr. E. J. Shaw, through Dr. Guilford Davidson. These 
included a scute (in four pieces) and a tooth of an extinct crocodile, Pallimnarchus 
pollens. Other fragments, which could not be specifically determined, represent 
a species of Macropus. 
Dromaius novse-hollandise . 
The proximal end of a tibio-tarsus of an emu, closely comparable with that 
of the present-day species but fossilized, was found in the bed of the Condamine, 
near Dalby, with the remains of extinct marsupials by the writer in company with 
Mr. Thomas Jack (F. 1652). 
Some of the above specimens have been recorded as exhibits in the Proceedings 
of the Royal Society of Queensland. It is of interest to note that until the last few 
years practically all of the fossil marsupials found in Queensland came from the 
Darling Downs, chiefly from the Condamine River and its tributaries. It is evident, 
however, that we may expect many finds of extinct forms from recent deposits in 
other parts of Queensland. W. H. Bryan has suggested that the name “ Diprotodon 
Beds ” should be given ec for the older alluvial deposits containing fossil remains 
of giant and other marsupials of Pleistocene age.” * 11 The present writer anticipates 
that marsupial fossils of undoubted Tertiary age will later be found in Queensland, 
and in this connection it is of interest to refer to the discoveries of Tertiary sediments 
tabulated in 1926 by 0. A. Jones. 12 
10 1894, De Vis, Review Fossil Macropodidse, Pr. Linn. Soc. N.S.W., x, p. 104. 
11 1928, W. H. Bryan, “A Glossary of Qld. Stratigraphy,” Qld. University, Brisbane. 
12 1926, O. A. Jones, Proc. Roy. Soc. Qld., vol. xxxviii, pp. 23-46. 
