The zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle [vol. 1 of 5] : $b Fossil mammalia

THE ZOOLOGY OF THE VOYAGE OF H. M. S. BEAGLE, UNDER THE COMMAND OF CAPTAIN FITZROY, R.N., DURING THE YEARS 1832 TO 1836. PUBLISHED WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE LORDS COMMISSIONERS OF HER MAJESTY’S TREASURY.

LIST OF PLATES.

PREFACE.

GEOLOGICAL INTRODUCTION.

FOSSIL MAMMALIA.

A DESCRIPTION OF THE CRANIUM OF TOXODON PLATENSIS; A gigantic extinct mammiferous animal, referrible to the Order Pachydermata, but with affinities to the Rodentia, Edentata, and Herbivorous Cetacea.

DESCRIPTION OF FRAGMENTS OF A LOWER JAW AND TEETH OF A TOXODON.

DESCRIPTION OF PARTS OF THE SKELETON OF MACRAUCHENIA PATACHONICA; A large extinct Mammiferous Animal, referrible to the Order Pachydermata; but with affinities to the Ruminantia, and especially to the Camelidæ.

DESCRIPTION OF A FRAGMENT OF A CRANIUM OF AN EXTINCT MAMMAL, INDICATIVE OF A NEW GENUS OF EDENTATA, AND FOR WHICH IS PROPOSED THE NAME OF GLOSSOTHERIUM.

DESCRIPTION OF A MUTILATED LOWER JAW AND TEETH, ON WHICH IS FOUNDED A SUBGENUS OF MEGATHERIOID EDENTATA, UNDER THE NAME OF MYLODON.