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XVI. On Megaladapis madagascariensis , an extinct gigantic lemuroid from Madagascar

1894; Royal Society; Volume: 54; Issue: 326-330 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1098/rspl.1893.0067

2053-9126

Chris Major,

Primate Behavior and Ecology

The subject of the present paper is a somewhat imperfect Mammalian skull, together with a right and left mandibular ramus, apparently belonging to the same specimen, discovered by Mr. J. T. Last (collector for the Hon. Lionel Walter de Rothschild), in a marsh at Ambolisatra, on the south-west coast of Madagascar, beneath a stratum of a white clayey substance (shell-marl ?) from 18 in. to 2 ft. in thickness. At first sight the skull appears to have no relation whatever with any known Mammalian group, either existing or extinct.