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A re-examination of the skeletal characters of Wynyardia bassiana, an extinct Tasmanian marsupial.
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Abstract
Thirty years ago (P.Z.S. 1900, pp. 776-794) Sir Baldwin
Spencer described and named the fossil Marsupial that had
been brought to light by a fall of the cliff face at Table
Cape, Tasmania.
Since that time Wynyardia has taken a definite place in
all speculations concerning the phylogeny of the Marsupials,
and has lent support to more than one hypothesis dealing
with the history of the Australian Didelphians and their
route of entry into the island continent.
Some years ago an examination of the cast of the fossil
suggested to me the advisability of a reinvestigation of the
characters of the animal, but the cast appeared to provide
an inadequate basis upon which to conduct such a study.
During a visit to Hobart in 1925 I discussed with Mr.
Clive Lord, Director of the Tasmanian Museum, the possibility
of submitting the original specimen to a thorough reexamination
and of providing a series of dioptrographic
drawings of the fragments.
Upon my return to Australia in 1930 this was made
possible by the kindness of the Director and Trustees of the
Tasmanian Museum, who permitted me to have the most
important fragments of the skeleton in my charge in Melbourne.
I greatly appreciate the liberal policy that dictated
this action, and rendered the present study possible.
Item Type: | Article |
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Authors/Creators: | Jones, Frederic Wood |
Keywords: | Royal Society of Tasmania, RST, Van Diemens Land, natural history, science, ecology, taxonomy, botany, zoology, geology, geography, papers & proceedings, Australia, UTAS Library |
Journal or Publication Title: | Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania |
ISSN: | 0080-4703 |
Collections: | Royal Society Collection > Papers & Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania |
Additional Information: | Copyright Royal Society of Tasmania |
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