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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1905 Excerpt: ...of a very large jaguar (Felis onca). 2. Molar tooth of an extinct horse (Onohippidium). 3. End of femur of a huge rat (Megamys). 4. Upper jaw of guanacho (Auchenia). 5. Molar tooth of same. 6. Lower end of lowest leg-bone of the rhea. 7. Foot-bone of the jaguar. 8. Hoof-bone of the fossil horse. 9, 10, 11. Dung of the Mylodon. 12, 13. Two bones of a Dog, with ends sharpened by human agency. 14. Distorted human shoulder-blade, probably of a woman. bones, etc., are smeared with blood and the soft tendon and membrane are still attached. The cartilage at the end of the long bones is still in place, dried and cracked in the drying. Not only that, but great balls of dung were found made up of the remains of masticated grass, Fig. 127.--Photograph of remains of Mylodon from the cave of the Ultima Speranza. 1. Shaft of tibia. 2. Bone of a claw. 3, 4, 5, 6. Claws (horny). 7, 8. Rudimentary toe bones. 9, 10. Cervical vertebrae. 11. Lower end of scapula. 12, 13. Broken bones. indicating that the Mylodons lived in the cave. Moreover, a very large quantity of cut grass was found in the cave, and it has been surmised MYLODONS LIVING IN THE CAVE that the Indians kept the Mylodons alive in the cavern and fed them with hay brought in from the outside. Specimens of these objects and of others to be mentioned below are now in the Fio. 128.--Photograph of a "barrel-full of bones" obtained by prospectors from the cave of Ultima Speranza, three years after the first finds, and offered for sale to the Natural History Museum. Unfortunately it was not possible to send a reply to the owners in time, and the collection was dispersed. Skulls, jaws, and other bones of Mylodon are to be seen as well as a large skull of a jaguar, and bones and teeth of horses. Natural History M...


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  • ISBN-13: 9781152458130
  • Publisher: Rarebooksclub.com
  • Publisher Imprint: Rarebooksclub.com
  • Height: 246 mm
  • No of Pages: 54
  • Spine Width: 3 mm
  • Width: 189 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1152458132
  • Publisher Date: 16 May 2012
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 113 gr


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