| Reference number | PP/17/2 |
| Previous numbers | PP/49/3 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Paper, 'On the generic identity of Sceparnodon and Phascolonus' by R [Richard] Lydekker |
| Date | 1890 |
| Description | Lydekker writes: 'In the year 1872, Sir Richard Owen described and figured in the ‘Phil. Trans.’ two imperfect lower jaws of a large extinct Wombat, from the Pleistocene of Queensland, under the name of Phascolomys (Phascolonus) gigas, the term Phascolonus being employed in a subgeneric sense. The species Phascolomys gigas, it should be observed, was founded by the same writer at an earlier date, upon the evidence of a detached cheek-tooth. Subsequently Sir Richard Owen described and figured certain imperfect upper incisors, from Queensland and South Australia, characterised by their peculiarly flattened and chisel-like shape, under the new generic name Sceparnodon, which was suggested from their contour.'
Annotations in pencil and ink.
Subject: Zoology
Received 19 November 1890. Read 18 December 1890. Communicated by William Henry Flower.
A version of this paper was published in volume 49 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'On the generic identity of Sceparnodon and Phascolonus'. |
| Extent | 14p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Printed |
| Physical description | Ink and graphite pencil on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| Access status | Open |
| Related material | DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1871.0059 |
| DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1872.0011 |
| DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1890.0066 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA1425 | Lydekker; Richard (1849 - 1915) | 1849 - 1915 |
| NA8083 | Owen; Sir; Richard (1804 - 1892) | 1804 - 1892 |
| NA5526 | Flower; Sir; William Henry (1831 - 1899) | 1831 - 1899 |