OWEN, RICHARD. - ESTABLISHING THE GENUS NESODON.

Description of some Species of the extinct Genus Nesodon, with remarks on the primary Group (Toxodontia) of Hoofed Quadrupeds, to which that Genus is referable.

(London, Richard Taylor and William Francis, 1853) 4to. No wrappers as extracted from "Philosophical Transactions" 1853, Vol. 143 - Part I. Pp. 291-310 and 4 lithographed plates.


First appearance of this importent paper, in which Owen established a new genus, Nesodons on the basis of the fossils found by B.J. Sulivan in the Tertiary beds of Patagonia in 1845.

Order-nr.: 42507


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