OWEN, RICHARD.

On the Dicynodont Reptilia, with a Description of some Fossil Remains brought by H.R.H. Prince Alfred from South Africa, November 1860. Received January 23, - Read February 20, 1862.

(London, Taylor and Francis, 1862). 4to. No wrappers as extracted from "Philosophical Transactions" 1862 - Vol. 152 - Part I. Pp. 455-467 a. 7 lithographed plates. The plates with some soiling, dampstains and brownspots. Text fine and clean.

First printing of Owens importentr paper describing a genus of Dicynodonts that lived during the late Permian and Jurrasic periods. Dicynodonts meaning "two dog teeth" were pigike herbivorous with two large tusks in the upper jaw.

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