A study based on fossilised remains of Tasmania's giant wombat, discovered in the Blackwood Swamp near Smithton in 1910, published in 1915 by the Tasmanian Department of Mines as Geological Survey Record no.4.
An antiquarian monograph about the prehistoric giant wombat, of interest to megafauna enthusiasts, palaeontologists and Tasmanian science collectors. The 22 illustrative plates provide detailed anatomical/osteological drawings of the skeleton and teeth, a valuable visual reference.
This is an out-of-print book; it is in USED and old condition with some discolouration of the cover and lots of foxing. Pages tanned. Wear to the edges. Please contact the bookshop, Just Tassie Books at The Book Cellar, if you require additional detailed photos and description of condition before purchasing.
Hardcover book
Published by John Vail, Government Printer, Hobart, 1915
47-pages plus 22 black/white illustrative plates
Approximate size 30.5cm x 25cm
Diprotodontidae / Diprotodontid fossil morphology
Vombatiforms and Pleistocene megafauna
Osteology of extinct Australian marsupials |