PETRIFACTIONS. io6- Amphibiolithus. 319 



106. AMPHIBIOLITHUS. The body, or fome 

 part, of an amphibious animal changed into a 

 fofTik fubftance. 



ti^uJinis. The tortoife, 



Gefner Petri faS. 41, 



Found entire or in parts fometimes in the (lone quarries of 

 Oxfordpire^ in a V^ed of (hill in S^witzerland, on St. Peter^s 

 mountain near MczjlnS in Brabani^ near Berlingham in S^wit' 

 xer/afu^t in Malta, in LetpMc or other parts of Saxony^ 



^m£. The toad or frog, 



Gefner p£trifaa. 40* 4f« 



Lapis bufonem exhi bens* Spener Mijcell. Perel, p^ roz. 



The head of a frog found in a bed of (hift in S^vttzertand^ ai*d 

 an entire petrified toad in a flaty fwineftone at Qeningen^ 



CreKdiU* The entire fcekton of the crocodile* 



Stiukeley Philofoph.TranfaSi. n. 360. p. 936. Jig, 

 Crocodili feel. Mi/c.Berol 17110 p. 103. >?g-. 24. 

 Sceleton Crocr<lili. y^<f?. Z,z// 1718. />. 188. /. 11, 



Found near Elfton in Glocefterjhire in induriited clay, near Dra* 

 in Aquitain^ at the depth of 50 yards under the furface of the 

 earth, near ^uhl in Henmburgy and near Boll in Wirtemburg 

 in 4 ilaty Hone* 



