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PETRIFACTIONS. 107. Ichthyolithus. 



rnger* 



aihidkr» 



S^fsmfeu 



107. ICHTHYOLITHUS. The body or 

 of a fifh changed into a foffiic lubftance. 



parts 



In a black flaty (lone. 



Jch hyo'ithus totilis. Sy/i, naf. xii. ^, p, 1^9, «.i, 



ff^o/. Half tab, I 3 — 20, D i<vil, curiof 5 tab, 4, 



Pifccs petrifcrti. ^vA V«Aro« » . /> 4 fg- i — 3.j>. 47./*. 12. 



Pifces petrifafli. Braun miner 2 z^^. 7, 8. 



Lapis iflebianus, Gef erfig 161, 



Lluid Lythop epft. i. p.>^6 tab 22. ^^ I. 



Found in a black flate in the ifl nd of Sheppey arid various parts 

 of Walri^ in the mouncains of Snvifze-lamiy Silejia^ Ge manyi 

 Sec. impregnated With bitumen, pyritaceous m <tter or oxvde 

 of copper: the liihe.'^ themielve>^ refemble the Eel, Sword fifh* 

 Cod, Flat-fifli, Perch, Roach, Dace, Mackrel, Mullet, 

 Carp, Tench, Pipe-fifh, Ray, &c. 



In a pale flaty (lone. 



Ichthyolithus totalis, !^ysf. nat. xii. 3.^. 159. ». 2. 



Ichthyolithus totalis.' Rumph. muj, tab 59 /" H. 



Found inv rious parts of England, on mount Libanus In Paleftinep 

 in the ecclefialtical territories of Italy, in Snjuitzeriand, Ba^ 

 fvaria. Sec, the filhej are rarely of the fea kind, as Hat-fifh, 

 Mackrtl, Gurnard, &c, but ufually of the frefh- water kind, 

 as eels, perch, tench, dace, roach, f Imon, &c. the. are 

 feldom found whole, but in different part ^ as the head, gill- 

 covers and other bones, fins, tals, tendrils, or fcales, in a 

 grey flaty fwineftone or impreffed on ftiiftofe marble, and 

 (ometimes penetrated with bitumen. 



The grinders of the fea- wolf. Toadjloncs 



Ichthyolithus dentis. S'yft, nat. xii. 3.^. 198, «. 4. 



Vhilofoph^lranjads n. 200 p. 75O, 



Lluid LithophiU p. 70. cap. 20, 



JVoodivard I. part 2. p. 84. 



Found in various parts of England, particularly in Oxford^ire, 

 generally rom difh and hollowed lilvC a cup, from the fizc of 

 a fmall pea to nearly an inch in d ameter: colour black, grey^ 

 or brown, fcmetimes finely variegated, always poUfhed. 



Gktsafetre, The teeth of the (hark. 



Amphibiol. dentis. Sy ft. nat. xii. 3./. 158. «. 6. 

 Olear ntu/\ tab. 21. Buttn» dilwv. 242. tab, 24, B. 

 Worm muf. 67. /. 4. JVolf. half. tab. 21, 

 Lluid LithopiU tab, ij* 



