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INDEX 



Lariosaurus, 206, 207 (Fig.) 



Laurentian, 50, 153 



Lavoisier, Antoine Laurent, 2, 51, 286 



Lead, 54 



Leatherbacks, 202 (Fig.), 203 



Leidy, Joseph, 196, 237 



Lemur, 150, 236, 237, 239, 261, 274 



Leopards, 225 



Lepidosiren, 174 



Lias, 50 



Lichens, 32 



Life, 2, 4-6, II, 12, 15, 145, 281, 286, 288; 

 bacterial stages of, 70, 80; dependent on 

 temperature, 48-50; elements, 6, t,;^, 34, 

 37-39, 45-48, 53-56, 59-71, 82; energy 

 concept of, 10-23, 281; environment, 

 see Environment, life; first appearance 

 of, 4; evolution of, 2, 3, 5, 11, 17, 19, 98, 

 99; latent, 48; orderly processes of, 116, 

 288; origin of, i, 2, 10, 20, 23, 35, 38, 41, 

 43, 49, 50, 58, 67, 80, 81, 14s; primary 

 stages of, 67-71; subject to chance, 7-9, 



, 146; subject to law, 7-9, 146; theories 

 of, creation, 5, entelechy, 10, 277, mate- 

 rialistic, 3, 6, mechanistic, 2, 6, vitalism, 

 2, 10, 52, vitalistic, 2, 6, 10 



Light, see Energy of light; production, 9, 

 see Phosphorescence; ultra-violet, 60, 

 84; velocity of, 11 



Limb bones, 168, 265, 266 



Limbs, 155, 168, 172, 174, 178, 182-184, 

 186, 187, 190, 192, 197, 198, 200, 204, 206, 

 208, 209, 213-216, 219, 224, 227-229, 

 238-240, 252, 257, 265, 266, 269, 270 



Lime, 50, 91, 102, 120, 246 



Limestone, 32, 65, 83, 85, 86, 90, 103, 104, 

 118, 135, 137, 153 



Limnoscelis, 187 



Limiilus, 125, 132; polyphetnns, 124 (Fig.), 

 125 



Lingula, 121; anatina, 122, 123 (Fig.) 



Lingidella, 1 21-123; acuminata, 121, 123 

 (Fig.) 



Linnteus, 234 



Lions, 225 



Lists, see Tables 



Lithium, 54 



Lithosphere, 26, 33, 34 



Lit hot ha in n iii in, 1 03 



Lizards, 186, 188, 193, 194, 201, 231, 239, 

 292; see Lacertilia; half-, 206; sea, 209 

 (Fig.), 210 



Lockyer, Sir Joseph Norman, 3 



Locomotion, 17, 112, 115, 120, 131, 152, 

 154-157, 159, 165, 212, 224, 227, 229, 239 

 Loeb, Jacques, 42, 64, 66, iii 

 Loeb, Leo, 78 

 Loons, 230 

 Loi'icaria, 175 



Loid sella peduncidata, 126, 127 (Fig.) 

 Lull, R. S., 216, 219 

 Lungs, 66, 178 

 Lyell, Charles, 24, 103, 254 

 Lysorophus, 181 



M 



Macaques, 239 



Mackenzia costalis, 126, 127 (Fig.) 



Madagascar, 150 



Magnesium, 33, 36, 37, 46, 51, 54, 55, 63, 



64, 65, 67, 68, 71, 82, 84, loi 

 Malayan Peninsula, 261 

 Mammalia, 190, 191, 234-274, 292; see 



Mammals 

 Mammals, 23, 126, 131, 137, 142, 149, 155, 



161, 163, 165, 190-193, 198, 200, 231, 232, 



234-274, 275; see Mammalia; clawed, 



236, 239; egg-laying, 236, 237, 292, see 

 Monotremata, Monotremes; hoofed, 236, 



237, 258, 259; pouched, 236, 237, 292, 

 see Marsupialia, Marsupials; pro-, 192 



Mammoth, woolly, 271 (Fig.), 273 

 Man, 46, 236-238, 269, 273 (Fig.), 274, 281 

 Manatees, 236, 237, 239, 269, 270 

 Manganese, 2^, 52, 54, 71, 82, 88, loi 

 Manleoceras manteoceras, 264 (Fig.) 

 Marine, habitat, see Habitat, marine; life, 



37, 38, 42; organisms, 66; plants, 63 

 Marsh, Othniel C, 196, 216, 230, 237 

 Marsupialia, 237; see Mammals, pouched; 



Marsupials 

 Marsupials, 203, 235, 236, 243, 292; see 



Mammals, pouched; Marsupialia 

 Mastigophora, 112 (Fig.), 115, 290; see 



Flagellates 

 Mastodons, 261, 264, 270, 273, 292 

 Matter, i, 4, 10, 12, 18, 46, 51, 58, 68, 70, 



95, 145; living, 64, 67, 286-288 

 Matthew, W. D., 235, 257 

 Mediterranean, 171, 188, 217, 260 

 Medusa, 126, 130 

 Melanostomias melanops, 173 (Fig.), 174 



(Fig.) 

 Merostomata, 121, 166; see Merostomes 

 Merostomes, 124, 130; see Merostomata 



