INDEX 327 
Meeris, Lake, 266 
Meritherium, 265 
, recent find of, in Patagonia, 290 
Molluses, tracks of, 33 
Moloch, 123 
Moodie, Mr. R. L., 103 
Mosasaurus. See Sea Serpents 
Museum, Nature’s, 3 
Mylodon, 287 
N 
Neusticosaurus, 83 
New Zealand, Moas in, 223 
Nopesa, Baron, on Polacanthus, 172, 
173 
Omosaurus, 175 
Opisthocomas, 215 
Ornithosauria, 210 
Orohippus, 239-245 
Orthopoda, 131 
Osborn, Prof. H. F., on fossil horses, 
241 
, on Coryphodon, 252 
, on Ornitholestes, 140 
Oudenodon, 110 
Owen, 5 
, on Anomodonts, 107 
——, on Cheirotherium, 41 
——., on Coryphodon, 249, 250 
——,, on Diprotodon, 302, 304 
——, on Megatherium, 285, 287 
—., on Moa, 223, 225 
——, on tracks, 36 
——.,, on Zeuglodon, 295 
iB 
Paleomastodon, 265 
Paleontology, 5,27 
Paleotherium, 233-236 
Pareiasaurus, 115, 123 
Parish, Sir Woodbine, 284, 287 
Patagonia, discovery of fossil sloth in, 
290 
de Pauw, M., 164 
Phascolomys, 309 
Phenacodus, 239 
Pikermi, 238 
Placodus, 110 
Planolites (Paleochorda), 32 
Platycarpus, 195 
Platypodosaurus, 110 
Platypus (duck-mole), 69 
Plesiosaurus, 77 
Pliohippus, 245 
Polacanthus, 172 
, restored skeleton, 173 
Preservation of animals, 10-21 
Progress, law of, 85, 86, 185, 187, 249 
Propappus, 116 
Proterosaurus, 118 
Protichnites, 35 
Protohippus, 243 
Protorohippus, 243 
Prozeuglodon, 300 
Pteranodon, 207, 208 
Pterodactyls, Cuvier on, 200 
——., Dimorphodon, 202 
——., habits of, 209 
——, Ramphorbynchus, 206 
, relationships, 210 
——, size of, 200 
Pterygotus, 52 
Ptyonius. Plate VIII. 
Pycraft, W. P., 215 
Pythonomorphs. See Sea Serpents 
R 
Ramphorhynchus, 206 
Record, imperfection of the, 22-26 
Reptiles, age of, 197. See Age 
Reversions, 247 
Rhynchocephalia, 119 
Rhynchosaurus, 120 
Rivers, action of, 19, 20 
