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INDEX. 



Parish, Sir Woodbine, 177, 178 



Pauw, M. de, 99 



Peat, human bodies in, 18 ; Deer in, 

 244 



Pelorosaurus, 74 



Petrifactions, 9 



Phillips, Prof., on Megalosaurus, 76 



Plesiosaurus, origin of name, 52 ; 

 length of, 55 ; skin, 54 ; limbs, 54, 

 57; habits, 57, 58; relations, 59, 

 60. Vid. Buckland, Conybeare, 

 and Konig. 



Pliosaurus, 59, 60 



Polacanthus, 106 



Pterodactyls, C. Kingsley on, 121 ; 

 origin of name, 122 ; sizes of, 122 ; 

 first discovery of, 123 ; structure 

 of, 123, 124; Dimorphodon, 124; 

 P. spectabilis, 126 ; Condyle of, 

 127; Ramphorhynchus, 128; speci- 

 mens at Yale College, U.S., 129; 

 range in time, 132 ; whether warm- 

 blooded, 130. Vid. Seeley, Marsh, 

 Owen. 



Pterygotus, 26 



Pythonomorphs. Vid. Sea-serpents, 



R 



Ramphorhynchus. Vid. Pterodactyls. 

 Record, imperfection of the, 19 

 Rhinoceros ; tichorhine or woolly, 



224 ; legends founded on, 225 

 Rhytina, or " Sea-Cow," 246 

 Rocks, how made, 14-16 



Sacrum, the, II 3 



Sauranodon. Vid. Ichthyosaurus. 



Scelidosaurus, discovery of, 105 



vScelidolherium, 183 



Sclerotic plates, of Ichthyosaurus, 46 



Sea-Cow. Vid. Rhytina. 



Sea-scorpions, 25 ; habits of, 31 ; 

 relations of, 24, 29, 32 ; discovery 

 of, 26 ; "Seraphim," 27; Wood- 

 ward on, 31 ; range in time of, 33 



Sea-serpents, chap. ix. Vid. Mosa- 

 saurus, Leiodon, Clidastes. 



Seeley, Prof. H. G., on Dinosaurs, 

 65, 72, 74; on Pterodactyls, 131 



Sivalik Hills, 162-170 



Sivatherium, 163-169 



Sloths. Vid. Megatherium, Scelido- 

 therium, Mylodon. 



Solenhofen limestone, or lithographic 

 stone of Bavaria, 13,85,86, 125 



Specialisation, 119, 151 



Stegosaurus, iio; skeleton figured, 

 117; restoration of, 113; second 

 brain, 113 ; discovery of, no, lil ; 

 bony plates, 115 ; Steller's "Sea- 

 Cow," vid. Rhytina. 



St. Fond, M. Faujas, 135 



Stonesfield slate, 76 



Stratified rocks, table of, Appendix I. ; 

 how formed, 14-16 



Stylonurus, 30 



Sydenham, models of extinct animals 

 at Crystal Palace, 34 



Theropoda, 75 



Tinoceras, 149, 151 



Triceratops, 1 15 ; teeth of, 118 



skull, 116 ; spines, etc., 119 



extinction of, 119 

 Trilobites, 25 



U 



Uintatherium, 154 

 Uniformity, 17 



Vegetation of Jurassic period, 70 ; 



of Wealden period, 96 ; of Eocene 



period in America, 159 

 Von Meyer, on Dinosaurs, 64 



W 



Water, action of, on organic matter, 

 10, II ; on fossils, 12 



Waterhouse Hawkins, 34, 103 



Wealden strata, 96, 97, 103 



Williams, Mr. R., on Great Irish 

 Deer, 244 



Wings, of Pterodactyls, 122, 125, 127, 

 129 ; of Moa-bird, 227 



Woodward, Dr. Henry, 3 1 , 33, 149, 246 



Workmen (in pits and quarries), care- 

 lessness of, 23, 41, 198 



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