270 
P 
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; 
Tange 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 
S 
Sacrum, the, 113 
Sauranodon. Vid. Ichthyosaurus. 
Scelidosaurus, discovery of, 105 
Scelidotherium, 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, 743; on Pterodactyls, 131 
INDEX. 
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, I51 
Stegosaurus, 110; skeleton figured, 
117; restoration of, 113; second 
brain, 113; discovery of, 110, III ; 
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 
x 
Theropoda, 75 
Tinoceras, 149, I51 
Triceratops, I15 ; 
skull, 116 ; spines, etce., 
extinction of, 119 
Trilobites, 25 
teeth of, 118 ; 
IIQ ; 
U 
Uintatherium, 154 
Uniformity, 17 
Vv 
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, I1; 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, 31, 33, 149,246 
Workinen (in pits and quarries), care- 
lessness of, 23, 41, 198 
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