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INDEX. 



Palceontina Oolitica, 233. 

 Palaeontological evideuce as to Evolution, 



60, 372-374. 

 Palseontological record, iiiirerfection of 



the, 50, 51. 



Palaeontology, definition of, 10. 

 PaUeonycti*, 304 

 Palceop'his, 296 ; toliapicus, 293 ; typh&ux, 



296. 



Palceoreas, 318. 

 Palceosaurm, 200, 218, 219 ; platyodon, 



219. 



Palceosiren Beinerti, 200. 

 Pafa-otheriuin, 300 ; magnum, 301. 

 Palceoxylon, 170. 

 Palaeozoic period, 44. 

 Palms, 230, 263, 290, 309, 309 

 Paludina, 257, 294. 

 Pandanece, 230. 

 Pandanus, 262. 



Paradoxides, 86, 87, 108 ; Bohemicus, 85. 

 Parasmilia, 266. 

 Parkeria, 264. 

 Pear Encrinite, 231. 

 Pearly Nautilus, 58, 111, 112, 237. 

 Peccaries, 317. 

 Pecopteris, 136, 165, 196. 

 Pecten Grcenlandicus, 338 ; Island icits, 



338 ; Valoniensis, 211, 212, 204. 

 Penarth Beds, 204. 

 rennatulidce, 292. 

 Pentacrinus, 231 ; caput-meduscf, 231 ; 



fasciculosus, 232. 

 Pentamerus, 125, 126; galeatus, 126; 



Knightii, 128. 



Pentremites (see Blastoidea). 

 Pentremites eonuideus, 176; pyrifonni*, 



176. 



Perching Birds, 297. 

 Percidce, 276. 

 Periechocrinus, 122. 

 Perissodactyle Ungulates, 300, 315, 327. 

 Permian period, 192-202; rocks of, in 

 Britain, 194; in North America, 194; 

 life of, 195-302. 



Persistent types of life, 53, 371. 

 Petalodus, i88. 

 Petraster, 120. 

 Petroleum, origin of, 36. 

 Pezopbaps, 348. 



Phacops, 108, 123, 145 ; Doivningice, 124 ; 

 granulatus, 144 ; Icevis, 144 ; latifrons, 

 144, 145; longicaudatus, 124; ra, 145. 

 Phcenopora enaifurmis, 126. 

 Phalangers, 348. 

 Phanerogams, 164. 

 Phaneropleuron, 153. 

 Phascolotherium, 253, 254. 

 Pheronema, 264. 

 Phillipsastrcea, 142. 

 Phiilipsia, 179 ; seminifera, ISO. 

 Pholadomya, 235. 

 Pkormosoma, 178. 

 Phorus, 271. 



Phosphate of lime, concretions of, 30 ; 

 disseminated in rocks, 30 ; origin of, 31. 

 Phyllograptus, 102; ?//ms, 102. 

 Phyllopoda, of the Cambrian, 83 ; of the 

 Lower Silurian, 108 ; of the Upper Silu- 

 rian, 123; of the Devonian, 145 : of the 

 Carboniferous, 179; of the Permian, 

 197 ; of the Trias, 210. 



Phyllopora, 21 o. 



Pliysa, 294 ; coltunnrtrix, 204. 



Pigs, 3i)2, 317, 329, 3;>4 



Pilton Group, lio. 



Pinites, 170 



Pisces (see Fishes). 



Pisolite, 29. 



Pisolitic Limestone of France, 259, 286. 



Plaeudus, 220 ; gigas, 220. 



Placoid Fishes, 150; of the Upper Silurian, 

 130, 131; of the Devonian, 153-155; of 

 the Carboniferous, 188; of the Permian, 

 199 ; of the Trias, 214 ; of the Jurassic, 

 241; of the Cretaceous, 275; of the 

 Eocene, 295 ; of the Miocene, 312. 



Plagiaulax, 254. 



Planohtes. 122 ; vulgar is, 123. 



Planorbis, 294. 



Plants, of the Cambrian, 80, 81 ; of the 

 Lower Silurian, 97, 98; of the Upper 

 Silurian, 118; of the Devonian, 136-139 ; 

 of the Carboniferous, 163-170; of the 

 Permian, 196; of the Trias, 207, 208; 

 of the Jurassic, 2-9, 230 ; of the Cre- 

 taceous, 261-263 ; of the Eocene, 289, 

 290; of the Miocene, 308-311. 



Plamnopora, 119. 



Platanus, 262, 3 8 ; aceroides, 309. 



Platephemera anliqua, 145. 



Platyceras, 128, 148; dumvsum, 148; 

 multisinuatr.m , 129 ; ventricosuin, 1'29. 



Platycrinus, 122, 175; tricontadactylux, 

 J.75. 



Platyostoma, 129 ; Xiagarense, 129. 



Platyrhine Monkeys, 362. 



Platyschisma helicites, 129. 



Platysomus, 200 ; gibbosus, 199. 



Platystoma, 213. 



Pleistocene period, 334 ; climate of, 3fi2. 



Plesipsaurus, 219, 243 245, 270; dolicho- 

 deirus, 244. 



Pleurocystiies squamosus, 106. 



Pleurotoma, 293. 



Pleurotomaria, 111, 129, 186, 199, 236, 271. 



Plicatula, 213. 



Pliocene period, 323 ; rocks of, in Britain, 

 324; in Belgium, 325; in Italy, 325; 

 in North America, 326; life of, 326-331. 



Pliopithecus, 322 ; antiquus, 323. 



Pliosaurus, 245. 



Podocarya, 230. 



Podozamites, 208 ; Innceolatus, 209. 



Polir-schiefer, 33. 



Polycystina, 32; of Barbmloes-earth, 33. 



Polypora, 145, 184 ; dendroidea, 183. 



Polypterus, 153, 188. 



Polystomella, 311. 



Polytremacis, 266. 



Polyzoa, of the Cambrian, 81, 89 ; of the 

 Lower Silurian, 10S ; of the Upper 

 Silurian, 125; of the Devonian, 145, 

 146; of the Carboniferous, 183, 184; 

 of the Permian, 198 ; of the Trias, 210 ; 

 of the Cretaceous, 267 ; of the Miocene, 

 312. 



Populus, 262. 



Porcellia, 186. 



Porcupines, 322. 



Portage Group, 135. 



Port-Jackson Shark, 154, 188, 24'2. 



Portland beds, 227, 229. 



Post-Glacial deposits, 3^6, 33S. 



