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INDEX. 



Palceontina Oolltica, 233. 

 Palseontological evidence as to Evolution, 



60, 372-374. 

 Palseontological record, imperfection of 



the, 50, 51. 



Paleontology, definition of, 10. 

 Polceonyctis, 304. 

 Palceophis, 296 ; toliapicus, 296 : typhceus, 



296. 



Palceoreas, 318. 

 Palceosaurus, 200, 218, 219 ; platyodon, 



219. 



Palceosiren Beinerti, 200. 

 Palceotherium, 300 ; magnum, 301. 

 Palceoxylon, 170. 

 Palaeozoic period, 44. 

 Palms, 230, 263, 290, 308, 309 

 Paludina, 257, 294. 

 Pandanece, 230. 

 Pandanus, 262. 



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

 Parasmilia, 266. 

 ParJceria, 264. 

 Pear Encrinite, 231. 

 Pearly Nautilus, 58, 111, 112, 237. 

 Peccaries, 317. 

 Pecopteris, 136, 165, 196. 

 Pecten Grcenlandicus, 338 ; Islandicus, 



338 ; Valoniensis, 211, 212, 204. 

 Penarth Beds, 204. 

 Pennatulidce, 292. 

 Pentacrinus, 231 ; caput-inedusce, 231 ; 



fasciculosus, 232. 

 .P0?itamrws, 125, 126; galeatus, 126; 



Knighhi, 128. 



Pentremites (see Blastoiclea). 

 PentremUes conoideus, 176; pyri/ormis, 



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, 58, 371. 

 Petalodus, 188. 

 Petraster, 120. 

 Petroleum, origin of, 36. - 

 Pezophaps, 348. 

 Phacops, 108, 123, 145 ; Downingice, 124 ; 



granulattis, 144 ; te>is, 144 ; latifrons, 



144, 145; longicaudatus, 124; rana, 145. 

 Phcenopora ensi/ormis, 126. 

 Phalaugers, 348. 

 Phanerogams, 164. 

 Phaneropleuron, 153. 

 Phascolotherium, 253, 254. 

 Pheronema, 264. 

 Phillipsastrcea, 142. 

 Phillipsia, 179 ; seminifera, 180. 

 Pholadomya, 235. 

 Phormosoma, 178. 

 Pfcorws, 271. 

 Phosphate of lime, concretions of, 30 ; 



disseminated iu rocks, 30 ; origin of, 31. 

 Phyllograptus, 102; fy^ws, 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, 210. 



Physa, 294 ; columnaris, 294. 



Pigs, 302, 317, 329, 354. 



Pilton Group, 135. 



Pinites, 170. 



Pisces (see Fishes). 



Pisolite, 29. 



Pisolitic Limestone of France, 259, 286. 



Placodus, 220 ; gi'jas, 220. 



Placoid Fishes, 150; of the Upper Silurian, 

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

 the Carboniferous, 1S8 ; 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 ; vulgaris, 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, 1(33-170; of the 

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

 of the Jurassic, 229, 230; of the Cre- 

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

 290 ; of the Miocene, 308-311. 



Plasnwpora, 119. 



Platanus, 262, 3"8 ; aceroides, 309. 



Platephernera antiqua, 145. 



Platyceras, 128, 148; dumosum, 148; 

 multisinuatum, 129 ; vcntricomm, 129. 



Platycrinus, 122, 175; tricontadactylus, 



Platyostoma, 129 ; Niagarense, 129. 

 Platyrhine Monkeys, 362. 

 Platyschisma heliciles, 129. 

 Platysomus, 200 ; gibbosus, 199. 

 Platystmna, 213. 



Pleistocene period, 334 ; climate of, 362. 

 Plesiosaurus, 219, 243-245, 270; dolicho- 



deirus, 244. 



Pleurocystites 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 ; lanceolatus, 209. 

 Polir-schiefer, 33. 



Polycystina, 32 ; of Barbadoes-earth, 33. 

 Polypora, 145, 184 ; dendroides, 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, 242. 

 Portland beds, 227, 229. 

 Post-Glacial deposits, 336, 338. . 





