CHAPTER V. 

 PART I. 



PLAN OP BOOM V. SFNOPSIS OP CONTENTS FOSSIL GANOID FISHES SAUROID 

 FISHES CTENOID FISHES CYCLOID FISHES PLACOID FISHES MALLOTUS 



VILLOSUS OP GREENLAND FOSSIL RHINOCEROS SIVATHERIUM LEPIDOTUS 



ASTEROLEPIS ANTLERS OP THE IRISH ELK FOSSIL PLACOID FISHES 



ICHTHYODORULITES TEETH OP SHARKS AND CESTRAdONS BELEMNO- 



TEUTHIS BELEMNITES SEPIAD3! AMMONITES NAUTILI HAMITES 



SCAPHITES TURRILITES ORTHOCERATITES SKELETON OF THE IRISH ELK 



FAMILIES OF FOSSIL FISHES IN THE MUSEUM. 



THIS Room is chiefly devoted to the collection of Ichthyolites, 

 or Fossil Fishes, which is very extensive, and admirably 

 arranged and classified. 



The specimens from the Devonian, Carboniferous, Oolitic, 

 and Cretaceous formations, include a considerable number of 

 species and genera; and among them are some splendid 

 examples of Lepidoid and Ganoid fishes. 



There are also many fine and rare Ichthyolites from the 

 tertiary limestone ,of Monte Bolca, and from the slate of 

 Glaris, and the keuper-schist of Mansfeld. 



In the Table-cases on the left side of this apartment, are 

 placed the fossil remains of the Placoid order, among which 

 there are many choice specimens of the teeth and dorsal rays 

 of Cestradons and Chimceroids. 



The Wall-case F, contains crania, teeth, and bones, of the 

 two extinct species of Rhinoceros, whose remains are commonly 

 associated with those of the Elephant, Hippopotamus, &c. in 

 the diluvial deposits of England and the Continent. 



A part of the splendid collection of mammalian remains 

 from the tertiary strata of the Sewalik Hills, is deposited in 

 Wall-case E. The cranium, jaws, and teeth, of the Sivatherium 

 giganteum, and of an extinct species of Camel, Giraffe, &c. are 

 in this Cabinet. 



A perfect skeleton of the gigantic IRISH ELK is a conspi- 

 cuous object in the centre of this room ; and there are antlers 

 of the same noble animal on the Cases ; one pair, originally 

 in my collection, was purchased by me at the sale of the late 

 Mr. Joshua Brooke, the eminent anatomist. 



