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INDEX. 



Palaeoniscus, 264, 448. 



Palaeontology, definitions, 208 ; its 

 laws, 209 ; great divisions of the 

 animal kingdom, 212 ; radiata, 

 213; mollusca, 229; articulata, 

 257 ; vertebrata, 270 ; retrospect, 

 342. 



Palseophilus, 304. 



Palseophis, 303. 



Palaeophrynos, 304. 



Palseornis, 312. 



Palaeosaurus, the, 297. 



Palseoxyris, 196. 



Palseotherium, the, 325. 



magnum (figure), 324. 



minimu 



Palaeozoic rocks, 450. 

 Paleades, 261. 



Palissy, Bernard, one of the earliest 

 maintainers of correct views on 

 fossils, 30. 



Pallas, geological researches of, 37. 



Palmacites, 193. 



Palms, fossil, 193. 



Paludina, 368, 375, 399, 402. 



Pamphractus, 281. 



Pandanocarpum, 195. 



Paradoxides, 263. 



Paris basin, the, 369 ; classification 

 and organic remains, 370. 



Parrots, fossil, 310. 



Partridges, fossil, 310. 



Pebbles, rolled, 158. 



Pecopteris adiantoides (figure), 185. 



Pecten, 420. 



Pelagosaurus, 295. 



Pentacrinus, 419. 



Perdix, 310. 



Peridinidse, 220. 



Permian group, 431 ; organic re- 

 mains, 432. 



Perna, 399. 



Petrifactions and incrustations, 1 58. 



Peuce, 193. 



Phacops, 262. 



Phasianus, 310. 



Pheasants, fossil, 310. 



Phillips, Professor, his Treatises on 



Geology, 70. 

 Pholadomya, 419. 



Phoenicites, 193. 



Phryganidze, 268. 



Phyllopoda, 263. 



Physa, 399. 



Physeter, 317. 



Phythites, 195. 



Phytocorallina, 218. 



Phytosaurus, 295. 



Pictorial Atlas of Organic Remains, 



186. 



Picus, 310. 

 Pinna, 419. 

 Pinus, 193. 

 Pisolite, 157. 

 Pistosaurus, 300. 

 Pith ecus antiquus, 341. 

 Placoid fishes, 275. 

 Planorbis, 399. 

 Plantigrade carnivora, 338. 

 Plants, fossil, 161 et seq. 

 Platemys, 291. 

 Platyonyx, 336. 

 Plesiosaurus, the, 298, 423. 

 Plesiosaurus rugosus (figure), 424. 

 Pleuracanthus, 276. 

 Pleurosaurus, 295. 

 Pleurotomaria, 421. 

 Pliny indebted to Theophrastus for 



his views on fossils, 18. 

 Pliocene strata, 355, 358. 

 Pliosaurus, 300. 

 Plutonic, or Huttonian theory, the, 



38. 



rocks, 121. 

 Poacites, 195. 

 Podocarpus, 193. 

 Poecilosaurus, 295. 

 Polyphractus, 281. 



Polypifera, 215 ; their vital opera- 

 tions, 216. 

 Polypteridse, 282. 

 Polypterus, 282. 

 Polyptychodon, 389. 

 Populus, 195. 

 Portland, Isle of, formation of, 396. 



dirt-bed, section of, 396 ; 

 forest of the, 397. 



Posidonia, 429. 



Potamohippus, 326. 



Primary epoch, the age of fishes, 276. 



