INDEX. 



505 



Primary rocks, 1 1 7. 

 strata, 116. 

 PrionidEe, 269. 

 PrioniicUe, 413. 

 Pristidte, 276. 

 Pristis, 276. 

 Protopithecus, 341. 

 Protornis, 309. 

 Protosaurus, 297, 304. 

 Psammobia, 368. 

 Psittacus, 310. 

 Pterichthys, 281. 

 Pterochirus, 264. 

 Pterodactylidse, 300, 306. 

 Pterodactylus, 301. 

 Pterophyllum, 191. 



comptum (figure), 



192. 



Ptychacanthus, 276. 

 Purbeck, Isle of, stratification of 



(illustration), 396. 

 Pycnodontidee, 281. 

 Pye Smith, Dr., his writings on 



geology, 70. 



Q. 



QUADRUMANA, 339. 



QM-qua-versal dip, 148. 



Quartzose conglomerate and sand- 

 stone, 450. 



Quirini holds many of the opinions 

 of more modern geologists, 32. 



R. 



RACHjEOSAURUS, 295. 



Radiata, 213. 



Raised beaches, question of, 44 ; 



probably glacial furrows, 44. 

 Rajacidse, 276. 

 Rallus, 313. 

 Rana, 304. 

 Ranidse, 304. 

 Raphiosaurus, 297. 

 Rauna, 264. 



Ray, a geological observer, 35. 

 Reckur, 264. 

 Reefs, coral, Dr. Darwin on, 216. 



Reindeer, fossil skull of (figure*), 322. 



Reptiles, the secondary era, the age 

 of, 276 ; general character, 327 ; 

 abundance of their remains, 289 ; 

 divisions, 290 ; chelonia, 290. 



Rhea, 316. 



Rhinoceros, 327 ; (illustration), 328. 



Rhynchosaurus, 298. 



Rise of the land in various countries, 

 137, 364, 365. 



Rissoa, 399. 



Rock-salt and brine springs, 427. 



Rocks, order of, 59, 150; fossiliferous, 

 117, 129 ; igneous, 126; meta- 

 morphic, 127 ; palaeozoic, 450 ; 

 protozoic, 42 ; primary, 117 ; 

 slates, stratified, 135, 138 ; vol- 

 canic, 124; unstratified, 142. 



Rodentia, 336. 



Rolled pebbles, 158. 



Rome de 1'Isle, on crystalline forms, 

 76. 



Rotalia (figure), 223. 



Rothtodt-liegende, meaning of the 

 term, 426. 



Ruminantia, 319. 



Russia, discovery of fish and shells 

 in the same deposit, in, 41, 452. 



S. 



S^LIDOTHERIUM, 336. 



Saga; 264. 



Salamandra, 304. 



Salamandridse, 304 



Salenia, 384. 



Salix, 195. 



Sand, towns buried by, 137. 



Sandstone, 450. 



new red, 429 ; fossil 

 footmarks in, 430. 



old red, 427, 452. 

 Sauria, 294 ; divisions of, 295. 

 Saurians, extinct, 306 ; existing, 



295, 306 ; fossil, 296. 

 Saurichthys, 282. 

 Saussure, De, geological researches 



of, 37. 

 Scales of fossil fishes (illustrations), 



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