PRIMEVAL SALAMANDERS. 69 



had been discovered at an earlier date in the corre- 

 sponding rocks of Germany, and whose owners have 

 been named Mastodonsaurs, belonged to other species 

 of the same group. It was further known at the same 

 time that some curious hand-like footprints of a large 

 unknown animal, for which the name of Chirothere 

 (Hand-animal) had been proposed, were of not un- 



FlQ. 20. A. Fragment of jaw of a Primeval Salamander, showing sections of 

 four teeth. B. One half of a tooth (a) greatly magnified. 



common occurrence in the Cheshire and Warwickshire 

 sandstones, and the idea naturally occurred that these 

 were the tracks of Labyrinthodonts. Now, it is highly 

 probable, although not absolutely certain, that this 

 conjectural association of the tracks with the teeth and 

 skulls is a true one ; but, most unfortunately, the evil 

 genius of the Professor led him to sketch a restoration 



