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CLASSIFICATION OF VERTEBRATA 



Sorex, shrew, 51 



Spalax, o-7raAa a mole, 43 



Spelerpes, o-Tn/jXauov cave, e/37ro> 



I crawl, 13 



Sphargis, a fancy name, 21 

 Spheniscus, or^viV/cos diminutive 



of O-^TJV sickle, wedge (-shaped 



bill), 32 



Sphenodon, o-^v wedge, 18 

 Sphenosaurus, o-^v wedge, sickle, 



12 

 Squalodon, squalus shark, squalere 



to be rough, oSovs tooth, 44 

 Squaloraia, squalus shark, 7 

 Squatina, Pliny's name, 6 

 Steatornis, en-cap fat, 36 

 Steganopodes, o-Tyavo? closely 



covered, sheathed. In allusion 



to all the four toes being webbed 



together, 32 

 Stegocephali, erreyos roof, /c<aA>} 



head. The cranium being roofed 



over by dermal bones, 12 

 Stegosauri, (rreyos, 22 

 Steneosaurus, trreVos a narrow 



place, 19 

 Stereospondyli (Prosauria), crrepeos 



solid, o-TrovSvAos vertebra, 17 

 Stereospondyli (Stegocephali), 13 

 Sterna, tern, 35 

 Stringops, o-r/otf an owl, wj// 



face, 36 

 Strix, 36 



Struthio, ostrich, 31 

 Stylinodon, o-rvAos pillar, is (geni- 

 tive tvos) fibre, 42 

 Subclamatores "lower than the 



typical Clamatores," 37 

 Suboscines " lower than the 



typical Oscines," 38 

 Sula, gannet, 32 

 Sus, 48 



Syngnathus "fused jaw," 10 

 Synodontis, <rvv with, together. 



Teeth fused together, 9 

 Syrrhaptes, wppd-ir I sew to- 

 gether (in allusion to the toes), 



35 



TACHYPETES, ra^us quick, Trero/uat 



I fly, 32 

 Talegallus, 34 

 Talpa, the mole, 51 

 Tamias, ra/u'as caretaker, 43 

 Tapirus, 46 

 Tarsius. In allusion to the much 



elongated tarsus, 53 

 Tatusia, native name, 42 

 Tectobranchi, tectus covered. The 



gills being covered by an oper- 



culum, 6 



Teleosaurus, reAeos complete, 19 

 Teleostei, reAeos complete, oo-reov 



bone, 8 

 Teleostomi, reAeos terminal, with 



reference to the position of the 



mouth, in opposition to Plagio- 



stomi, 7 

 Telerpeton, reAos end, epTrerov 



creeper, 17 

 Teinnospondyli, re/zvco I cut, 



separate, o-TrovSvAos vertebra, 



12 



Tejidae, native name, 26 

 Teratoscincus, Ttpas a marvel, 25 

 Testudinidae, 20 

 Tetraceros, rerpa- four, Kepas horn, 



49 



Tetrao, 34 

 Tetrapoda, Credner's name for 



"four-footed creatures," in 



opposition to the fishes which 



have fins, 12 



Tetrodon "four-tooth," 10 

 Thalassochelys, OdXacro-a sea, 



X^Aus tortoise, 21 

 Thecophora, OrjKr) chest, case, 



<j>po) I carry, 20 

 Theriodomys, Orjpidtfys beast-like, 



43 



Theriodontia, Oyptov a beast, 18 

 Theromorpha, 6^p a beast, (JLop^rj 



shape, 18 

 Theropoda, Otfp a mammal, TTOVS 



foot, 23 

 Thinocorys, Qis shore, Kopvs helmet, 



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