INDEX. 



407 



Lias, account of, 135. 

 Lily Encrinite, 118. 

 London Clay, 270. 

 Lophiodon, 283. 

 Lower Greensand, 228. 

 Lucina, 272. 



Maehairodus, 318. 

 Macrauchenia, 356. 

 Macropoma, 246. 

 Magnesian Limestone, 103. 

 Mammoth buried in polar ice, 308. 

 Marsupial animals, account of, 207, 



357. 



Marsupite, 239. 

 Mastodon, 299. 

 Mechanical rocks, non-fossiliferous, 



18. 



Megaceros hibemicus, 320. 

 Megachirus, 188. 

 Megalichthys, 97, 98. 

 Megalodon, 60. 

 Megalonyx, 369. 

 Megalosaurus, 198, 222. 

 Megatherium, 359. 

 Metamorphic rocks, account of, 18. 

 Middle epoch, 115. 

 Millstone Grit, 75. 

 Mimosites, 270. 

 Miocene or middle tertiary period, 



292. 



Mitra, 294. 

 Modern epoch, 265. 

 Mollusca, divisions of, 38. 

 Monte Bolca, fossil fishes of, 273. 

 Mosasaurus, 248. 

 Murcldsonia, 95. 

 Mylodon, 368. 



Nautilus, general account, 42. 



(Liassic), 139. 



Navicula, 234. 

 Neocomian, 228. 

 Neuropteris, 83. 

 New Red Sandstone, 115. 

 New Zealand, birds of, 341. 

 Nipadites, 269. 

 Nodosaria, 237. 

 Nothosaurus, 155. 

 Nummulites, 273. 



Odontopteris, 82. 



Old Red Sandstone, 57. 



Oolitic period, 183. 

 Opossums of the Oolites, 207. 

 OrtMs, 41. 

 Orthoceratites, 44. 

 Osmeroides, 60, 248. 

 Ox, Irish, 319. 



Pachycormus, 153. 



Paffurus, 240. 



Pateotherium, 283. 



Pampas, account of, 351. 



Paris Basin, characteristic fossils 



of, 281. 

 Pecopteris, 82. 

 Pecten, 294. 

 Pentacrinite, 137, 176. 

 Pentamerus* 41. 

 Perch, scale of, 60. 

 Periods, Geological, tabular view of, 



14. 



Permian beds, 103. 

 Placodus, jaw and teeth, 121. 

 Placoid scale, 61, 62. 

 Plesiosaurus, 157, 179. 

 Plicatula (Cretaceous), 242. 

 Pliocene or newer tertiary period, 



303. 



Pliosaurus, 196, 227. 

 Polypotheda, 233. 

 Polyps, account of, 29. 

 Polyptychodon, 248. 

 Productus, 93. 

 Pterichthys, 66. 

 Pterodactyl, 202, 223. 

 Pteropoda, account of, 38. 

 (Silurian), 41. 



Rays, fossil, (Lias,) 61, 153. 



(Tertiary) from Lebanon, 278. 



Reptiles (New Red Sandstone), 



121. 



(Lias), 154. 



(Oolitic), 195. 



(Cretaceous), 248. 



(London Clay), 279. 



Rhine Valley, deposits and fossils 



of, 293. 

 Rhinoceros, extinct, found in polar 



gravel, 312. 

 Rhynchosaurus, 124. 

 Rosalina, 237. 



Salamander, gigantic, 294. 



