FOSSIL i'AUNA 159 



PLATE LXX. 



Fossil Reptiles and Fishes. 



Fig. I. A reduced figure of the celebrated specimen of the jaws, &c. of the "Fossil Animal of 

 Maestricht," {Mosasaurus Hoffmani,) from the cretaceous strata of St. Peter's 

 Mountain. See " Supplementary Notes," art. Mosasaurus. 



" a, b. The left side of the lower jaw, nearly whole, and seen un its outer side. 



c, d. Eight side of the lower jaw, viewed on the inner side, the posterior part of which, 

 a little concealed by the palate bones, is continued to e. 



f, g. The right side of the upper jaw, seen on its inner side, and with the palate bone. 

 This part is nearly in its natural position in relation to the corresponding ramus of 

 the lower jaw. 



h, i. A fragment of the left side of the upper jaw, displaced and fallen across the lower 

 jaw. 



Ic, I, m ; Tc, I', m , 6. The two palate bones displaced and thrown one over the other, and 

 also over the right side of the lower jaw. In the original specimen a portion of bone 

 is placed from m to p, and another at q, which are omitted to render the figure more 

 intelligible." — Mr. Parkinson. 



Figs. 2 to 18, are fossil teeth of various kinds of fishes, principally of the Shark and Ray 

 families. 



Fig. 2. Tooth of a shark {Lamna), from Malta. 



Fig. 3. Tooth of a shark {Galeics pristodontus), chalk marl, Kent. 



Fig. 4. Tooth of a Saurian, the upper and lower end imperfect : probably of a species of 

 Steneosaurus, from Bath. 



Figs, 5, & 8. Teeth of a shark {Otodus,) London Clay, Isle of Sheppey. 

 Fig. 6. Tooth of a fish, (^Spkerodus,) from the Oolite, Gloucestershire. 



Fig. 7. Part of the fossil jaw with three rows of teeth of a fish, (of the Fi/cnoid' family,) from 

 the Oolite, Gloucestershire. 



Fig. 9. Tooth of a species of Lamna, from Sheppey. 



Fig. 10. Tooth of a species of Hybodus,^ Stonesfield. 



' Medals of Creation, vol. ii. p. 641. - Ibid. p. 621. 



