A.S ACCOUNTS, &C., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



rhynchiis, U. Cretaceous, Marne ; with scutes, vertebrae, &c., of Teleosaurus and 

 Pelagosaurus from the U. Lias, Curcy, Normandy. 



Table-case 7 is devoted to the exhibition of the teeth, jaws, vertebras, and scrutes of 

 Teleo^auri, from the Great Oolite, Lias, &c., and a fine series of Polyptycliodon teeth from 

 the Chalk, Greensand, and Gault of England ; together with those of Dakosaurvs and 

 Macldmosaurus from the Oolite of Schualtheim and of Solothurn, and cast of Mesoaaurus 

 feruiidens from the Trias of S. Africa. Also a series of fossil eggs of Saurlans from the 

 Great Oolite of Wiltshire. 



In Table-case 8 are exhibited the vertebras, scutes, teeth, and limb-bones of Belodon 

 Kajrffii from the Keuper of Stuttgart ; also the remains of fossil Ophidia of the genera 

 PalcBophis from the London Clay of Sheppey, of Paleryx from the Middle Eocene of 

 Hordwell, together with species of Coluber from the Miocene of Oeningen, the Brown 

 Coal of Bonn, and from Issoire, France. 



In Table-case 9 are placed the teeth and dermal bones of HylcBosaurus, from the 

 Wealden of Sussex, o? Acanthopholis, from the Lower Chalk and Greensand of Folkestone; 

 limb-bones of Iguanodon, from the Maestricht Chalk ; the vertebras of Bothriospondylus, 

 from the Wealden, &c. ; teeth of 31egalo!ianruii, from the Great Oolite, Stonesfield, and 

 head of Scelidosaurus, from the Lias of Charmouth. A csoloured reproduction of the entire 

 skeleton of Compsognafhus longipes, from the Solenhofen limestone, and a fine upper 

 mandible of Teratosaurus suevicus, from the Keuper of Stuttgart. 



Table-case 10 contains a series of remains (parts of one individual) of Iguanodon, from 

 the Wealden of Hastings. 



Table-case 11 is also occupied by teeth, jaws, and bones of Iguanodon, from the 

 Wealden, Tilgate Forest, from Atherfield, Isle of Wight; also remains of Polacanthus 

 from the last-named locality. 



In Table-case 12 are two nearly entire skeletons of a small amphibious reptile, from 

 the Trias of Germany, named Nevsticosaurus pus'dlus, having affinities with both the 

 terrestrial and marine Sauria ; the case also contains remains of Nothosaurus, and 

 Dracosaurus, from Leineck ; and of three species of the remarkable genus Placodus, from 

 the Muschelkalk of Baireuth, formerly referred to the Fishes. 



Table-cases Nos. 13 and 14 contain the smaller detached remains of species of Ichthy- 

 osauri from the Lias, of which the larger specimens are placed in Wall-case 12. 



Table-case 15 contains an interesting series of the smaller remains of Plesiosauri, the 

 larger specimens occupying Wall-case 11. 



In Talile-case 16 are teeth, vertebras, and bones of P/zflsawn from the Ivimmeridge Clay 

 of Ely, Dorset, &c. The larger remains of this genus are placed in Wall-case 10. 



Table-cases 17 to 20 are occupied by the remains of the fossil Chelone, from the 

 Stonesfield and Purbeck Beds ; the Wealden and Chalk formations, the London 

 Clay of Sheppey, the Middle Eocene of Hastings, and the Miocene of Oeningen. The 

 larger specimens of Marine, Freshwater^ and Land Chelouians occupy Wall-cases 

 6 and 7. 



In Table-case 21 are placed the fossil Salamanders, Newts and Frogs; conspicuous 

 among these is the great Cryptobranchus from the Miocene of Qj^ningen; described by 

 Scheuchzer, In 1726, as the "homo diluvii testis" ; the tail-less Batrachia are met with in 

 a fossil state in the Brown Coal of Bonn-on-the-Rhine. 



Table-case 22 contains the remains of Archcegosaurus and Trematosaurus from the 

 Permian of Saarbruch ; and of Labyrinthodon from the Coal-formation of Coal-brook- 

 dale, Shropshu-e. (^See also Wall-case 8.) 



Table-cases 23 and 24 are occupied by a large series of very remarkable remains of 

 Triassic Reptilia, referred by Prof. Owen to the genera Lycosuurus, Ptycliognathus, 

 Oudeuodoii, Endothiodon, &c., from South Africa. The larger remains of these remark- 

 able reptiles are placed in Wall-case 9. 



In three Table-cases, placed in the Gallery of communication (between the Reptilan 

 and Mammalian Galleries), are temporarily arranged a part of the large collection of 

 reptilian remains from the Rev. W. Fox's collection, obtained from the Wealden 

 formation of Brixton, Isle of Wight. 



Gallert a.. Fossil Fishes. — Twelve new Table-cases for Fossil Fishes have been just 

 added to this Gallery, the fittings of which are now completed. The collection of the late 

 Sir P. de M. Grey- ligerton, Bart., has just been added to this collection, with part of that 

 of the Earl of Enniskillen. As the remainder of this fine collection will be added during 

 the ensuing year, the arrangement of this Gallery is at present incomplete. 



Invertebrate Animals. 



Galleuy No. II., Fossil Cephalopoda. — As this Gallery has just been fitted up with 

 Wall-cases, the entire collection of cephalopoda will have to undergo re-arrangement in 

 the ensuing year. 



Galt.ert B. — Considerable progress has been made in the detailed arrangement of 

 the several groups of the Invertebrata (Gasteropoda, Conchifeia, Brachiopoda, Polyzoa, 

 Arthropoda, Annelida, and Echinodermata) placed in this Gallery. The Foreign collec- 

 tions, Avhich occupy the Wall-cases, have all been iirranged in their Families and Geuera, 

 separated by divisional rods, and about 2,000 printed labels have been introduced. 



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