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INDEX. 



Alluvial fans, 651. § 



formations, origin of, 649. 

 Alluvian epoch, 543, 547. 

 Alluvium, 66, § 650. § 

 Almond, 514. 

 Alnus, 497. 



Kefersteinii, 498, 514. 

 Alpine plants, 609. 



Trias, 445. 

 Alps, Cretaceous in, 470. 



elevation of, 512, 525. 



in Cretaceous, 480. 



in Quaternary, 562. 



Jurassic in, 434. 



Quaternary in. 533. 



Tertiary in, 512. 



Triassic in. 424. 

 Altai Mts., 26. 



Alteration of rocks. 156, 400. 

 Alumina, 364. 

 Aluminum, 50. § 

 Alum shale, 66,§ 268. 



slate, 163. 

 Alveolites fibrosa, 207 



Labechii, 206. 



lycoperdon, 207- 

 Amauropsis paludinaeformis, 



469. 

 Amazon, flow of, 651. 

 Amblypterus, 343, 351, 428. 

 Amblyrhynchus, 485. 

 Ambocoelia umbonata, 272,* 



274. 

 Ambonychia bellistriata, 200,* 

 203. 



radiata, 205,* 206. 



Triton, 208. 

 Ambulacral pieces, 128. § 

 America and Europe, difference 

 in progress of, 394. 



Silurian genera of, identical, 

 249. 

 America, as a continent, 13. 



mean height of, 15. 



Quaternary Mammals of, 565. 



Reptiles in, 464. 



submerged eastern border of, 

 11, 422,* 671. 



system in reliefs of, 23.* 



the forest-continent, 394. 



trends of land of, 36. 



See, further, N. America, S. 

 America, United States, 

 etc. 

 American character of Miocene 



plants of Europe, 514. 

 Amethyst, 53.§ 

 Amia, 264. 



depressus, 510. 



Newberrianus, 510. 

 Ammonites, 124,§ 432, 462, 483, 

 501. 



Cretaceous, 457, 462, 469, 473, 

 483. 



Jurassic, 439. 



Tertiary, 501, 508. 



Triassic, 429. 



Altenensis, 449. 



auritus, 476. 



Ausseanus, 416- 



Billingsianus, 416. 



biplex, 433, 449, 452. 



Blakei, 416. 



Bogotensis, 476. 



Braikenridgii, 449. 



Brewerii. 467. 



Bucklandi, 439* 448. 



bullatus, 449. 

 Calloviensis, 449. 



Ammonites caprinus, 449. 



complanatus, 476. 



complexus, 468, 469. 



concavus, 433. 



Conybeari, 449. 



cordiformis, 432,* 433. 



coronatus, 449. 



decipiens, 449. 



Delawarensis, 468. 



dentatus, 476. 



Didayanus, 476. 



discus, 449. 



Dumasianus, 476. 



galeatus, 476. 



giganteus, 450. 



Haydenii, 467. 



heterophyllus, 449. 



Humphreysianus, 439,* 449. 



Jason, 439 ,* 449. 



jugalis, 508. 



levidorsatus, 416. 



Lewesiensis, 473. 



lobatus, 469. 



McClintocki, 433. 



Martini, 476. 



Mississippiensis, 456. 



nisus, 476. 



Parkinsoni, 449. 



peramplus, 476. 



percarinatus, 468, 477. 



placenta, 456, 463,* 467, 468, 

 469. 



planorbis. 449. 



plicatilis, 449. 



praslongus, 476. 



radians, 449. 



Rhotomagensis, 476. 



rostratus, 476. 



rotundus, 449. 



serpentinus, 449. 



simplus, 476. 



spinatus, 439,* 449. 



splendens, 476. 



Tethy s,476. 



Texanus, 468. 



tornatus, 426* 428. 



trisulcatus, 429. 



Vandeckii, 476. 



varians, 476. 



varicosus, 476. 



venustus, 476. 



vespertinus, 468, 469, 476, 

 477. 



Woolgari, 477. 



Wosnessenski, 433. 

 Ammontidse, first of, 288. 

 Amphibamus grandiceps, 340,* 



343 

 Amceba, 132. 

 Amphibians, 121,§ 592,595, 598. 



Carboniferous, 3 1, 337,§ 343. 



classification of, 337. § 



culmination of, 484. 



Age of, 139. 



range of. in time, 388.* 

 Amphibian, earliest American, 



301, 302 * 

 Amphibole, 54. § 

 Amphicyon, 511, 519. 

 Amphigenia elongata, 261. 

 Amphigenvte, 78,§ 707. 

 Amphion,'l78, 188, 189, 190. 



Barrandei, 190, 192. 

 Canadensis, 192. 

 Salteri, 190. 

 Amphioxus, 265,§ 602 

 Amphipods, 120* 122,§ 349. 

 range of, in time, 388.* 



Amphitherium Broderipii 446, 



448,* 449. 

 Amphiuma, 337-§ 

 Ampyx, 190. 



nudus, 208.* 



range of, in time, 387.* 

 Amusium Mortoni, 5UU,* 511. 

 Amygdaloid, 707 § 

 Amygdaloidal cavities, filling of, 

 734. 



rocks, 64. § 

 Anabacia hemisphaerica, 449. 



Orbulites, 449. 

 Analcite, 734. 

 Analyses of bones, 60. 



coals, 316, 493. 



corals, 60. 



granite, 68. 



limestones, 74, 233, 237. 



plants, 361, 362, 365. 



shells, 60. 



volcanic rocks, 77, 78. 

 Anamesite, 78. § 

 Ananchytes cinctus, 466, 469. 



fimbriatus, 469. 



ovatus, 476. 

 Anarthrocanna Perryana, 278. 

 Anastrophia interplicata, 226,* 



229, 248. 

 Anatifa, 120,* 122. § 

 Anchitherium, 505 ,*§ 507, 519. 



Bairdii, 511. 



Condoni, 511. 

 Anchippodus minor, 510. 



riparius, 511. 

 Anchor-ice, 674. 

 Anchura, 457, 508. 



Americana, 461,* 467. 

 Ancyloceras, 462. § 



gigas, 476. 



Matheronianum, 473,* 475. 



Remondii. 467. 



spiniger, 476. 

 Andalusite, 57,*§ 728. 

 Andes, slopes of, 17. 



glaciers in, 675. 



heights in, 703. 



Jurassic in, 433, 434. 



in the Cretaceous, 480. 

 Andesite, 54. § 

 Andesyte, 78. § 

 Andrews, E. B., on coal-plants, 



357. 

 Andromeda reticulata, 498. 



vaccinifolia, 498. 

 Andromedites, 515. 

 Andrias Scheuchzeri, 337- 

 Angelina, 192. 

 Angiosperms, 134. § 458, 602. 



first appearance of, 403, 458. 



Tertiary, 497. 

 Anglesite, 197. 



Anglo-Parisian basin, 487, 523. 

 Anhydrite, 56. § 

 Animal kingdom, 1, 116. § 



membranes, decomposition of, 

 612. 

 Animals and plants, distinctions 

 of, 115.§ 



distinguished from crystals, 1. 

 Animals, criteria of rank among, 

 592. 



extinction of species of, in 

 modern times, 579. 



of Quaternary cotemporaue- 

 ous with man, 574, 576, 

 577. 

 Anisopus Deweyanus, 412,* 417- 



gracilis, 412.* 



