INDEX. 



1041 



Andromeda, S37 ; aflBnis, 839 ; Par- 



latorii, 80S* 

 Andromedites, 922 

 Aneimites obtusus, 609*, 611 

 Angau Island, 150 

 Angiosperms, 409, 434, 435§ ; Cro- 



taceous, 816, 831, 832*, 883, 887, 



S38*, 889, 859, 868; Tertiary, 



895, 921 

 Anglesea, 309, 440 

 Anglesite, 385 

 Angoumian, 859, 866 

 Anguillaria Cumminsi, 854 

 Anhydrite, 69§, 120, 121, 125, 128, 



138 

 Animal kingdom, 9, 413, 414 

 Animals, geographical distribution, 



52, 53 ; materials they atford to 



rock-making, 140-141, 144-152 



— and plants, distinctive character- 

 istics, 413-414 



Animikie group, 446, 469 

 Anisomyon, 855; borealis, 855; 



Haydeni, 855 

 Anjou, Faluns beds of, 926 

 Annabon Island, 297 (volcanoes) 

 Annelids, 55. 157, 423, 427, 438§, 



720, 721, 723 

 Annularia, 519, 671, 685, 699, 704, 



718; carinata, 704,705*; longl- 



folia, 689, 692, 704 ; minuta, 704 ; 



radiata, 704 ; liomingeri, 560 ; 



sphenophylloides, 689, 692, 704 

 Anodonta, S87 



Anomalocaris Canadensis, 476, 477* 

 Anomalocrinus, 516 

 Auomalocystites, 562 ; cornutus, 



559* 

 Anomalopteryx, 1014 

 Anomia, 828 ; argentina, 854 ; 



ephippoides, 915 ; micronema, 855 

 Anomocare, 482 

 Anomodontia, 683 

 Anomodonts, 688, 707, 772, 773 

 Anomoepus scambus, 752* 

 Anomozamites elegans, 756* 

 Anona robusta, 889 

 Auoplia nucleata, 579 

 Anoplophora lettica, 774 ; Miinsteri, 



774 

 Anoplotheres, 924§ 

 Anoplotherium, 926, 927 ; com- 

 mune, 926 ; secundarium, 926 

 Anorthite, 64§, 65, 82, 86, 87, 



88, 273, 313, 818, 319, 323, 324, 



802 

 Anorthite rock, 87§ 

 Anorthltyte, S7§ 

 Ant. See Ants 

 Ant-eater, 54, 925, 1002 

 Antarctic continent, 737, 798; in 



the Quaternary, 1019; see also 



Gondwana Land 



— ice-barrier, 252 



— islands, 17 



— pole, 17 



— regions, 737 ; glaciers, 233, 241 ; 

 volcanoes, 295, 296, 297 



Antedon, 429 

 Antelope Park, 178 

 Antelopes, 924, 927 

 Antholithes, 674 ; Pitcalrnae, 673* 



Dana's manual — 66 



Anthozoans, 431§ 



Anthracerpes typus, 691 



Anthi-acerpeton crassosteum, 703 



Anthracite, 74, 315, 453, 648, 654, 

 655*, 657, 661, 695, 714, 732, 826 ; 

 composition, 662, 663, 712, 713 ; 

 in geodes, 493, 497 ; of the Cal- 

 ciferous, 493 



— , origin of, 713-714 



Anthracoblattina, 691, 701 



Anthracomartus, 691, 701 ; tri- 

 lobitus, 691 ; Volkelianus, 703 



Anthracomya carbonaria, 690 ; 

 elongata, 690 ; iKvis, 690 



Anthracopala^mon gracilis, 678*, 

 691 ; Hillanus, 691 



Anthraeosaurus Eusselli, 682, 708 



Anthracotherium, 918, 926 



Anthracothremma robusta, 691 



Anthrapalsemon dubius, 708 ; G-ros- 

 sarti, 703 ; Salteri, 701*, 703 



Anticlines, 102§*, 103*, 109*, 186*, 

 368*, 874* 



Anticosti Island, shore-platform of, 

 221; Lower Silurian in, 493, 533; 

 Upper Silurian, 498, 533, 537, 

 539, 541, 563, 568, 573 ; species 

 common to the Clinton and Ni- 

 agara, 551 



Antilope, 927 



Antimony, 381 



Antipathes, 55 



Antisana(Mt.),26, 296 



Antrim, 867, 938 



Ants, 158, 419, 717, 783, 794 ; num- 

 ber of Florissant, 901 



Apatemys, 918 



Apateon pedestris, 704 



Apatichnus bellus, 752* 



Apatite, 63, 69§, 79, 86, 148, 813, 

 447, 450, 453, 455 



Apatornis, 852 



Apatosaurus laticollis, 768, 764* 



Apennines, 41, 319, 775, 812, 920, 

 921, 927, 932 



Aphanapteryx, 1019 ; Broecki, 1019 ; 

 Hawkinsii, 1019 



Aphanitic texture, 76§ 



Aphelops, 911, 919 



Aphis, Aphides, 419, 525, 901 



Aphrodina Tippana, 854 



Apia Island, 145* 



Apiocrinus, 778 ; Meriani, 791 ; 

 Eoissyanus, 778*, 779 



Apioeystites Canadensis, 550 ; ele- 

 gans, 550 ; Gebhardi, 559* ; Hu- 

 ronensis, 550 



Aporoxylon, 627 



Aporrhais occidentalis, 984 ; Sovrer- 

 byi, 925 



Appalachian Chain, 24, 389, 559, 

 734, 743, 798, 799 



— coal-field, 648 



— flexures, 102*, 858, 854, 855*, 

 856* 



— geosyncline, 357, 537, 570, 605, 

 629, 715 



— Mountain Range, 389 ; character- 

 istics of, 353-357 



— Mountain System, 389, 732, 883 



— Mountains, making of, 357, 387, 

 681, 728, 729, 736 



Appalachian protaxis, 24, 443*, 444, 

 450, 461, 464, 466, 467, 48:3, 490, 

 524, 740 



— revolution, 728, 735, 877 

 Appomattox formation, 965 



— group, 892 

 Apteryx, 54, 1014 

 Aptian group, 859, 865 

 Aptychus beds, 791 

 Apuan Alps, fossils of, 310 

 Apus, 486 

 Aquamarine, 67§ 

 Aquitanian group, 884, 926 

 Arachnids, 418, 419, 420§, 721, 722 ; 



derivation, 722-723 ; relations in 

 body segments and limbs to 

 Crustaceans, Limuloids, and In- 

 sects, 724 



— , LTpper Silurian, 557, 574, 721 ; 

 Carboniferous, 677, 678*, 691, 

 708 ; Paleozoic, 721 ; Tertiary, 

 901, 922 



Arachnophyllum, 552 



Aragonite, 69§, 129, 130, 314, 317 



Aral Sea, 22, 33 



Aralia, 831, 837 



Aralo-Caspian depression, 22, 23 



Arapahoe beds, 827 



Ararat (Mt.), 296 (height) 



Araucarites, 750, 777 



Arbor vitae, 435 



Area, 855, 916 ; crassicosta, 900*, 

 917 ; idonea, 917 ; incilis, 917 ; 

 inornata, 916 ; Mississippiensis, 

 898*, 916 ; scalarina, 917 ; subros- 

 trata, 917 



Arcestes, 756, 757 ; clrratus, 757 ; 

 Gabbi, 757, 758 ; giganto-galeatus, 

 774 ; Nevadensis, 757 ; ruber, 774 



Archaean, 440 ; iron ores in, 376, 

 449 



— Eozoon, 319 



— map of N. America, 442, 443* 



— origin of later rocks, 458 



— protaxes of N. America, 859, 893, 

 457, 531, 744, 746, 812, 826, 875 



— ranges of the Atlantic border, 

 461 



— system of mountains in eastern 

 N. America, 389 



of the Rocky Mountain Chain, 



and of the Front Range of Colo- 

 rado, 389 



Arch«an time, 204, 811, 826, 868, 

 380, 384, 387, 389, 393, 404, 407, 

 409*, 410, 440-459 ; N. America, 

 442; foreign, 456; observations, 

 457 ; age of, in eastern America, 

 466 



Archa?lurus, 918 



Archasocalamites radiatus, 596* 



Archajocidaris, 641, 674, 707 ; Nor- 

 woodi, 640*, 646; Shumardana, 

 626 ; Wortheni, 640*, 646 



Archwocyathus profundus, 470* 



Archieoniscus Brodiei, 783* 



Archreophyton Newberrianum, 454 



Archfeoplax signifera, 917 



Archffiopteris, 596. 639, 699; Bock- 

 schiana, 645 ; Browni, 622 ; Gas- 

 piensis, 611 ; Halliana, 609*, 622 ; 

 Hibernica, 626 ; Jacksoni, 595*, 



