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INDEX. 





Pychnophyllum, 328, 349 

 Pygaster patelliformis, 449. 

 Pygidium, 123,§ 174. 

 Pygocephalus Couperi, 350. 

 Pygopterus, 343, 372. 



mandibularis, 372. 

 Pyramids of Egypt, rock of, 



512. 

 Pyrenean basin, 470. 

 Pyrenees, elevation of, 525. 



glaciers in, 689. 



in the Cretaceous, 480. 



Quaternary in, 533. 



Tertiary in, 512. 

 Pyrifusus Newberryi, 461,* 467. 

 Pyrites, copper, 59. § 

 Pyrite, 59, §* 197, 268, 316, 365, 

 703. 



in coal, 316, 365. 

 Pyritiferous rocks, 64.§ 

 Pyrophyllite, 58. § 

 Pyrophyllyfe, 75. § 

 Pyroxene, 55,§* 73, 757, 760, 



762. 

 Pyroxenyte, 74. § 

 Pyrrhotite, 59,§ 703. 



Quadersandstein, 470 

 Quadrat, analysis of coprolite, 



61. 

 Quadrumana, 506, 510, 519, 

 520. 



range of, in time, 589.* 

 Quahog, 561. 



Quartz, 49, 52,§* 70, 627, 708, 

 760, 761. 



crystals in Calciferous sand- 

 rock, 186. 



reefs or veins, 453. 773, 775. 

 Quartzose rocks, 70 § 

 Quartz-porphyry, 71. § 

 Quartzyte, 53,§ 68,§ *70,§ 651, 



761. 

 Quarfzvtic rocks, 63 § 

 Quaternary Age, 139, 489, 527. 



Life of, '563. 

 Quebec epoch, 163, 182. 



group, 163, 182. 



in Europe, 192. 

 Quercus, 459, 497, 498, 515. 



angustiloba, 497. 



chlorophylla, 498 



drymeia, 498. 



Laharpi, 498. 



Lyellii, 498. 



myrtifolia, 497,* 498. 



Olafseni, 498. 



platania, 498. 



primordialis, 460. 



suber, 361. 



Wyomingiana, 498. 

 Quicklime, 69. 

 Quicksilver mines, 458. 

 Quito, plateau about, 21. 



Rabbit, 564, 568. 

 Raccoon, 566. 

 Radaboj beds, 513. 

 Radiates, 117,§* 127 .§ 



range of, in time, i40.* 

 Radiolepis speciosus, 417. 

 Radiolites, 460, 462. 



Austinensis, 467. 



Bournoni, 472,* 475. 



lamellosus, 467. 



Morton i, 472. 

 Raft of the Red River, 657. 

 Rain, causes influencing the 

 amount of, 44, 636. 



Rain-prints, 84,§* 420. 

 Ramsay, amount of coal of 



England, 346. 

 Raniceps Lyellii, 340,* 343. 

 Raphiosaurus, 475. 

 Raphistoma, 189, 203. 



lenticularis, 247. 

 Rat, 564, 577. 

 Rauchwacke, 369. 

 Rauhkalk, 369. 

 Rauracian group, 435. 

 Raymond, Mineral Resources, 



782. 

 Reade, T. M., on erosion, 656. 

 Reading beds, 512. 

 Recent period, 556, 574. 

 Receptaculites, 190. 



Calciferus, 189. 



globularis, 202. 



Oweni, 202. 



Neptuni, 209, 249. 

 Receptaculite limestone, 196, 



378. 

 Red Bluff beds, 494. 

 Red Crag, 513, 519. 

 Red River, raft of, 657. 

 Rea sandrock, 167. 

 Red Sea, volcanoes along, 724. 

 Redwood, 459, 582. 

 Reef, 114,§ 780.§ See Coral 

 Regelation, 695 § 

 Regions of independent prog- 

 ress, 145. 

 Regnault, analyses of coals, 



316. 

 Regnosaurus, 450 

 Reindeer, 562, 564, 568, 571, 



572, 573, 577 

 Reindeer era, 5^0, 571, 572, 574, 



577 

 Reliefs of continents, 23. § 

 Remopleurides, 190. 



range of, in time, 387.* 

 Rensselaeria. 170, § 243,§ 252. 



ovoides, 242,* 243. 



range of, in time, 387.* 

 Rensselaeryte, 75,§ 152, 156 § 

 Representative species, 599, 



600. 

 Reptilian Age, 403. 



Age, contrast of, with the 

 present, in life, 485. 



Fishes, 382. 



footprints, 302,* 341, 373, 

 412,* 427 * 

 Reptiles, 121,$ 464, 484, 489, 

 592, 598, 601. 



Age of, 139. 



Carboniferous, 341, 351, 353, 

 382. 



Carboniferous, of Nova Sco- 

 tia, 341. 



characteristic of the Juras- 

 sic, 451. 



classification of, 336. § 



Cretaceous, 464, 474. 



culmination of, 484, 485,594. 



first of, 332 341. 



Jurassic, 443. 



range of, in time, 140, 388* 

 589. 



rank of earliest, 301, 382. 



Subcarboniferous, 301. 



Tertiary, 502, 516. 



Triassic, 412, 427. 

 Resins. 69. § 

 Retepora, 127, § 203. 



Risingeri , 207. 



incepta, 196.* 



Retzia, 171. 



radians, 350. 



Verneuilana, 300* 303. 

 Rhabdocarpus, 331, 349. 

 Rhabdopelix longispinis, 417- 

 Rhacophyllum, 348. 

 Rhacopteris, 348. 

 Rhaeticbeds, 424, 425. 

 Rhamnus, 497. 

 Rhamphorhyncus Bucklandi, 



449. 

 Rhine, Quaternary along, 556. 

 Rhinoceros, 423,§ 495, 505, 

 506,511,519,520,564,572, 

 576, 577. 



annectens, 511. 



crassus, 508, 511. 



Etruscus, 571. 



family, 507. 



hemitcechus, 565, 571. 



incLivus, 519. 



matutinus, 511. 



megarhinus, 571. 



Nebrascensis, 506.* 



occidentalis, 507. 



Oregonensis, 511. 



Pacificus, 511. 



preserved in ice, 565. 



Schleiermacheri, 5i9. 



tichorinus, 564, 565,571, 577- 

 Rhizocrinus Lofotensis, 611. 

 Rhizodus, 343. 

 Rhizomopteris, 348 

 Rhizopods, 60, 131,§*307, 460. 

 471, 477, 499, 595, 615, 685- 



Archaean, 158. 



Calciferous, 189. 



Cretaceous, 460, 471,* 474. 



first of, 102. 



growth of, 615. 



Jurassic, 437 



of bottom of ocean, 477, 615 



Primordial, 177. 



Silurian, 208. 



Subcarboniferous. 302. 



Tertiary, 493, 515. 

 Rhode Island, Archaean in, 

 150. 



Carboniferous in, 291, 319 



Quaternary in, 529. 

 Rhododendron, 609 

 Rhone, sediment of, 656. 

 Rhus, 497. 515. 



bella, 498 

 Rhyncholites, 125,§ 449.§ 

 Rhynchonella, 171, § 174, 190, 

 200, 228, 252, 284, 385, 448, 

 474. 



family, 170§* 



acuta, 448. 



angustifrons, 247 



bidentata, 248. 



bisulcata, 200,* 203. 



capax, 200,* 203, 205, 232. 



cornigera, 429. 



cuneata, 226,* 229, 248. 



depressa, 475 



Gibbsiana, 475 



gnathophora, 433. 



lamellata, 230. 



last of, 437. 



latissima. 476. 



neglecta, 247. 



nitida, 248. 



nobilis, 240. 



nucula, 247. 



oblata, 243. 



pentagona, 247. 



plena, 191 * 



