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MESOZOIC TIME — REPTILIAN AGE. 



afforded teeth of one species of mammal, but fail of relics of birds. 

 Near Wurtemberg, Germany, there is a bone-bed, full of bones of 

 fishes and reptiles, in the upper part of the "Keuper," and another 

 in the " Muschelkalk ;" and in England a similar bone-bed exists 

 near the top of the series. 



1. Plants. 

 Equiseta, Ferns, Cypress evergreens, and Cycads are the prevail- 

 ing forms. No true Grass, Moss, Palm, or Angiosperm has yet been 

 found in beds of this period. 



Characteristic Species. 

 Fig. 652 is a branch of the Voltzia lieteropJiylla, of the Cypress group. Fig. 

 653, Pterophyllum J&geri, from Stuttgart. There are also species of Equisetum, 

 Calamities, etc. Some names of European plants are given on p. 420. jEtho- 



Figs. 652, 653. 



Fig. 652, Voltzia heterophylla ; 652 a, one of its fruit-bearing branches ; 653, Pterophyllum 



Jaegeri. 



phyllum speciosum, 2E. stipulare, Echinostachys oblonga, and E. cylindrica are 

 names of species of grass-like plants referred to the Typhaceae or " Cat-tail" 

 family. 



2. Animals. 

 Radiates, though not abundant, are represented by Crinoids, 

 Star-fishes, and a few Corals. Of the first there is the beautiful 



