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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 heterojihylla, of the Cypress group. Fig. 

 653, Pterophyllum Jteycri, from Stuttgart. There are also species of Equisetum, 

 Catamites, 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 



Jse^eri. 



phyllum speciosum, JE. ntipulare, 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 



