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INDEX. 



Palceontina Oolitica, 233. 



Palseontological evidence as to Evolution, 

 60, 372-374. 



Palfeontological record, imperfection of 

 the, 50, 51. 



Palaeontology, definition of, 10. 



Palceonyctis, 304. 



Palceophis, 296 ; toUapicus, 296; typhceus, 

 296. 



Palceoreas, 318. 



Palceosaurus, 200, 218, 219 ; platyodon, 

 219. 



Palceosiren Beiiierti, 200. 



Palceotherium, 300 ; magnum, 301. 



Palceoxylon, 170. 



Palaeozoic period, 44. 



Palms, 230, 263, 290, 308, 309 



Paludina, 257, 294. 



Pandanece. 230. 



Pandanus, 262. 



Paradoxides, 86, 87, 108 ; Bohemicus, 85. 



Parasmilia, 266. 



Parkeria, 264. 



Pear Encrinite, 231. 



Pearly Nautilus, 58, 111, 112, 237. 



Peccaries, 317. 



Pccopteris, 136, 165, 196. 



Pecten Groenlandicv.s, 338 ; Islandicus, 

 338 ; FaZonie/isi's, 211, 212, 204. 



Penarth Beds, 204. 



Pennattdidce, 292. 



Pentacrinus, 231 ; caput-medusce, 231 ; 

 fascicxdosus, 232. 



Pentamerus, 125, 126; galeatus, 126; 

 KnighUi, 128. 



Pentremites {see Blastoidea). 



Pentremites conoideus, 176; piriformis, 

 176. 



Perching Birds, 297. 



Percidce, 276. 



Periechocrinus, 122. 



Perissodaetijle Ungulates, 300, 315, 327. 



Permian period, 192-202; rocks of, in 

 Britain, 194; in North America, 194; 

 life of, 195-302. 



Persistent t^-pes of life, 58, 371. 



Petalodus, 188 



Petrastcr, 120. 



Petroleum, origin of, 36. 



Pezophaps, 348. 



Phacops, 108, 123, 145 ; Doxcningice, 124 ; 

 granulatus, 144 ; Zf^er/s. 144 ; latifrons, 

 144, 145; longicaudatus, 124; ?-a?ia, 145. 



Phcenopora ensi/ormis, 126. 



Phalangers, 348. 



Phanerogams, 164. 



Phaneropleuron, 153. 



Phascolotherium, 253, 254. 



Pheronema, 264. 



Phillipsastrcea, 142. 



PhiUipsia, 179 ; seminifera, 180. 



Pholadomya, 235. 



Phormosoma, 178. 



Phorus, 271. 



Phosphate of lime, concretions of, 30 ; 

 disseminated in rocks, 30 ; origin of, 31. 



Phyllograptus, 102; f?/i>«6-, 102. 



PhyUopoda, of the Cambrian, 83 ; of the 

 Lower Silurian, lOS ; of the Upper Silu- 

 rian, 123 ; of the Devonian, 145 ; of the 

 Carboniferous, 179; of the Permian, 

 197 ; of the Trias, 210. 



Phyllopora, 210. 



Physa, 294 ; columnaris, 294. 



Pigs, 302, 317, 329, 354. 



Pilton Group, 135. 



Pinites, 170. 



Pisces (see Fishes). 



Pisolite, 29. 



Pisolitic Limestone of France, 259, 286. 



Placodus, 220 ; gigas, 220. 



Placoid Fishes, 150; of the Upper Sikman, 

 130, 131 ; of the Devonian, 153-155 ; of 

 the Carboniferous, 188 ; of the Permian, 

 199 ; of the Trias, 214 ; of the Jurassic, 

 241 ; of the Cretaceous, 275 ; of the 

 Eocene, 295 ; of the Miocene, 312. 



Plagiaulax, 254. 



Planolites, 122 ; vulgaris, 123. 



Planorbis, 294. 



Plants, of the Cambrian, SO, 81 ; of the 

 Lower Silurian, 97, 98; of the Upper 

 Silurian, 118 ; of the Devonian, 136-139 ; 

 of the Carboniferous, 163-170 ; of the 

 Permian, 196 ; of the Trias, 207, 208 ; 

 of the Jurassic, 229, 230; of the Cre- 

 taceous, 261-263 ; of the Eocene, 289, 

 290 ; of the Miocene, 308-311. 



Plasmopora, 119. 



Platanus, 262, 308 ; aceroides, 309. 



Platephemera antiqua, 145. 



Platyceras, 128, 148; dumosicm, 148; 

 multisinuatum, 129 ; ventrieosum, 129. 



Platycrinus, 122, 175; tricontadactylus, 

 175. 



Platyostoma, 129; Niagarense, 129. 



Platyrhine Monkeys, 362. 



Platyschisma heliciles, 129. 



Platysomus, 200 ; gibhosus, 199. 



Platy stoma, 213. 



Pleistocene period, 334 ; climate of, 362. 



Plesiosaurm, 219, 243-245, 276; dolicho- 

 deirus, 244. 



Pleurocystites squamosus, 106. 



Pleurotoma, 293. 



Pleurotomaria, 111, 129, 186, 199, 236, 271. 



Plicatula, 213. 



Pliocene period, 323 ; rocks of, in Britain, 

 324; in Belgium, 325; in Italy, 325; 

 in North America, 326 ; life of, 326-331. 



Pliopithecus, 322 ; antiquus, 323. 



Pliosaurus, 245. 



Podocarya, 230. 



Podozamites, 208 ; lanceolatus, 209. 



Polir-schiefer, 33. 



Polycystina, 32; of Barbadoes-earth, 33. 



Polypora, 145, 184 ; dendroides, 183. 



Polypterus, 153, 188. 



Polystomella, 311. 



Polytremacis, 266. 



Polyzoa, of the Cambrian, 81, 89 ; of the 

 Lower Silurian, lOS; of the Upper 

 Silurian, 125 ; of the Devonian, 145, 

 146; of the Carboniferous, 183, 184; 

 of the Permian, 198 ; of the Trias, 210 ; 

 of the Cretaceous, 267 ; of the Miocene, 

 312. 



Populus, 262. 



Porcellia, 186. 



Porcupines, 322. 



Portage Group, 135. 



Port-Jackson Shark, 154, 188, 242. 



Portland beds, 227, 229. 



Post-Glacial deposits, 336, 338. 



