195 



Dend. 



f. 143. 



parts of the skeleton are given in fig. 142, page 364. from Lyell 

 and Dawson's joint paper in Jour. Geol. Soc. London, Vols. 9 

 and 10, on " The remains of a reptile and land shell discovered 

 in the interior of an erect tree, etc.," and Dawson's paper on 

 '* The Coal measures of the South Joggins." 



Dendrerpeton oweni. Dawson, Acadian Geology, 1868, 



p. 369, 



f. 143, a 

 small 

 r e p t ile 

 found in 

 one of 



the 

 erect 

 trees 

 ( Oala- 

 mite s) 

 of the 

 Nova 

 Scotia 

 Coal 

 M e as - 

 ures, S. 

 Joggins 

 section ; 

 perhaps 



the 

 young 



pawson. Acad: Geo 



of Den. acadianuf/i^ but more probably a smaller species, be- 

 cause teeth as small as these have been found quite different 

 from them, and quite like the large teeth of Den. acadianum. 

 Fig. 143 e is very interesting as a somewhat enlarged picture 

 ot the group of bones in the most perfect foot of one of these 

 creatures ever found (1868), the pointed toe-nails of which 

 would undoubtedly have made mud tracks like those shown 

 under Dend. acadianum. 



Dendrites, a mineral (Manganesian) precipitation in cracks 

 and between layers of sandstone ; mistaken for plants ; occurs 

 in all formations; e. g. on limestone at the Cornwall ore 



