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INDEX. 
Dinosaurs — continued. 
classification of, 65 ; relations of, 
65. Vid. also Allosaurus, Atlan- 
tosaurus, Brontosaurus, Cerato- 
saurus, Cetiosaurus, Compsogna- 
thus, Diplodocus, Hadrosaurus, 
Hoplosaurus, Hylgeosaurus, Igua- 
nodon, Megalosaurus, Morosaurus, 
Ornithopsis, Pelorosaurus, Polacan- 
thus, Scelidosaurus, Triceratops. 
Diplodocus, 72 
Dollo, M., 99 
Draco volans, 122 
Dragons, in mythology, 61 ; Flying 
Dragons, 121 ; legends of, 225 
E 
Earth-drama, the, 4 
Elephas ganesa, 220 ; E. primigenius. 
Vid. Mammoth. 
Eobasileus (Cope), 154 
Eocene period, 149, 153, 158 
Eurypterus, 29 
Evolution, of Ichthyosaurs, 50 ; of 
Plesiosaurs, 59 ; of Dinosaurs, 64, 
108 ; of Dinocerata, 153 ; of Sloths, 
186 
Explorations, in Rocky Mountains, 
by Marsh, 119, 120; in Kansas, 
by Cope, 140, 145 ; in Wyoming, 
by Leidy, 157 ; in Uinta Basin, by 
Marsh, 159; in Sivalik Hills, by 
Falconer, 165 ; in Siberia, 201, 204 
F 
Falconer, Hugh, 162 
Floods, destruction of animals by, 17 
Flying Dragons (Pterodactyls), early 
discovery of, 123 ; Pterodactylus 
macronyx, 124; P. crassrostris, 
125 ; P. spectabilis, 126 ; differ- 
ences between (Pterodactyls) and 
Birds, 127 ; Rhamphorhynchus, 
128 ; Pterodactyls from the Green- 
sand, 129 ; American Pterodactyls, 
129; bones of ditto, 130; habits 
of, 13 1 
Footprints, of birds and reptiles, 13, 
79 ; of Brontosaurus, 66 ; Iguano- 
don, 102 ; supposed human foot- 
prints, 185 
Forbes, Mr. H. O., on Moa-birds, 
237 
Fossils, how preserved, 9-23 ; changes 
in, 22 
G 
Geikie, Sir Archibald, on scenery of 
a western plateau, 156 
“Generalised types,” 150 
Geography of Wealden period, 96 ; 
of Cretaceous period, 141, 147 ; of 
Eocene period, 149, 159, 160; of 
Miocene period, i6i ; of Pliocene 
period, 163 
Giants, stories of, founded on dis- 
coveries of bones, 40, 155, 195- 
198, 220, 225 
Glyptodon, 189 
H 
Hadrosaurus, 97 
Harrison, Mr. J., discovers Scelido- 
saurus, 105 
Hawkins, Mr. T., his collection of 
fossil reptiles, 41 ; his books, 40 
Hoffman, 134 
Home, Sir Everard, 38 
Hoplosaurus, 74 
Humboldt, 18 
Huxley, on Dinosaurus, 63, 64, 77, 
85, 87 ; on origin of birds, 64 
Hylgeosaurus, 103 
I 
Ice Age, or Glacial Period, 163, 197,229 
Ichthyornis, 109 
Ichthyosaurus, 33 ; Scheiichzer on, 
38 ; droppings of, 44 ; I. tenuiros- 
tris, 44, 264 ; Owen on habits of, 45 ; 
eyes of, 46 ; jaws of, 48 ; vertebrae 
of, 49 ; ancestry of, 50 ; part played 
by, 50 ; tail-fin, 49 ; range of, 51 ; 
Sauranodon, 51 ; toothless forms 
of, 51. Vid. Cuvier. 
Iguana, teeth of, 92 
Iguanodon, discovery of teeth, 90 ; 
Dr. Wollaston, 91 ; origin of name, 
92 ; jaws of, 93, 94 ; food of, 96, 
loi ; discovery of Belgian speci- 
mens, 98 ; figure of skeleton, 100 ; 
impressions of feet, 102 ; thumb of, 
loi ; habits of, 103; restoration by 
W. Hawkins, 104 
Ilia, 1 13 _ 
Imperfection of the record, 20 
Impressions, of leaves, 12 ; of cuttle- 
fishes, 13 ; of jelly-fishes, 13 ; of 
fish-lizards, 47 and Appendix V. 
Irish Elk, 240 
