INDEX. 269 
K 
King Crabs, habits of, 31 
Konig, 38 
L 
Laramie beds, 116 
Lariosaurus, 59 
Legends. Vid. Giants. 
Leidy, Professor, 143 
Leiodon, 142 
Lias rocks, 35, 38, 40, 43, 47 
Lyell, Sir Charles, on floods, 17 ; on 
ideas of the ancients, 34 ; on 
sudden destruction of fish-lizards, 
51 ; on tracks in Connecticut 
Sandstone, 8i ; on Mammoth, 213 
M 
Mammals, evolution of, 152 
Mammoth, distinct from living ele- 
phants, 193 ; finding of, by Adams, 
201 ; by Benkendorf, 205 ; how 
preserved, 209; food of, 2105 
extinction of, 213 ; primitive draw- 
ing of, 214 ; legends of, 1 95-200 
Mantell, Dr. G. A., 63 ; on “ Medals 
of Creation,” 85 ; discovery of 
Iguanoclon, 93, 98 ; on jaws and 
teeth of ditto, 96 ; on Wealden 
strata, 96 ; discovery of Hylaeo- 
saurus, 103 ; on analogies of 
Iguanodon and Sloths, 96 ; on dis- 
covery of Mosasaurus, 135 
Mantell, Mr. Walter, on Moa-birds, 
230-232 
Marsh, Prof. O. C., on classification 
of Dinosaurs, 65 ; on Brontosaurus, 
66; on Atlantosaurus, 70; his 
collection at Yale College, 72 ; on 
Megalosaurus, 78 ; on tracks of 
Dinosaurs, etc., 7 9 ; on Ceratosaurus, 
84 ; on ancient vertebrate life in 
America, no; on reptiles and 
birds, 109; on Stegosaurus, no, 
114; on Triceratops, 115, 119; 
his collection of Pterodactyls, 129 ; 
on Sea-serpents, 139 ; on Dino- 
cerata, 149, 153; on explorations 
in the Far West, 159, 160; on 
footprints of Mylodon, 185 
Mastodon, 218 ; bones and teeth first 
described, 220 ; discovery of, by 
M. de Longueil, 221 ; exhibited as 
“the Missouri Leviathan,” 222; 
legends of, 225 
Medals of Creation. Vid. Mantell. 
Megaceros. Vid. Irish Elk. 
Megalosaurus, 76 ; localities of, 76 ; 
teeth of, 77 ; habits of, 78 ; skeleton 
of, 78 (Fig. 8) 
Megatherium, 181 ; habits of, 182 
Miller, Hugh, 26 
Miocene period, 161,219 
Moa-birds, first discovery of, 227 ; 
letter to Prof. Owen, 228; W. 
Mantell on, 230 ; species of, 232 ; 
native traditions of, 234 ; Aipyornis, 
235 5 geographical distribution of 
giant birds, 236 ; a new find of 
Moas, 237 
Monitors, 136 
Morosaurus, 71 
Mosasaurus, head, etc., found by Hoff- 
man, 134 ; origin of name, 135 ; head 
of, 137; structure of, 142 ; habits of, 
139 ; Cuvier’s opinion of, 136 ; Cope 
on Sea-serpents, 139 ; Marsh’s 
collection of ditto, 139 
Museum at Brussels, 99 
Mylodon, 183, 185 
N 
Neusticosaurus, 59 
New Red Sandstone period, 79 ; 
tracks in New Red Sandstone, 80 
Nodules, phosphatic, 13 
O 
Old Red Sandstone, 26, 27 
Omosaurus, iio 
Ornithopoda, a group of Dinosaurs, 
Ornithopsis, 74 
Ornithosauria, 132. Vid, Pterodactyls. 
Owen, Sir R., 2, 37, 40, 88 ; on 
Ichthyosaurus, 45, 49 ; on Ple- 
siosaurus, 54, 5^ 5 01^ Dinosaurs, 
64, 73 ; on Cetiosaurus, 73 ; on 
Megalosaurus, 77 ; on Iguano- 
don, 95 ; on Scelidosaurus, 106 ; 
on Pterodactyls, 125, 130; on Sea- 
serpents, 138 ; on Megatherium, 
181 ; on Mammoth, 210-212 ; on 
Mastodon, 219 ; on Dinornis, 227, 
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