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INDEX. 
P 
Parish, Sir Woodbine, 177, 178 
Pauw, M. de, 99 
Peat, human bodies in, 18 ; Deer in, 
244 
Pelorosaurus, 74 
Petrifactions, 9 
Phillips, Prof., on Megalosaurus, 76 
Plesiosaurus, origin of name, 52 ; 
length of, 55 j skin, 54 ; limbs, 54, 
57; habits, 57, 58; relations, 59, 
60. Vid. Buckland, Conybeare, 
and Konig. 
Pliosaurus, 59, 60 
Polacanthus, 106 
Pterodactyls, C. Kingsley on, 12 1 ; 
origin of name, 122 ; sizes of, 122 ; 
first discovery of, 123 ; structure 
of, 123, 124; Dimorphodon, 124; 
P. spectabilis, 126 ; Condyle of, 
127; Ramphorhynchus, 128; speci- 
mens at Yale College, U.S., 129; 
range in time, 132 ; whether warm- 
blooded, 130. Vid. Seeley, Marsh, 
Owen. 
Pterygotus, 26 
Pythonomorphs. Vid. Sea-serpents. 
R 
Ramphorhynchus. Vid. Pterodactyls. 
Record, imperfection of the, 19 
Rhinoceros ; tichorhine or woolly, 
224 ; legends founded on, 225 
Rhytina, or “ Sea-Cow,” 246 
Rocks, how made, 14-16 
S 
Sacrum, the, 113 
Sauranodon. Vid. Ichthyosaurus. 
Scelidosaurus, discovery of, 105 
Scelidotherium, 183 
Sclerotic plates, of Ichthyosaurus, 46 
Sea-Cow. Vid. Rhytina. 
Sea-scorpions, 25 ; habits of, 31 ; 
relations of, 24, 29, 32 ; discovery 
of, 26 ; “ Seraphim,” 27 ; Wood- 
ward on, 31 ; range in time of, 33 
Sea-serpents, chap. ix. Vid. Mosa- 
saurus, Leiodon, Clidastes. 
Seeley, Prof. H. G., on Dinosaurs, 
65, 72, 74 ; on Pterodactyls, 131 
Sivalik Hills, 162-170 
Sivatherium, 163-169 
Sloths. Vid. Megatherium, Scelido- 
therium, Mylodon. 
Solenhofen limestone, or lithographic 
stone of Bavaria, 13, 85, 86, 125 
Specialisation, 119, 15 1 
Stegosaurus, iio; skeleton figured, 
117 ; restoration of, 113; second 
brain, 113 ; discovery of, no, in ; 
bony plates, 115 ; Steller’s “Sea- 
Cow,” vid. Rhytina. 
St. Fond, M. Faujas, 135 
Stonesfield slate, 76 
Stratified rocks, table of. Appendix I. ; 
how formed, 14-16 
Stylonurus, 30 
Sydenham, models of extinct animals 
at Crystal Palace, 34 
T 
Theropoda, 75 
Tinoceras, 149, 15 1 
Triceratops, 115 ; teeth of, 118 ; 
skull, 116 ; spines, etc., 119 ; 
extinction of, 119 
Trilobites, 25 
U 
Uintatherium, 154 
Uniformity, 17 
V 
Vegetation of Jurassic period, 70 ; 
of Wealden period, 96 ; of Eocene 
period in America, 159 
Von Meyer, on Dinosaurs, 64 
W 
Water, action of, on organic matter, 
10, II ; on fossils, I2 
Waterhouse Hawkins, 34, 103 
Wealden strata, 96, 97, 103 
Williams, Mr. R., on Great Irish 
Deer, 244 
Wings, of Pterodactyls, 122,125, 127, 
129 ; of Moa-bird, 227 
Woodward, Dr. Henry, 31, 33, 149,246 
Workmen (in pits and quarries), care- 
lessness of, 23, 41, 198 
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