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A Pictorial Atlas of Fossil Remains, consisting of coloured illustrations selected from Parkinson's "Organic remains of a former world," and Artis's "Antediluvian phytology."Mantell, Gideon Algernon

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A Pictorial Atlas of Fossil Remains, consisting of coloured illustrations selected from Parkinson's "Organic remains of a former world," and Artis's "Antediluvian phytology."

Name: A Pictorial Atlas of Fossil Remains, consisting of coloured illustrations selected from Parkinson's "Organic remains of a former world," and Artis's "Antediluvian phytology."
Author: Mantell, Gideon Algernon

Mantell, Gideon Algernon

Paleontology

In the hope of promoting the diffusion of a taste for the cultivation
of a peculiarly interesting and attractive branch of Natural History,
I have been induced, in compliance with the suggestion of the eminent
publisher of this volume, to arrange in a connected series the Plates
of the late Mr. Parkinson's "Organic Remains of a Former World," and
of Mr. Artis's "Antediluvian Phytology," with descriptions of the
specimens represented.

As I have been enabled, with the valuable assistance of my friend,
John Morris, Esq. F.G.S., the author of "A Catalogue of British
Fossils," to append, in almost every instance, the generic and
specific names adopted by the most recent authorities, the volume
will, I trust, not only prove interesting to the general reader, as
a beautiful _Pictorial Atlas_ of some of the most remarkable relics
of the animals and plants of a "Former World," but also constitute
a valuable book of reference in the library of the Geologist and
Palæontologist, since it contains the names and localities of no
inconsiderable number of species and genera.

For the guidance of the unscientific reader who may desire further
information on any of the subjects treated of in the following pages,
references are given to a few general works on Geology and Fossil
Remains.


  Chester Square, Pimlico,
      _August 1850._




TABLE OF CONTENTS.


                                                                    PAGE
  Preface                                                              v

  Description of the Frontispiece                                      x

  Introduction                                                        13


Descriptions of the Plates.



FOSSIL REMAINS OF THE VEGETABLE KINGDOM.

(_Plates I. to XXXIII. inclusive._)

  Plate

      I.--Various specimens of Fossil Wood, and fragments of Plants   19

     II.--Chiefly examples of silicified Wood                         21

    III.--Stigmaria, Calamites, and Wood                              23

     IV.--Fronds of various Fossil Ferns                              25

      V.--Different species of Ferns and other Plants                 27

     VI.--Principally Fossil Fruits from the London clay of the
            Isle of Sheppey                                           29

    VII.--Specimens of the Fruit of a species of _Nipas_, or
            Molucca Palm; from the Isle of Sheppey                    31

   VIII.--Figures of different portions of beautiful silicified
            Stems of Plants allied to the Arborescent Ferns;
            from Chemnitz                                             33

     IX.--Fossil Seed-vessels or Cones (_Lepidostrobus_) of
            the Lepidodendron                                         35

      X.--An aquatic Plant (_Hydatica_) in Coal shale                 37

     XI.--A fine specimen of another species of Hydatica              39

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A Pictorial Atlas of Fossil Remains, consisting of coloured illustrations selected from Parkinson's "Organic remains of a former world," and Artis's "Antediluvian phytology."

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