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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." — John Shaqi

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

XII.--A delicate aquatic Plant (_Myriophyllites_) in Coal
            shale                                                     41

   XIII.--Portion of the Stem of the _Calamites ramosus_              43

    XIV.--Fragment of Stems of another species of Calamite
            (_Calamites dubius_)                                      45

     XV.--Stem of a Calamite very much resembling the Bamboo
            (_Calamites pseudo-bambusia_)                             47

    XVI.--Another species of Calamite (_Calamites approximatus_)      49

   XVII.--Stem of another kind of Calamite (_Calamites decoratus_)    51

  XVIII.--Fossil Stems allied to the Pandanus or Yucca
            (_Sternbergia transversa_)                                53

    XIX.--Stem of a species of Sigillaria (_Sigillaria fibrosa_)      55

     XX.--Stem of another kind of Sigillaria                          57

    XXI.--Fossil Roots of Sigillaria (_Stigmaria ficoides_)           59

   XXII.--Another species of Stigmaria (_Stigmaria verrucosa_)        61

  XXIII.--Fragment of a Stigmaria with large tubercles                63

   XXIV.--Part of a Stem of a tree allied to Sigillaria
            (_Aspidiaria cristata_)                                   65

    XXV.--Stem of a Plant allied to the Arborescent Ferns
            (_Megaphyton_)                                            67

   XXVI.--Stem of a species of Lepidodendron                          69

  XXVII.--Fossil Plant allied to the Lepidodendron                    71

 XXVIII.--A beautiful fossil Fern resembling Osmunda regalis
            (_Neuropteris auriculata_)                                73

   XXIX.--An elegant trifoliate Fern in Coal shale
            (_Neuropteris trifoliata_)                                75

    XXX.--An exquisite specimen of fossil Fern (_Pecopteris Miltoni_) 77

   XXXI.--Another elegant Fern in Coal shale (_Pecopteris plumosa_)   79

  XXXII.--A very beautiful plumose Fern in Coal shale
            (_Alethopteris decurrens_)                                81

 XXXIII.--A fossil Fruit or Seed-vessel in Coal shale
            (_Carpolithes marginatus_)                                83


FOSSIL REMAINS OF THE ANIMAL KINGDOM.

(_Plates XXXIV. to LXXIV: inclusive._)

  XXXIV.--A beautiful mass of Coral (_Syringopora geniculata_) on
            Carboniferous limestone                                   87

   XXXV.--Several kinds of fossil Corals (_Syringopora ramulosa_,
            _Catenipora escharoides_, &c.)                            89

  XXXVI.--Corals from different formations (_Fungia_,
            _Cyathophyllum_)                                          91

 XXXVII.--Various fossil Corals (_Astrea_, _Lithostrotion_,
            _Caryophyllia annularis_)                                 93

XXXVIII.--Corals and Coral marbles (_Cyathophyllum_, _Astrea_,
            _Lithodendron_)                                           95

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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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