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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

LXIV.--Fossil bivalve Shells (_Cucullæa_, _Crassatella_,
            _Lima_, _Cardium_, &c.), and the anomalous bodies
            termed _Trigonellites_                                   147

    LXV.--Fossil Shells of the genera _Panopæa_, _Teredina_, &c.     149

   LXVI.--Fossil Shells of the genera _Ostrea_, _Perna_,
            _Gryphea_, &c.                                           151

  LXVII.--Chiefly Shells of brachiopodous Mollusca,
            (_Terebratula_, _Spirifer_, _Productus_, &c.)            153

 LXVIII.--Fossil Crabs from Sheppey; Trilobites, Insects, &c.        155

   LXIX.--Remains of Turtles from Sheppey, and Vertebræ of
            Crocodilian Reptiles from Havre, and of the _Mosasaurus_ 157

    LXX.--The Jaws of the fossil Reptile of Maestricht
            (_Mosasaurus_); and Teeth of various kinds of
            Sharks and Rays (_Carcharias_, _Miliobatis_,
            _Pthychodus_, &c.)                                       159

   LXXI.--Skull and Antlers of the fossil Elk of Ireland, and Teeth
            of the Mammoth                                           161

  LXXII.--Fossil teeth of _Hippopotamus_, _Rhinoceros_,
            _Dinotherium_, _Palæotherium_, and _Anoplotherium_;
            and ungueal bone of Megalonyx                            163

 LXXIII.--Skeleton of the _Megatherium_, and Teeth of the fossil
            _Bears_ of the Caverns                                   165

  LXXIV.--Molar Teeth of _Mastodon giganteus_, from Big-bone Lick,
            Kentucky                                                 167

Frontispiece.--Foot of the Moa of New Zealand.

SUPPLEMENTARY NOTES.

   1. Fossil Bears of the Caverns                                    166

   2. The Belemnite                                                 _ib._

   3. Fossil Remains of Birds--Moa of New Zealand                    172

   4. Botanical Arrangement of Fossil Vegetables                     175

   5. Cephalopoda--Nautilus, Ammonite, &c.                           180

   6. Carboniferous Formations                                       181

   7. Coal                                                           182

   8. Corals                                                        _ib._

   9. Cuvier's Principles of Palæontology                            183

  10. Fossil Edentata, Megatherium, &c.                              184

  11. Flint: Animal Remains in Siliceous Nodules                     185

  12. Foraminifera                                                   186

  13. The Gigantic extinct Irish Elk: Cervus megaloceros             189

  14. Fossil Infusoria                                              _ib._

  15. The Mosasaurus, or Fossil Animal of Maestricht                 191

  16. Fossil Reptiles                                                192

  17. --------------- of the Wealden: the Iguanodon             193, 202

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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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