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."
Mantell, Gideon Algernon
Paleontology
Fig. 5. Part of the case of a Cidaris attached to a flint by its
outer surface, surrounded by upwards of twenty spines; the
interior of the shell, of a light pink colour, is exposed.
This exquisite fossil is now in the cabinet of the Marquess
of Northampton. It was purchased by Mr. Parkinson for the
sum of twenty guineas; but this was in the palmy days of
the study of organic remains, before the terms Geology and
Palæontology were invented, and when a choice relic of "a
former world" was cheap at any price, in the opinion of the
enthusiastic collector.
Fig. 6. A Turban Echinite (_Cidaris_ (_Hemicidaris_, of Agassiz)
_crenularis_, of Lamarck): from the Coral Rag of Wiltshire.
Fig. 7. A siliceous cast--that is, a flint that has been moulded
in the interior of the shell, and received the impress
of the internal structure--of "_Cidaris corollaris_," of
Parkinson; (_Cyphosoma correlare_, of Agassiz): from Sussex.
Fig. 8. Cidaris with spines, from the Oolite of Stonesfield.
Fig. 9. A specimen of one of the Cidares with large tubercles
(_Cidaris coronatus_, of Goldfuss); from the Coral Rag,
Oxfordshire.
Fig. 10. An elegant chalk echinus (_Cidaris Königi_, of
Mantell;[50] _Cyphosoma Milleri_, of Agassiz; _C.
granulosus_, of Goldfuss): from Kent.
[Footnote 50: Fossils of the South Downs, p. 189. (1822.)]
Fig. 11. A fine species from the chalk at Gravesend (_Cidaris
vesiculosus_, of Goldfuss).
Fig. 12. A peculiar type of Cidaris (_Salenia scutigera_, of
Goldfuss), from the freestone or upper greensand of
Warminster, Wilts.
Fig. 13. Another species of the same genus (_Salenia stellulata_,
of Agassiz); from Warminster.
Fig. 14. An enlarged view of part of the structure around the
vertex of fig. 13.
Fig. 15. A species of Feather-star (_Comatula pectinata_, of
Goldfuss); from Solenhofen.
Figs. 17, 18, 19, 20. "Minute _Stellitæ_ (that is, fossil
Star-fish); from Verona."--_Mr. Parkinson._ These are
probably the bodies or disks of _Ophiuræ_ deprived of their
arms.
Fig. 16. The nature of the specimen figured is unknown to me.
[Illustration: Plate LIV.]
PLATE LIV.
Various Species of Fossil Sea-Urchins.
Fig. 1. A large, discoidal echinite, of the type called _Clypeus_
or _Shield-echinus_, (_Clypeus sinuatus_, of Leske,) from
the Coral Rag of Oxfordshire. This species abounds in the
beds of this division of the Oolite in Berkshire, Wiltshire,
Gloustershire, &c.
Fig. 2. "_Echinanthites orbicularis_ (_Pygurus_) of Leske."--Mr.
Parkinson.
Fig. 3. An imperfect flint cast of an echinus (_Discoidea_), from
the South Downs.
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