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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

Fig. 7. "An extended trilobite, from Dudley."--_Mr. Parkinson._
         Among the organic remains of the inhabitants of the seas,
         in whose abysses were formed the Silurian, Devonian, and
         other ancient sedimentary strata, an extinct family of
         crustaceans, comprising numerous genera, are among the most
         characteristic and remarkable. The name "_Trilobite_," first
         given by Mr. Parkinson, expresses the most obvious character
         of the longitudinally trilobed, convex, segmented, carapace
         of the body, of the most common forms; but so great is the
         number of species, and so dissimilar the groups, now known,
         that the nomenclature of this class of fossils is greatly
         extended. In Sir R. I. Murchison's splendid work on the
         Silurian System, the genera and species of the formations
         therein comprised are beautifully illustrated. The specimen
         figured is an expanded specimen of the species commonly
         known as the _Dudley Locust_ or _Insect_, (_Calymene
         Blumenbachii_), from the Wenlock limestone, Dudley.

  Fig. 8. A coiled-up specimen; in this view are seen both ends
         of the crustaceous covering of the animal: _a_, "the eye
         enlarged."

  Fig. 9, is part of the head of the same species.

  Fig. 10. "A fossil Crab from the East Indies."--_Mr. Parkinson._
         Beautiful specimens of this species of Crab (_Gonoplax
         Latreilli_, of Mr. Edwards) have been obtained from the
         tertiary strata of India.

  Fig. 11. Another form of Trilobite (_Ogygia Buchii_, (_Asaphus_,)
         of the Silurian System), from the Llandeilo flagstones.

  Fig. 12. "Remains of some large unknown insect."--_Mr.
         Parkinson._ This figure is not sufficiently defined to admit
         of interpretation.

  Fig. 13., "Part of a trilobite with tuberculated head,"
         (_Calymene variolare_,) from the Wenlock limestone, of
         Dudley.

  Fig. 14. Posterior part of a trilobite with a caudal style or
         process, (_Asaphus caudatus_,) from the Wenlock shale,
         Dudley.

  Fig. 15. A nodule of ironstone from Coalbrook Dale, in which is
         imbedded a small crustacean allied to the recent King Crab
         or _Limulus_; a genus abundant in the seas of India and
         America.[65] (_Limulus trilobitoides_, of Dr. Buckland.
         _Bellinurus bellulus_, of Mr. König.)

[Footnote 65: Medals of Creation, vol. i. p. 550.]

[Illustration: Plate LXIX.]


PLATE LXIX.

Fossil Fishes and Reptiles.

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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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