Essay on the Theory of the EarthCuvier, Georges, baron
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Essay on the Theory of the Earth
Cuvier, Georges, baron
Geology; Paleontology
Ichthyosaurus, 255
Plesiosaurus, 256
Crocodile, 258
Megalosaurus, 259
Pterodactylus, 261
Iguanodon, 263
Mosasaurus, 264
Dolphin, ib.
Lamantin, 265
Morse, 265
Palæotherium, 266
Lophiodon, 268
Anoplotherium, 270
Anthracotheria, 272
Cheropotamus, ib.
Adapis, 273
Vespertilio, 274
Ziphius, 280
Mammoth, 280
Mastodon, 281
Hippopotamus, 283
Rhinoceros, ib.
Elasmotherium, 285
Horse, 285
Fossil Elk, 286
Megatherium, 289
Megalonyx, 290
Bear, 291
Man, 294
APPENDIX.
On the Birds to which the name of Ibis was given by the
Ancient Egyptians, 299
GEOLOGICAL ILLUSTRATIONS
BY PROFESSOR JAMESON.
Page
On the Subsidence of Strata, 333
Deluge, 334
Formation of Primitive Mountains, 335
On the Distribution of Boulder-Stones in Scotland, Holland,
Germany, Switzerland and America, 344
On the Alluvial Land of the Danish Islands in the Baltic
and on the Coast of Sleswigh, 354
On the Sand-Flood, 368
Sand-Flood in Morayshire, 369
Sand-Flood in the Hebrides, &c. 372
Moving Sands of the African Deserts, 375
Action of the Sea upon Coasts, 378
On the Growth of Coral Islands, 379
On the Level of the Baltic, 398
Fossil Remains of the Human Species, 406
Account of the displacement of that part of the Coast of
the Adriatic which is occupied by the Mouths of the Po, 410
On the Universal Deluge, 417
On the action of Running Waters, 437
Connection of Geology with Agriculture and Planting, 453
Account of the Fossil Elk of Ireland, 486
Account of the Living Species of Elephant, and of the
Extinct Species of Elephant or Mammoth, 508
Account of the Caves in which Bones of Carnivorous Animals
occur in great quantities, 516
Cave containing Bones at Adelsberg, in Carniola, 540
Tabular View of the Genera of Fossil Mammifera, Cetacea,
Aves, Reptilia, and Insecta,--with their Geognostical Number
and Distribution, 547
Tabular View of the Classes, Orders, or Families of Animals,
occurring in a Living or Fossil State, with their Geognostical
Distribution, 550
LIST OF PLATES.
The Frontispiece exhibits a vertical section of the Bone-Caves
of Gaylenreuth, in Franconia.
Plate I. is a plan shewing the relative position of the Tertiary
Mineral Formations around Paris.
II. is illustrative of the Succession of the Secondary Formations,
and of the Distribution of Petrifactions.
II _a_. Extraordinary Fossil Animal named Pterodactylus
longirostrus, found near Aichstedt, in Germany.
III. Figure of an Ibis in a Temple in Upper Egypt.
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