The Chain of Life in Geological Time: A Sketch of the Origin and Succession of Animals and PlantsDawson, John William, Sir
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The Chain of Life in Geological Time: A Sketch of the Origin and Succession of Animals and Plants
Dawson, John William, Sir
Paleobotany; Paleontology
124. Land-snail (_Pupa vetusta_, Dn.) 143
125. Land-snail (_Zonites_ (_Conulus_) _priscus_, Carpenter) 143
126. Millipedes (_Xylobius sigillariæ_, Dn.; _Archiulus
Xylobioides_, Scudder; _X. farctus_, Scudder) 145
127. Wings of Cockroaches 146
128. Wing of May-fly (_Haplophlebium Barnesii_, Scudder) 147
129. A Jurassic Sphinx-moth (_Sphinx Snelleri_, Weyenburgh) 148
130. An Eocene Butterfly (_Prodryas persephone_, Scudder) 149
131. Abdominal part of a Carboniferous Scorpion 150
132. Carboniferous Scorpion (_Eoscorpius carbonarius_,
Meek and Worthen) 151
133. Footprints of one of the oldest known Batrachians,
probably a species of _Dendrerpeton_ 152
134. _Archegosaurus Decheni_ 154
135. _Ptyonius_ 154
136. A large Carboniferous Labyrinthodont (_Baphetes
planiceps_, Owen) 155
137. _Baphetes planiceps_ (Owen) 156
138. A lizard-like Amphibian (_Hylonomus aciedentatus_) 157
139. _Stelliosaurus longicostatus_ (Fritsch) 158
140. Section showing the position of an erect _Sigillaria_,
containing remains of land animals 160
140_a_. Section of base of erect _Sigillaria_, containing
remains of land animals 161
_Frontispiece._ Inhabitants of the English Seas in the Age of
Reptiles 164
141. Arm of _Proterosaurus Speneri_ 166
142. Skeleton of _Ichthyosaurus_ 167
142_a_. Head of _Pliosaurus_ 168
142_b_. Paddle of _Plesiosaurus Oxoniensis_ 168
143. Skeleton of _Clidastes_ 170
144. An Anomodont Reptile of the Trias (_Dicynodon
lacerticeps_, Owen) 170
145. A Theriodont Reptile of the Trias (_Lycosaurus_) 170
146. Skeleton of _Pterodochylus crassirostris_ 170
147. Restoration of _Rhamphorhyncus Bucklandi_ 171
148. A Jurassic bird (_Archæopteryx macroura_) 172
149. Jaw of a Cretaceous Toothed Bird (_Ichthyornis dispar_) 173
150. Jaw of _Bathygnathus borealis_ (Leidy) 174
151. _Hadrosaurus Foulkii_ (Cope) 175
152. Jaws of _Megalosaurus_ 176
153. Tooth of _Megalosaurus_ 177
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