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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

Name: The Chain of Life in Geological Time: A Sketch of the Origin and Succession of Animals and Plants
Author: Dawson, John William, Sir

Dawson, John William, Sir

Paleobotany; Paleontology

_Compsognathus_                                              179

  _Frontispiece._ Lower Cretaceous Leaves                           184

_Sassafras cretaceum_ (Newberry)                             190

_Liriodendron primævum_ (Newberry)                           191

_Onoclea sensibilis_                                         191

_Davallia tenuifolia_                                        192

Eocene Leaves                                                194

An Ancient Clover (_Trifolium palæogæum_, Saporta)           195

An Eocene Maple (_Acer sextianus_, Saporta)                  195

A European _Magnolia_ of the Eocene (_M. dianæ_, Saporta)    195

Flower and Leaf of _Bombax sepultiflorum_                    196

Branch and Fruit of _Sequoia Couttsiæ_ (Heer)                197

_Cinnamomum Scheuchzeri_ (Heer)                              198

  _Frontispiece._ _Sivatherium giganteum_                           206

Jaw of _Dromatherium sylvestre_ (Emmons)                     209

_Myrmecobius fasciatus_                                      209

Jaw and Molar of _Phascolotherium Bucklandi_                 210

Jaw and Pre-molar of _Plagiaulax Becklesii_                  210

Restoration of _Palæotherium magnum_                         211

Skull of a Lower Eocene Perissodactyl (_Coryphodon
         Hamatus_)                                                  214

Fore-foot of _Coryphodon_                                    215

Skull of Upper Eocene Perissodactyl (_Dinoceras
         mirabilis_)                                                216

Fore-foot of _Dinoceras_                                     217

Skull of Miocene Perissodactyl (_Brontotherium ingens_,
         Marsh)                                                     217

Series of Equine feet                                        218

Skull of generalised Miocene Ruminant (_Oreodon major_)      221

Lower Jaw of _Megatherium_                                   222

Ungual Phalanx and Claw-core of _Megatherium_                222

Tooth of Eocene Whale (_Zeuglodon cetioides_)                223

_Mastodon ohioticus_                                         225

Head of _Dinotherium giganteum_                              226

Wing of Eocene Bat (_Vespertilio aquensis_)                  226

Skull of a Cymetar-toothed Tiger (_Machairodus
         cultridens_)                                               228

Lower Jaw of _Dryopithecus Fontani_                          229

  _Frontispiece._ Contemporaries of Post-Glacial Man                232

_Elephas primigenius_                                        241

Tooth of _Elasmotherium_                                     242

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The Chain of Life in Geological Time: A Sketch of the Origin and Succession of Animals and Plants

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