The Medals of Creation, Volumes 1 and 2: First Lessons in Geology and the Study of Organic RemainsMantell, Gideon Algernon
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The Medals of Creation, Volumes 1 and 2: First Lessons in Geology and the Study of Organic Remains
Mantell, Gideon Algernon
Geology -- England -- Guidebooks; Paleontology
Charmouth, Dorset _Oolite_ { Coniferous wood; Cycads;
{ fruit of Pandanus.
Clifton, near Manchester _Carb._ { Coal plants in great
{ perfection.
Coalbrook Dale, Shropshire _Carb._ { Usual plants of the coal, in
{ abundance. The ironstone
{ nodules are rich in
{ fern-leaves, fruits of
{ lepidodendrons, &c.
Cuckfield, Sussex _Wealden_ { Clathraria, Endogenites,
{ Ferns, and Lignite.
Durlstone Bay, near Swanage _Wealden_ { Charæ; Gyrogonites in
{ abundance.
Folkstone, Kent _Galt_ { Coniferous wood--bituminous,
{ and pyritified.
Glasgow _Carb._ { Coal plants, and large trunks
{ of Coniferæ.
Hastings, Sussex _Wealden_ { Clathrariæ, Cycads,
{ Endogenites, Ferns, Thuites,
{ &c.
Herne Bay, Kent { _London { Fruits of Conifers, and
{ Clay_ { Palms: wood.
Kilkenny, Ireland _Carb._ Calamites, ferns, &c.
Knocktopher, nr. Kilkenny, } _Devonian_ } Ferns, Lepidodendrons, &c.
Ireland } }
Leeds _Carb._ { Beautiful coal-plants from
{ the pits in the vicinity.
Liverpool _New Red_ Fuci.
Lyme Regis, Dorset _Lias_ Cycads; Conifers; wood.
Maidstone, Kent _Greensand_ { Fruits and wood of Abies,
{ Pinus, Dracæna; Fuci.
Malton _Oolite_ Fruits, and Cycads.
Newcastle (Jarrow Colliery) _Carb._ { Coal plants in great
{ variety.[192]
[192] In collecting _Stigmariæ_, the student should particularly attend
to the relation existing between these fossils and their supposed
stems; for it is probable that roots of this type will be found to
belong to other genera, besides Sigillaria, and Lepidodendron (_ante_,
p. 136).
Newhaven (Castle Hill), } _Tert._ { Dicotyledonous leaves and
Sussex { fruit--_rarely_.
Portishead (on the shore) } _Millstone } Sigillariæ, Stigmariæ, &c.
} Grit_ }
Portland, Isle of _Wealden_ { Petrified forest of Conifers,
{ with Cycads.
Pounceford, Sussex _Wealden_ Equiseta, Ferns, Lignite.
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