INDEX,

Ichthyosaurus, Coprolites of, 12. ( Kent's Hole, 380, 472. Ichthyosaurus cotnmunis, 218. I Kentish Rag, 287. ,, platydouy 219, 222.! Keuper, 199, 293. lUcenus Barriensis, 112. I,, Rock Salt in, 199, 204. Incandescence of the Globe, 1 7. i Kilauea, Volcano of, 56. „ of the Sun, 17. Indian Traditions of the Father of the [,,,, EruptionCrater of, of,56,69.59.

Ox, 347. j Kimeridge Clay, 19, 243, 266, 269. Inferior Oolite, 249.! King, Prof., on Permian System, 174. Infra-Lias, 209. j Kirkdale Cave, 380, 398, 429. lujccted Veins of Granite, 32. Kjokken-Modden, 477. Insects, 157, 225, 334. Koessen Beds, 208. ,, of Coal-measures, 151. Kupfer Schiefer, 170. ,, of Oolites, 255, 266. Labradorite, 44. Igneous Rocks, 31, 182. Iguana, 293. Labyrinthodon, 190. Iguanodon, 292. ,, pachygnathns, 12. ,, Mantelli, 285. Labyrinthodon restored, 193. Teeth of, 293. La Coupe d'Ayzac, Crater of, 45. Iron Age, 478. Lacumosus laciniatus, 184. ,, Ore in Coal-measures, 165. Lacustrine Habitations, 472. ,,,, in Orgonian Beds, 298. Ladies' Fingers, 216. Ischadites Kaniigii, 118. Lake Dwellings, 472. Islands, Sudden Appearance of, 70. Lamellibranchs, 266. Isle of Bones, 388. Landscape Stone, 208. ,, Lachow, 388. Land- turtles, 190. ,, Portland, 270. Laplace's Theory of the Earth, 1 7, %o, „ Purbeck, 271. Lasmocyathus, 146. ,, Wight Alligator, 326. Laurentian Formation in Britain, 10, 79. ,, Gneiss, 74. Jamieson, T. F., on Glenroy, 454. Lava Formations, 39, 51, 59. Jarrow Colliery, 139.,, Streams of, 59. Java, Volcanic Mountains of, 67, 69. Lecoq, on Triassic Vegetation, 194. ,, Valley of Poison, 64.,, Keuper Flora, 202. faio and Tooth of Mcgalosaiims, 291.,, Cretaceous Flora, 282. ,, of Phascolotheriiim^ 245.,, Tertiary Flora, 316. ,, of Thylacothenum, 245.,, Flora of Miocene Period, Jet, 274. Juglandites elegans, 283. Period,,, 357.the Vegetation of Pliocene Jukes, J. B,, on Devonian and Old

Red Sandstone, 129. Leibnitz' Fossil Unicom, 3S6. Jura Mountains, 243, 273. Lepidodendra, 134, 138, 157, 173. Jurassic Limestone, 243. Lepidodendron carinatum,336. 134, 138. ,, Distribution of, 272.,, elegans, 140. ,, Reptiles of, 220.,, Sternbergii, 139, 141. ,, Plants of the, 238.,, Sternbergii restored,!^, ,, Series, Distinguishing Fea- Lepidoptera, 255. tures of, 215. Lepidostrobus variabilis, 1 40. Lepidotus, 266, 272. Kangaroo, 245. Kea, Mauna, 61, 69. Leptoena,, Murchisoni,gigas, 217. 127. Le Fuy, Chain of $1.Kellaway's Rock, 264.

INDEX.

510 Lias, The, 211; Lower, Upper, and! Lower Greensand, 281, 287.

Middle, 212, i Lucei-ne, The Giant of, 385. Liassic Period, 211, 217.; Ludlow Bone-beds, 112. ,, Fauna, 213. I,, Rocks, III. „ Flora, 239. Lupea pelagica, 354. Libellula, 243. j Lycopodiaceae, 134, 151. Licorn Fossil, 386. I Lycopods, 123, 134. Life, First Appearance of, 99. I Lyell, Sir Charles, on Formation of ,, Abundance of, in Upper Silurian; Granite, 33, 36.

Times, 104. I Lyell, Sir Charles, on the Upper Cre- Lignite, 337, 354. j taceous Flora, 300, Lima gigantea, 212. Lyme Regis, 219, 225. ,, striata, 189, Machairodus, 379, ,, proboseilea, 246. Limestone, 212.,, Tooth of, 380. ,, of La Beauce, 355. Macrorhynchus, 265, 272. ,, of Solenhofen, 243, 273. Madrepores, 266. ,, Metamorphism of, 73, 75. Maestricht Quarries, 285. Limnea, 272, 334.,, Animal of, 302. Lingula, 107. „ Beds, 303, 304, 309. ,, Credneri, 175. Magnesian Limestone, 170, 178. ,, Flags, loi, 107. Magnetism, Terrestrial, Evan Hopkins Lions with Curly Manes, 184. on, 22. Lipari Isles, 55, 68. Malvern Hills, Dr. Holl on, 78. Lithographic Limestone of Solenhofen, Mammals, First244. Appearance of, 207, Lithostrotion,343- i8r.,, of Pliocene Period, 35S. ,, basaltiforme, 145. Mammaliferous Crag, 372. ,, cormi-arietis, 108. MammiferousMammoth, 347.DidelphcC, 245. Lizard of the Meuse, 305. of Ohio, 347. Llanberis Slates, loi. Llandeilo Flags, 109. of the Unstrut, 386. Llandovery Rocks, 107. Origin of Name, 388. Loa, Mauna, 55. Siberian Accounts of, 387 — Locarno, Fissures of, 57, 58. restored, 395. Logan, Sir W., on Laurentian Gneiss of Canada, 10, 74. Skeleton of the, 383, 394- Logan, Sir W., on Underclay of Coal Teeth and Tusks of, 342.

Measures, 161. Tooth395. of the, 384. Lomatophloyos crassicaule, 134, 138. Man and Animals Compared, 465. LoncJwptcris Bricii, 134, 144. ,, First Appearance of, 382. London Clay, Flora of, 331.,, Antiquity of, considered, 478. Longmynd Hills, loi. „ Age of St. Acheul Beds, 479. Lonsdalca floriformis, 145. „ Morlot's Calculation, 479. Lophiodon, 325, 333. Marble,Mantell's,74.Dr., Discoveries, 290. Lower Cretaceous Period, 286, 297. „ Keuper Sandstone, 186, 204. „ Carrara, 73, 76. ,, Neocomian, 297.,, Cipoline, 76. „ Lias, 212.,, of France, 76. ,, Silurian Rocks, 104. Marbre de Flandres and M. de petit ,, Oolite Fauna, 244. Granit, 150. „ Oolite Rocks, 249.,Mare's-tail, 134.

Marl, 199.

Marl-slate, 160.

Marlstone of the Lias, 212.

Marsupial Mammals, 207, 245, 250,

Martins, C., on Glaciers, 462.

Mastodon, “341, 356, 360.

” its Discovery, 342.

i Opinions of Naturalists, 343.

ag Difference from Mammoth,

” 341.

Molar Tooth of, 346.

Q Arvernensis, 372.

a angustidens, 347.

1» ‘restored, 345.

‘49° Skeleton of, 344.

” Skeleton of the Turin, 359.

Teeth of, 341, 342.

Mauna Loa and Mauna Kea, 56, 69.

Mazuyer’s Pretended Discovery, 348.

Meandrina Dedalea, 251.

Mechanical Theory of the Earth, 15.

Megaceros Hibernicus, 184, 400.

Megalonyx, 371, 382, 400, 411.

egalosaurus, 291.

” JOor, 291.

Tooth of, 291, 380.

Megalichthys, 1 4.

Megatherium, 3 2, 401, 418.

” Lelvis of, 407.

” Restored, 409.

Skeleton of, 403.

Soreshortened, 406.

Megatheroid Animals, Habits of, 413.

Mendip Hills, Denudation of, 28.

Mesopithecus, 339, 350. j

” restored, 349.

” Skeleton of, 349.

Metallic veins, 91.

Metamorphic Rocks, 4,

Metamorphism, Special and General,

; 65, 71, 74 -

” Action of, on Lime-

| stone, 71, 72, 75.

é 9 of Sgn Ma-

| terials, 14,

i ” of Eeataieas Beds,

737-

Cause of, 78.

Meudon Chalk under Microscope, 277.

Mexican Del 48

Mezen, Le, jor -

INDEX.

Mica, Composition of, 96.

Mica-schist, 77, 377.

Microdon, 266.

Microlestes, 207.

2 Discovery of teeth of by

Mr. C. Moore, 208,

Middle Lias, 212.

»» Oolite, 255.

Miliola, 329.

Millepora alcicornis, 240.

Miller, Hugh, How he became a Geologist, 10.

es First Lesson in Geology,

Milliolites, 333.

Mimosa, 318.

Mineral Masses composing the Earth’s

Crust, 27.

Mines, Greatest Depths of, 88.

Miocene, Meaning of, 314.

Miocene Period, 336.

1» Vegetation, 336, 339, 353, 381.

1» Fauna, 339, 350.

es Volcanoes of, 51.

Foraminifera, 356.

Rocks of Greece, 339.

Moel Tryfaen, 459.

Molar Teeth of Mastodon, 346.

Molasse, or Soft Clay, 338, 355.

Mollusca, 245.

of Pliocene, 371.

” of Eocene, 319.

ss of Miocene, 350.

x of Crag, 373.

” Gasteropodous, 21

Monitor Niloticus, 305.

Monocotyledons, 151, 766.

Montmartre, Gypseous Series of, 333.

” Cuvier on Fossils of, 7.

Mont Dore, 40, 43.

| Moraines, 444.

Moro, Lazzaro, 6.

Mortillet on Glaciers,

Mosaic Account of Creation,

Mosasaurus, = 302, 305-

” Camperi, 3

Mosses, 336.

Moulin-Quignon, Chalk Beds of, 476.

Mount Ararat, 480. _

ee RG

+» Idienne, 64.

» Sion, 449.

512

Mountain Limestone, 149.

Mountains, First Appearance of, 90.

5 Chains, Formation of, 28.

Mud Volcanoes, 59.

ne of Italy, 60, 63. |

Murchison, Sir R. I, Founder of

Silurian System, 10, 102,

Murex Turonensis, 350.

Muschelkalk, 185, 188.

Mussels, 189.

Mylodon, 382, 400, 410, 413, 418.

Lower Faw of, 412.

a restored, 411.

Mytilus, 189.

. Nabenstein, Cavern of, 432.

Naidaceze, 266.

Nantwich Salt-works, 204.

Nasal Horn of Iguanodon, 292.

Natica, 189.

Nautilus, 215.

Nebular Theory of the Earth, 15.

Nenuphar, 316. ~

Neocomian Beds, 287, 297.

of France, 286, 287.

”

” 9

” Formation, 286.

” Fauna of, 287.

Neptunian Rocks, 30.

9 Theory, 6.

Nereites Cambriensis, 108.

Neuroptera, 250.

Neuropteris elegans, 194.

1» gigantea, 143, 176.

New Red Marl, 186.

Py Period, 185.

i Sandstone, 185, 187.

” Plants of, 193.

9 Colour of, 201.

ne Fauna of, 201.

New Zealand, Birds of, 184.

Newer Pliocene, 372.

oe ee 377-

rs » of Sicily,

Nicol, Prof, on Ben Ni Bo

Nilssonia, 194, 239.

Néggerathia, 177.

Norfolk Forest Bed, 372.

Northern Deluge, 424.

Norwich Crag, 372, 478.

Nothosaurus, 190, 196,

Nummulites, 313, 326, 333.

Nummulitic Formation, 334,

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INDEX.

| Nummulitic Limestone, 326.

Nympheacee, 315.

| Odontaspis, 294. | Odontopteris Brardii, 144.

” Cycades, 212.

| C&chmodus Buchii, 217.

(Eningen Formation, 338.

Limestone, 367.

i Ogygia Guettardi, 107.

! Old Red Sandstone, r19.

Colour of, 120.

Period, Vegetation of,

Fishes of, 124.

Rocks of, 128.

Px +» Conglomerate of, 129.

| Older Pliocene, 372.

: Oldhamia, 101.

| Oldhaven Beds, 331.

Olivine, 44.

Oolite, 243, 272.

| x» of Solenhofen, 273.

Upper, 243.

Lower, 243, 244.

Middle, 243.

Great, 243.

Conifers of, 249.

Rocks, 249.

Fauna,

Mollusca, 246.

Echinoderms, 247.

Insects, 255, 266.

Period, 243.

Flora of, 248, 249, 255, 266.

Mammals of, 255.

Reptiles of, 256.

Corals of, 247.

1, Zoophytes of, 247.

Ophiopsis, 246.

Opossum, 245.

Orgon Limestone, 297, 298, 299.

Omnithorhynchus, 223, 245.

Orthoceras, sas é

” isappearance 205.

laterale, 145.

Orthoceratites, 104.

Orthoclase,* 33, 96, 418.

Orthopithecus, 418.

Osmeroides Mantelli, 294.

Ossiferous Beds of Sansan, 350.

. Breccia, 2, 432.

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”

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INDEX.

513

Ostrea deltoidea, 269.

„ distorta, 272.

„ liassica, 207, 212.

„ longirostris, 350.

„ Marshii, 246.

„ virgula, 269.

Otopteris acuminata, 248.

„ dubia, 248.

„ obtusa, 248.

„ cuneata, 248.

„ acuminata, 248.

Ovid a geologist, 6.

Owen, Prof., on Megatheroid Animals, 413.

„ on Plesiosaurus, 228.

Ox, 382, 399.

Oxford Clay, 243, 264.

Oysters, 175, 213.

Pachyderms, 312, 319, 418.

Pachypteris microphylla, 255.

Palæocoma Fustembergii, 213.

Palæoniscus, 175.

Palæontology, the Study of Ancient Life, 5.

Palæontology Defined, 14.

Palæophognos Gesneri, 421.

Palæotherium, 319.

„ magnum and P. minimum, Skeletons of, 322.

„ Skull of, 321.

Palæozoic Fishes, 173.

Palæoxyris Münsteri, 202.

Palissy, Bernard, on Fossils, 5.

Pallas on the Siberian Rhinoceros, 361.

„ on the Siberian Mammoth, 386.

Palmacites, 315.

Palms, 282.

„ absence of, in Pliocene Period, 358.

„ of Tertiary Epoch, 336.

„ of Cretaceous Period, 283, 297.

„ Fossil, restored, 284.

Paludina, 272.

Pampean Formation, 411.

Pandanaceæ, The, 249.

Pandanus, 255.

Pappenheim, Lithographic Stone of, 273.

Paradoxides Bohemicus, 100.

Parallel Roads of Glenroy, 456.

Parian Marble, 76.

Paris Basin, Sir C. Lyell on, 329.

Parkfield Colliery, 159.

Patella vulgata, 205.

Pear Encrinite, 250.

Peaks of the Cantal Chain, 40.

Peat-deposits and Shell-mounds, 472.

Pecopteris, 120, 202, 315, 252.

„ lonchitica, 143.

Pecten, 201, 272.

„ Jacobeus, 371.

„ obicularis, 202.

„ Valoniensis, 207.

Penarth Beds, 186, 205, 207.

Pennine Chain, 115.

Pentacrinites Briareus, 183, 214.

Perched Blocks, 449.

Permian Flora, 174.

„ Rocks, 177, 186.

„ Ocean, 180.

„ Period, 15, 170.

„ Fauna and Flora of, 183.

Perna Mulleti, 288.

Phascolotherium, 245, 255.

Philadelphia Museum, 346.

Phillips, Prof. J., on Thickness of Carboniferous Limestone, 130.

Phillips, Prof. J., on Rate of Formation of Coal, 132.

Phonolite, 43.

Physa fontinalis, 266.

Phytosaurus, 190.

Pic de Sancy, 41, 43.

Pimpinellites zizioides, 337.

Pinites, 239.

Pisolitic Limestone, 311.

Pithecus antiquus, 339, 350, 356.

Placodus gigas, 189.

Planorbis, 266, 272, 334.

„ corneus, 488.

Plants, First Appearance of, 99.

„ of Devonian Period, 123.

„ of the Palæozoic Epoch, 114.

Plastic Clay, 330.

Platemys, 255.

Platycrinus, 146.

Platysomus, 174.

Pleistocene Period, 378.

Plesiosaurus, 221, 226, 255.

„ Cramptoni, 230.

„ Sternum of, 228.

„ Skull of, 226.

„ Skeleton of, 229.

H H

514

Pleuronectes, 326.

Pleurotoma Babylonia, 246.

Pleurotomaria conoidea, 246.

Pliocene, Meaning of, 314.

a Period, 357.

™ Birds of, 369.

Series, 372.

= Vegetation of, 357.

s» Fauna of, 359, 369.

4 Reptiles of, 367.

Mallisce of, 371.

Plombiéres, Alkaline Waters of, 64.

Plutonic Rocks, 31.

aa Theory, 6.

a Eruptions, 31.

= Ancient Granite, 31.

Podopthalmus vigil, 353.

Peecilopleuron, 265.

Poikilitic Series, 199.

Polyphemus, Supposed Bones of, 384.

Polypodium, 315.

Polyps of Carboniferous Period, 141,

246, 255, 286, 301.

Polyzoa, 141, 143, 175, 307.

Pontgibaud Mines, 64.

Porphyritic Granite, 33.

Porphyry, 33, 37-

BS Definition of, 37.

Components of, 37.

Portland Isle, 270.

a Dirt Bed, 271.

7 Sand, 243, 266.

a Stone, 243, 269.

Posidonia, 189.

Post-pliocene Period, 378.

a Animals of the, 382.

ao Birds of the, 417.

By Carnivora of, 417.

Deposits in Britain, 417.

Post- Tertiary Epoch, 378.

Potamogeton, 315.

Pravolta, 447.

Pre-glacial deposits, 418.

Preissleria antiqua, 202.

Prestwich, J., on Glacial Deposits, 459.

PRIMARY POCH, 99.

” x» Retrospective Glance

at, 180,

1» _ Vegetation of, 182.

Proboscideans of Crag, 372.

Producta, 173, 175.

7 horrida, 149.

INDEX.

Producta Martint, 145, 205.

9 subaculeata, 127.

Protogine, 35.

Protopteris, 283.

Psammodus, 141.

Psaronius, 174.

Psilophyton, 123.

Pteraspis, 129.

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