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Title: A pictorial atlas of fossil remains, consisting of coloured illustrations selected from Parkinson's "Organic remains of a former world," and Artis's "Antediluvian phytology."
Year: 1850 (1850s)
Authors: Mantell, Gideon Algernon, 1790-1852 Parkinson, James, 1755-1824. Organic remains of a former world Artis, Edmund Tyrell, 1789-1847. Antediluvian phytology
Subjects: Paleontology
Publisher: London, H. G. Bohn
Contributing Library: Harvard University, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Ernst Mayr Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Harvard University, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Ernst Mayr Library

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f the same species. Fig. 10. A fossil Crab from the East Indies.—Mr. Parhinson. Beautiful specimens of thisspecies of Crab (Gonoplax Latreilli, of Mr. Edwards) have been obtained from thetertiary strata of India. Fig. 11. Another form of Trilobite (Ogygia Buchii, (Asapkns,) of the Silurian System), from theLlandeilo flagstones. Fig. 12. Kemains of some large unknown insect.—Mr. Parkinson. This figure is notsufficiently defined to admit of interpretation. Fig. 13, Part of a trilobite with tuberculated head, (Calymene variolare,) from the Wenlock limestone, of Dudley.Fig. 14. Posterior part of a trilobite with a caudal style or process, (Asaphus caudatus,) from the Wenlock shale, Dudley. Fig. 15. A nodule of ironstone from Coalbrook Dale, in which is imbedded a small crustaceanallied to the recent King Crab or Limulus; a genus abundant in the seas of India andAmerica. (Limulus trilobitoides, of Dr. Buckland. Bellinv/rus bellulus, of Mr. Kdnig.) Medals of Creation, vol. i. p. 550. 69
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FOSSIL FAUNA. 157 PLATE LXIX. Fossil Fishes and Reptiles. Fig. 1. A fossil body resembling part of a Tortoise, from Gloucestershire.—Mr. Parkimon.This specimen is probably one of the mandibles of a remarkable extinct genus(Ceratodus) of fishes, whose dental organs, like those of the recent Chimcera, consistedof consolidated plates instead of separate teeth; each side of the jaw was formed byone of these mandibular processes; the upper margin is deeply undulated. The bone-bed of the Lias at Aust CliiF near Westbury, Somersetshire, is rich in these remains. Fig. 2. The plastron, or inferior aspect of the carapace of a fossil Turtle (Chelonia breviceps),from the London Clay of the Isle of Sheppey. a, fragment of the entosternal plate ;b, b, hyosternal plates; c, c, hyposternals ; d, xipkisternals.^ Fig. 3. The cranium of the same species of Turtle, from the Isle of Sheppey. Equally rich in the remains of Chelonian reptiles, as in those of Fishes, Crustaceans, Serpents, and Mollusks, th

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