INDEX

Adaptation to aquatic life, [59].
Aetosauria, [187].
Aigialosaurs, [146].
Alligator, [197].
Amblyrhynchus, [142].
Andrews, C. W., [75].
Angistorhinus, [190].
Anomodontia, [102].
Aquatic reptiles, adaptation of, [59].
Araeoscelis, [133], [138].
Archelon, [234], [236], [238], [239].
Archosauria, [33].
Aspideretes, [246], [247].
Baptanodon, [113], [114], [117].
Baur, George, [119], [120], [185], [234].
Belodon, [185], [189], [191].
Belodontia, [185].
Bêche, De la, [73].
Bogalobou, [75].
Broom, Robert, [5], [102], [103], [129].
Brown, Barnum, [93], [179].
Buckland, Dean, [75], [77].
Cacops, [35].
Camper, Adrian, [149], [166].
Camper, Peter, [149], [166].
Captorhinus, [49].
Caretta, [230].
Carpus, [38].
Casea, [55].
Case, E. C., [234].
Champsosaurus, [179], [180], [181], [182].
Chelone, [220], [229].
Chevrons, [32].
Choristodera, [178].
Classification of reptiles, [13].
Clavicles, [37].
Cleithrum, [36].
Clidastes, [147], [154], [155], [157], [166].
Collection of fossils, [10].
Colpochelys, [222].
Conybeare, Rev., [73], [110], [149].
Cope, E. D., [126], [176], [178], [185], [231], [233].
Coracoid, [36].
Cotylosauria, [16].
Cryptodira, [226].
Cretaceous of Kansas, [8].
Crocodiles,
ancient, [204];
marine, [207];
modern, [195].
Crocodilia, [15], [194].
Crocodilus, [195].
Cuvier, Georges, [73], [97], [107], [110], [149].
Darwin, Charles, [142].
De Fond, St. Faujas, [148].
Dermochelys, [241], [242].
Desmatochelys, [231], [232].
Dimetrodon, [36], [51].
Dinosauria, [18].
Dolichosaurs, [145].
Dolichobrachium, [54].
Dollo, Louis, [167], [179].
Edaphosaurus, [23].
Elasmosaurus, [79], [84], [86], [87].
Enaliosauria, [75].
Eosauravus, [52].
Episcoposaurus, [190].
Eretmochelys, [230].
Eryops, [31], [47].
Eusuchia, [195].
Exoskeleton, [43].
Extinct reptiles of North America, [52].
Femur, [41].
Fibula, [41].
Foot, [42].
Fraas, Eberhard, [74], [75], [99], [111], [115], [185], [213].
Gastroliths, [92], [200].
Gavial, Borneo, [201];
Gangetic, [198], [199], [202].
Gavialidae, [203].
Geological Ages, [46].
Geosaurus, [208], [210], [211], [212], [214].
Gervais, Professor, [126].
Gilmore, Charles, [113], [167].
Globidens, [167].
Goldfuss, August, [151].
Graptemys, [218].
Hadrosaurus, [56].
Hand, [38].
Hauff, B., [122].
Hay, Oliver P., [220], [227], [228], [234], [242].
Hofmann, Dr., [148].
Holops, [207].
Home, Everard, [110].
Homo diluvii testis, [108].
Huene, Friedrich von, [131], [185].
Humerus, [38].
Huxley, Thomas, [185], [207].
Hydrus, [169].
Hyperphalangy, [118].
Hypocentrum, [36].
Ichthyosauria, [17], [107].
Ichthyosaurus, [108], [112], [119], [121], [122].
Iguana, [140].
Ilium, [39].
Interclavicle, [37].
Intercentrum, [30].
Ischium, [39].
Jaeger, George, [184].
Jaekel, [185].
Karoo beds, [102].
Koenig, [110].
Labidosaurus, [22], [26], [50].
Laecertilia, [140].
Lariosaurus, [99], [100].
Leather-back turtles, [241].
Leidy, Joseph, [151].
Limnoscelis, [20], [47].
Lizards, [140];
flat-headed, [144];
Galapagos, [142].
Lull, Richard, [54].
Lystrosaurus, [103], [104].
Lortet, M., [135].
McGregor, J. H., [126], [129], [131], [185], [186], [189].
Mandible, [25].
Mantell, Dr., [75].
Marsh, O. C., [54], [185].
Merriam, J. C., [112], [120], [171], [174].
Merriamia, [118].
Mesosaurus, [126], [127], [128].
Mesosuchia, [185], [204].
Meyer, Hermann von, [75], [87], [132], [134], [184].
Mixosaurus, [119].
Monitor lizards, [144].
Mosasauria, [148], [166].
Mosasaurus, [148];
hofmanni, [149];
maximiliani, [151].
Münster, Georg von, [97].
Mudge, B. F., [93].
Mystriosuchus, [185], [188], [189], [191].
Nares, [23].
Nectosaurus, [175].
Nothosauria, [95].
Nothosaurus, [96], [97], [98].
O’Fallen, Major, [151].
Ophiacodon, [30], [32], [37], [38], [40], [42].
Ophidia, [168].
Ophthalmosaurus, [118], [125.]
Orders of reptiles, [16].
Osborn, H. F., [126].
Ostodolepis, [33].
Owen, Richard, [75], [103], [110], [111], [185].
Paleorhinus, [190].
Paliguana, [5].
Parasuchia, [18], [184].
Parietal foramen, [23].
Pectoral girdle, [34].
Pelvic girdle, [39].
Pelvis, [39].
Pelycosauria, [186].
Pelycosimia, [187].
Phytosauria, [18], [187].
Phytosaurus, [186], [187].
Pineal foramen, [23].
Platecarpus, [151], [155], [156], [158], [159], [166].
Platynota, [148].
Plesiosauria, [77].
Plesiosaurus, [74].
Pleurodira, [224].
Pleurosaurus, [134], [136], [177].
Polycotylus, [80].
Proatlas, [32].
Proganochelys, [217].
Proganosauria, [17].
Proteosaurus, [110].
Protorosauria, [17], [132].
Protorosaurus, [132].
Protostega, [233], [234].
Protostegidae, [231].
Pseudosuchia, [185].
Pterosauria, [18].
Pubis, [39].
Pythonomorpha (Mosasauria), [166].
Range of Reptilia, [45].
Rhachitomous vertebrae, [17].
Rhynchocephalia, [17], [176].
Rhytidodon, [190].
Ribs, [33].
River turtles, [244].
Rutiodon, [190].
Sacrum, [32].
Sapheosaurus, [178].
Sauranodon (Baptanodon), [125].
Sauropterygia, [17], [73].
Scheuchzer, [107].
Seeley, H. G., [75], [126], [132].
Seymouria, [21], [48].
Shoulder-girdle, [34].
Simoedosaurus, [179].
Skeleton of reptiles, [19].
Skull of reptiles, [21].
Snakes, [168].
Spener, [132].
Sphenodon, [24], [132], [176].
Squamata, [17], [138].
Stegocephalia, [48].
Stereosternum, [126].
Sternum, [37].
Stomach-stones, [200].
Tarsus, [42].
Teeth, [21], [25].
Teleosaurus, [205].
Temporal openings, [23].
Testudo, [228].
Thalattosauria, [17], [171].
Thalattosaurus, [172], [173], [174].
Thalattosuchia, [207].
Therapsida, [16].
Theromorpha, [16].
Thaumatosaurus, [74].
Thoracosaurus, [207].
Tibia, [41].
Tomistomidae, [201].
Tortoises, [216];
fresh-water, [226];
land, [227];
marsh, [226].
Toxochelys, [219], [231], [232].
Trachemys, [221].
Trimerorhachis, [25].
Trinacromerum, [77], [81], [83], [85], [88], [89].
Trionychoidea, [244].
Trionyx, [245].
Tuatera, [176]. See Sphenodon.
Turtles, [216];
river, [244];
sea, [229];
ancient sea, [231];
side-necked, [224].
Tylosaurus, [153], [155], [157], [160], [165], [166].
Varanus, [144].
Varanops, [53].
Ventral ribs, [34].
Vertebrae, [28];
notochordal, [29];
rhachitomous, [31].
Versluys, [244].
Watson, D. M. S., [103].
Wieland, G. R., [234], [236], [239], [243].
Woodward, A. S., [126].
Zittel, Carl von, [185].

Footnotes:

[1] Paired maxillae, premaxillae, nasals, prefrontals, lacrimals, frontals, parietals, dermosupraoccipitals, tabularia, supratemporals, intertemporals, squamosals, jugals, quadratojugals, postorbitals, postfrontals, quadrates, exoccipitals, paroccipitals, vomers, palatines, pterygoids, sphenomaxillae, stapes, transverse, alisphenoids or orbitosphenoids, epipterygoids, articulars, prearticulars, angulars, surangulars, coronoids, splenials, dentaries, one supraoccipital, one basioccipital, one basisphenoid, one ethmoid.

[2]

Are God and Nature then at strife,

That Nature lends such evil dreams?

So careful of the type she seems

So careless of the single life.—In Memoriam, lv.

[3] An additional phalange has also been observed in the fifth toe of a South American species.

[4] “The author showed drawings and some specimens of two hitherto unknown reptiles from the white, coarse-grained sandstone, of which one in the form of the skull resembles the gavial, but is distinguished by the cylindrical form of the lateral teeth of the jaws; he therefore calls it provisionally cylindricodon, and a second species or genus, of which, however, so far only fragments of the jaws have been found, because of the four-cornered form of the teeth, cubicodon, while at the same time for the genus or family, to which the remains of these animals have belonged, he proposes the name Phytosaurus, since the teeth seem to be more adapted to a vegetable diet, even though they have not been worn away, as in Iguanodon.”—Isis (1828), p. 441 (translation).

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