Descriptions of the Plates.
FOSSIL REMAINS OF THE VEGETABLE KINGDOM.
(Plates I. to XXXIII. inclusive.)
| Plate | ||
| I. | —Various specimens of Fossil Wood, and fragments of Plants | [19] |
| II. | —Chiefly examples of silicified Wood | [21] |
| III. | —Stigmaria, Calamites, and Wood | [23] |
| IV. | —Fronds of various Fossil Ferns | [25] |
| V. | —Different species of Ferns and other Plants | [27] |
| VI. | —Principally Fossil Fruits from the London clay of the Isle of Sheppey | [29] |
| VII. | —Specimens of the Fruit of a species of Nipas, or Molucca Palm; from the Isle of Sheppey | [31] |
| VIII. | —Figures of different portions of beautiful silicified Stems of Plants allied to the Arborescent Ferns; from Chemnitz | [33] |
| IX. | —Fossil Seed-vessels or Cones (Lepidostrobus) of the Lepidodendron | [35] |
| X. | —An aquatic Plant (Hydatica) in Coal shale | [37] |
| XI. | —A fine specimen of another species of Hydatica | [39] |
| XII. | —A delicate aquatic Plant (Myriophyllites) in Coal shale | [41] |
| XIII. | —Portion of the Stem of the Calamites ramosus | [43] |
| XIV. | —Fragment of Stems of another species of Calamite (Calamites dubius) | [45] |
| XV. | —Stem of a Calamite very much resembling the Bamboo (Calamites pseudo-bambusia) | [47] |
| XVI. | —Another species of Calamite (Calamites approximatus) | [49] |
| XVII. | —Stem of another kind of Calamite (Calamites decoratus) | [51] |
| XVIII. | —Fossil Stems allied to the Pandanus or Yucca (Sternbergia transversa) | [53] |
| XIX. | —Stem of a species of Sigillaria (Sigillaria fibrosa) | [55] |
| XX. | —Stem of another kind of Sigillaria | [57] |
| XXI. | —Fossil Roots of Sigillaria (Stigmaria ficoides) | [59] |
| XXII. | —Another species of Stigmaria (Stigmaria verrucosa) | [61] |
| XXIII. | —Fragment of a Stigmaria with large tubercles | [63] |
| XXIV. | —Part of a Stem of a tree allied to Sigillaria (Aspidiaria cristata) | [65] |
| XXV. | —Stem of a Plant allied to the Arborescent Ferns (Megaphyton) | [67] |
| XXVI. | —Stem of a species of Lepidodendron | [69] |
| XXVII. | —Fossil Plant allied to the Lepidodendron | [71] |
| XXVIII. | —A beautiful fossil Fern resembling Osmunda regalis (Neuropteris auriculata) | [73] |
| XXIX. | —An elegant trifoliate Fern in Coal shale (Neuropteris trifoliata) | [75] |
| XXX. | —An exquisite specimen of fossil Fern (Pecopteris Miltoni) | [77] |
| XXXI. | —Another elegant Fern in Coal shale (Pecopteris plumosa) | [79] |
| XXXII. | —A very beautiful plumose Fern in Coal shale (Alethopteris decurrens) | [81] |
| XXXIII. | —A fossil Fruit or Seed-vessel in Coal shale (Carpolithes marginatus) | [83] |
FOSSIL REMAINS OF THE ANIMAL KINGDOM.
(Plates XXXIV. to LXXIV: inclusive.)
| XXXIV. | —A beautiful mass of Coral (Syringopora geniculata) on Carboniferous limestone | [87] |
| XXXV. | —Several kinds of fossil Corals (Syringopora ramulosa, Catenipora escharoides, &c.) | [89] |
| XXXVI. | —Corals from different formations (Fungia, Cyathophyllum) | [91] |
| XXXVII. | —Various fossil Corals (Astrea, Lithostrotion, Caryophyllia annularis) | [93] |
| XXXVIII. | —Corals and Coral marbles (Cyathophyllum, Astrea, Lithodendron) | [95] |
| XXXIX. | —Fossil Corals, and Sponges or Amorphozoa (Siphonia, Favosites, Explanaria) | [97] |
| XL. | —Various fossil Zoophytes (Clionites, Millepora) | [99] |
| XLI. | —A beautiful specimen of a cyathiform fossil Zoophyte (Chenendopora Parkinsoni) | [101] |
| XLII. | —Several kinds of Zoophytes in Flint (Choanites, Siphonia, Jerea) | [103] |
| XLIII. | —Various Corals and other Zoophytes (Fungia polymorpha, Jerea pyriformis, Ventriculite) | [105] |
| XLIV. | —Silicified Sponges and other Zoophytes (Scyphia, Cnemidium, Chenendopora) | [107] |
| XLV. | —Several kinds of calcareous and silicified Corals and other Zoophytes | [109] |
| XLVI. | —A recent Pentacrinus (P. caput medusæ), and a beautiful Fossil species | [111] |
| XLVII. | —Numerous specimens of portions of Stems, separate Ossicles, and Receptacles, of various kinds of Encrinites and Pentacrinites | [113] |
| XLVIII. | —The Lily Encrinite (Encrinites monileformis) | [115] |
| XLIX. | —Remains of several kinds of Encrinites and Encrinital marbles | [117] |
| L. | —Chiefly specimens of the Pear Encrinite of Bradford, in Wiltshire (Apiocrinus Parkinsoni) | [119] |
| LI. | —Several kinds of Crinoidea (Actinocrinites, Pentacrinites) | [121] |
| LII. | —Specimens of Pentacrinites from Lyme Regis | [123] |
| LIII. | —Fossil Star-fishes (Goniaster, Ophiura, Cidaris) | [125] |
| LIV. | —Various kinds of Echinites or fossil Sea-urchins (Clypeaster, Ananchytes, Discoidea, Conulus) | [127] |
| LV. | —Several varieties of fossil Echini (Cidaris, Nucleolites, Micraster, Spatangus) | [129] |
| LVI. | —Echinites and echinital Spines | [131] |
| LVII. | —Fossil univalve Shells (Euomphalus, &c.) and Cololites | [133] |
| LVIII. | —Fossil Shells of various kinds of Cephalopoda (Nautilus, Orthoceras, Lituties, &c.) | [135] |
| LIX. | —Belemnites, Orthoceratites, and Hippurites, &c. | [137] |
| LX. | —Belemnites and Ammonites | [139] |
| LXI. | —Hamites of several species; Scaphites, Nummulites, &c. | [141] |
| LXII. | —Fossil Foraminifera of several genera | [143] |
| LXIII. | —Several species of Trigonia | [145] |
| LXIV. | —Fossil bivalve Shells (Cucullæa, Crassatella, Lima, Cardium, &c.), and the anomalous bodies termed Trigonellites | [147] |
| LXV. | —Fossil Shells of the genera Panopæa, Teredina, &c. | [149] |
| LXVI. | —Fossil Shells of the genera Ostrea, Perna, Gryphea, &c. | [151] |
| LXVII. | —Chiefly Shells of brachiopodous Mollusca, (Terebratula, Spirifer, Productus, &c.) | [153] |
| LXVIII. | —Fossil Crabs from Sheppey; Trilobites, Insects, &c. | [155] |
| LXIX. | —Remains of Turtles from Sheppey, and Vertebræ of Crocodilian Reptiles from Havre, and of the Mosasaurus | [157] |
| LXX. | —The Jaws of the fossil Reptile of Maestricht (Mosasaurus); and Teeth of various kinds of Sharks and Rays (Carcharias, Miliobatis, Pthychodus, &c.) | [159] |
| LXXI. | —Skull and Antlers of the fossil Elk of Ireland, and Teeth of the Mammoth | [161] |
| LXXII. | —Fossil teeth of Hippopotamus, Rhinoceros, Dinotherium, Palæotherium, and Anoplotherium; and ungueal bone of Megalonyx | [163] |
| LXXIII. | —Skeleton of the Megatherium, and Teeth of the fossil Bears of the Caverns | [165] |
| LXXIV. | —Molar Teeth of Mastodon giganteus, from Big-bone Lick, Kentucky | [167] |
| [Frontispiece.] | —Foot of the Moa of New Zealand. | |