The Medals of Creation, Volumes 1 and 2 First Lessons in Geology and the Study of Organic Remains

In the present section of this work, I propose to explain the botanical arrangement and nomenclature of fossil plants; and figure and describe one or more species of the genera...

On Fossil Mollusca.--Numerous as are the fossil remains of the various types of animal organization which have already passed under review, they are far exceeded in number and v...

Many tribes of the extraordinary beings whose mineralized relics are the immediate subject of our investigation, have largely contributed to the solid materials of which the sed...

The division of the Animal Kingdom termed _Articulata_, embraces, as the name implies, those animals which have a _jointed_ body, generally possessing an external-jointed skelet...

The remains of Mammalia discovered in a fossil state include an immense number of species, and furnish examples of almost every living genus, and of numerous genera, and even or...

The fishes we have hitherto examined belong to the first order, the _Placoidians_; we now pass to the fossil remains of the second order, the _Ganoidians_, which are distinguish...

The molluscous animals named _Cephalopoda_ (from their organs of prehension being arranged around the upper part of the body) are the most ancient, numerous, and interesting of...

III. Deinosaurians.--The Order Deinosauria (_fearfully-great lizards_) has been established for the reception of those extinct colossal reptiles, comprising the _Megalosaurus_,...

"Nous remontons done à un autre âge du monde; à cet âge où la terre n’étoit encore parcourue que par des reptiles a sang froid--où la mer abondoit en ammonites, en bélemnites, e...

Ascending from the two grand subdivisions of the animal kingdom, the _Mollusca_ and the _Articulata_, we advance to the Vertebrata, animals distinguished from all those which ha...

NOTES FOR A GEOLOGICAL EXCURSION TO CHARNWOOD FOREST, TO EXAMINE THE CENTRAL GROUP OF PLUTONIC ROCKS OF ENGLAND; AND THE CARBONIFEROUS AND CAMBRIAN STRATA, THROUGH WHICH THEY HA...

That those infinitesimal forms of animal existence which swarm throughout the waters of the ocean, but whose presence can only be made manifest by the aid of the microscope, are...

The beautiful and romantic Dale of Matlock, although one hundred and forty-two miles distant, is now brought within nine hours of the metropolis. Leaving London from the Euston-...

the Palæontographical Society, 1849, 1851, 1853. The Penny Cyclopædia, _Art._ Tortoises, contains an excellent summary of the osteology of these reptiles, also an abstract of Pr...

The Radiata, or radiated animals, so designated because the parts of which the body is composed are arranged around a common centre or axis, are divided into three sub-classes;...

The fossils we have now to examine are among the most familiar of the objects commonly known as petrifactions; for as the enveloping cases of the Echini possess considerable dur...

Figs. 1, 2, 3.--Twigs of Larch and Hawthorn, coated with tufa, or travertine, from having been exposed to the dripping of an incrusting spring; from Russia; see p. 39.

Fossil Vegetables.--The remains of the vegetable kingdom are presented to the notice of the geologist in various conditions; in some instances these relics are but little change...

Before entering upon the examination of the specific and generic characters of fossil plants, and the natural relations of the extinct forms with those of the existing Floras, i...

Excepting in strata of comparatively modern origin, the remains of Birds are of extreme rarity in a fossil state. In the caverns that contain the skeletons of carnivorous animal...

Fossils; Petrifactions.--It is very generally the case, that persons who are not conversant with the nature of organic remains, suppose that all fossils are petrifactions; and u...

In leaving London for any part of England, the reader will remember that the area on which the metropolis is situated, as well as the surrounding district to a distance varying...

The classification of the stratified rocks is based on three principal characters; namely, 1, the mineral structure; 2, the order of superposition; and 3, the nature of the orga...

In travelling from London to Brighton by the railway, the following geological features of the country may be observed; by a reference to _Wond._ p. 360, the structure of this r...

That splendid railway, the Great Western, by which the geologist may be transported in five or six hours from the Tertiary strata of the metropolis to the magnificent cliffs of...

Fossils are the durable remains of animals and vegetables which have been imbedded in the strata by natural causes in remote periods, and subsequently more or less altered in st...

"And some rin up hill and down dale, knapping the chucky stones to pieces wi’ hammers like sae many road-makers run daft--they say ’tis to see how the world was made."

The existing species of animals scientifically determined by naturalists amount to upwards of one hundred thousand, while those known in a fossil state scarcely exceed twenty-fi...

------------ "Let the moon Shine on thee in thy solitary walk; And let the misty mountain winds be free To blow against thee; and in after years, When these wild ecstasies shall...

Diatomaceæ, 88. Fossil Diatomaceæ, 93. Fossil Coniferæ, 100. Fossil Fucoids, 101. Chondrites, 101. Moss-agates and Mocha-stones, 103. Equisetaceæ, 105. Calamites, 107. Filicites...

374. Acephala, 375. Encephala, 378. Fossil Bivalve Shells, 381. Shell-Rocks, 382. Fossil Brachiopoda, 388. Terebratula, 389. Spirifer, 390. Rhynchonella, 391. Pentamerus, 391. O...

Cirripedia, 505. Calamy, 506. Lepadidæ, 508. Crustacea, 508. Fossil Crabs, 511. Notopocorystes, 514. Fossil Lobsters, 515. Enoploclytia, 516. Isopodous Crustaceans, 520. Entomos...

776. Fossil Cetacea, 777. Otolithes of Whales, 778. Brighton Fossil Whale, 778. Zeuglodon Cetoides, 779. Fossil Ruminants, 782. Pachydermata, 785. Fossil Elephants and Mastodons...

Chalk and Flint, 336. Foraminifera, 339. Classification of the Foraminifera, 342. Nummulites, 344. Orbitoides, 346. Siderolina, 346. Fusulina, 346. Nodosaria, 347. Cristellaria,...

or Corals; Bryozoa or Molluscan Zoophytes, 218. Fossil Porifera, 219. On the Sponges in Chalk and Flint, 222. Spongites, 223. Fossil Zoophytes of Faringdon, 226. Scyphia, 227. C...

Lacertians, Pterodactyles, Turtles, Serpents, and Batrachians, 684. Dinosauria, 684. Megalosaurus, 686. Hylæosaurus, 688. Iguanodon, 691. Jaw and Teeth of Iguanodon, 693. Verteb...

Cycloid Fishes, 600. Amblypterus, 601. Palæoniscus, 601. Dapedius, 603. Lepidotus, 604. Pycnodus, 607. Gyrodus, 608. Cephalaspides, 610. Cephalaspis, 611. Pterichthys, 612. Cocc...

Cephalopods, 450. Belemnites, 451. Belemnitella, 457. Belemnoteuthis, 459. Beloptera, 463. Geoteuthis, 463. Bellerophon and Argonaut, 465. Fossil Tetrabranchiate Cephalopods, 46...

other Placoid Fishes, 562. Fishes, 562. Scales of Fishes, 566. Fins of Fishes, 569. Teeth of Fishes, 570. Skeletons of Fishes, 572. Ichthyodorulites, 576. Hybodus subcarinatus,...

Crocodiles, 643. The Age of Reptiles, 644. Classification of Reptiles, 646. Teeth of Reptiles, 646. Lower Jaw of Reptiles, 651. Vertebræ, 651. Ribs, 656. Extremities, 657. Derma...

the Asteriadæ, 280. Crinoidea, 281. Pentacrinus, 282. Fossil Crinoidea, 283. Fossil Stems of Crinoidea, 284. Pulley-stones, 285. Apiocrinus, 288. Bourqueticrinus, 291. Encrinus,...

Diadema, 318. Echinus, 318. Salenia, 318. Spines of Cidarites, 319. Flint Casts of Cidarites, 320. Cidaritidæ of the Palæozoic Rocks, 321. Clypeasteridæ, 322. Galerites, 322. Ho...

1. Zoophytes; Amorphozoa. 2. " Polypifera. 3. Echinoderms; comprising the a. Crinoidea, or Lily-shaped animals. b. Asteriada, or Star-Fishes. c. Echinida, or Sea-Urchins. 4. For...

investigation of the Fossil Remains of Vegetables, 54. Endogenous Stems, 56. Exogenous Stems, 56. Structure of Coniferæ, 57. Botanical principles, 58. Exogens, 59. Endogens, 59....

Position of Matlock Dale, 871. A Walk to the Incrusting Springs, 872. Visit to the Cavern of the High Tor, 875. Geological Formations of Derbyshire, 878. Excursion to Crich Hill...

Organic Remains of the Tertiary Deposits of the London Basin, 837. Excursion to the Isle of Sheppey, 838. Excursion to Bracklesham Bay, 844. Notes for an Excursion to examine th...

Characters of Birds, 760. Fossil Birds of the Pleistocene Epoch, 763. Fossil Birds of the Older Tertiary Deposits, 765. Fossil Birds of the Wealden, 768. Ornithoidichnites, 768....