GEOLOGY AND INHABITANTS OF THE ANCIENT WORLD.
THE EXTINCT ANIMALS RESTORED BY B. WATERHOUSE HAWKINS. F.G.S. F.L.S.
PUBLISHED FOR THE CRYSTAL PALACE LIBRARY, BY BRADBURY & EVANS, 11, BOUVERIE ST.
MACLURE & CO. LITH. TO THE QUEEN.
GEOLOGY AND INHABITANTS
OF THE
ANCIENT WORLD.
DESCRIBED BY
RICHARD OWEN, F.R.S.
THE ANIMALS CONSTRUCTED BY B. W. HAWKINS, F.G.S.
CRYSTAL PALACE LIBRARY,
AND
BRADBURY & EVANS, 11, BOUVERIE STREET, LONDON.
1854.
BRADBURY AND EVANS,
PRINTERS TO THE CRYSTAL PALACE COMPANY,
WHITEFRIARS.
CONTENTS.
- PAGE
- INTRODUCTION 5
- THE SECONDARY ISLAND 7
- CHALK FORMATION 9
- THE MOSASAURUS 10
- THE PTERODACTYLE 11
- WEALDEN FORMATION 14
- THE IGUANODON 14
- THE HYLÆOSAURUS 17
- OOLITE FORMATION 19
- THE MEGALOSAURUS 19
- PTERODACTYLES OF THE OOLITE 22
- TELEOSAURUS 22
- LIAS FORMATION 25
- ENALIOSAURIA 25
- THE ICHTHYOSAURUS 25
- ICHTHYOSAURUS PLATYODON 29
- ICHTHYOSAURUS TENUIROSTRIS 30
- ICHTHYOSAURUS COMMUNIS 30
- PLESIOSAURUS 31
- PLESIOSAURUS MACROCEPHALUS 31
- PLESIOSAURUS DOLICHODEIRUS 32
- PLESIOSAURUS HAWKINSII 33
- NEW RED SANDSTONE 35
- BATRACHIA 35
- LABYRINTHODON SALAMANDROIDES 36
- LABYRINTHODON PACHYGNATHUS 38
- DICYNODON 38
GEOLOGY AND INHABITANTS OF THE ANCIENT WORLD.
INTRODUCTION.
Before entering upon a description of the restorations of theExtinct Animals, placed on the Geological Islands in the greatLake, a brief account may be premised of the principles and proceduresadopted in carrying out this attempt to present a view ofpart of