. The ancient life-history of the earth; a comprehensive outline of the principles and leading facts of palaeontological science. Paleontology. 210 HISTORICAL PALAEONTOLOGY. istic of the Muschelkalk. In this beautiful species, the flower- Hke head is supported upon a rounded stem, the joints of which are elaborately articulated with one another; and the fringed arms are com- posed each of a double series of alter- nating calcareous pieces. The Palaeozoic Urchins, with their supernumerary rows of plates, the Cystideans, and the Pentremites have finally disappeared : but both Star- fishes and Br


. The ancient life-history of the earth; a comprehensive outline of the principles and leading facts of palaeontological science. Paleontology. 210 HISTORICAL PALAEONTOLOGY. istic of the Muschelkalk. In this beautiful species, the flower- Hke head is supported upon a rounded stem, the joints of which are elaborately articulated with one another; and the fringed arms are com- posed each of a double series of alter- nating calcareous pieces. The Palaeozoic Urchins, with their supernumerary rows of plates, the Cystideans, and the Pentremites have finally disappeared : but both Star- fishes and Brittle-stars continue to be rep- resented. One of the latter—namely, the Aspiduraloncataoi GdidiViSS (fig. 143)—is. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Nicholson, Henry Alleyne, 1844-1899. New York, A. L. Fowle


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