. A dictionary of the fossils of Pennsylvania and neighboring states named in the reports and catalogues of the survey ... Paleontology. 195 Dend. f. 143. parts of the skeleton are given in fig. 142, page 364. from Lyell and Dawson's joint paper in Jour. Geol. Soc. London, Vols. 9 and 10, on " The remains of a reptile and land shell discovered in the interior of an erect tree, etc.," and Dawson's paper on '* The Coal measures of the South ; Dendrerpeton oweni. Dawson, Acadian Geology, 1868, p. 369, f. 143, a small r e p t ile found in one of the erect trees (Oala- mite s
. A dictionary of the fossils of Pennsylvania and neighboring states named in the reports and catalogues of the survey ... Paleontology. 195 Dend. f. 143. parts of the skeleton are given in fig. 142, page 364. from Lyell and Dawson's joint paper in Jour. Geol. Soc. London, Vols. 9 and 10, on " The remains of a reptile and land shell discovered in the interior of an erect tree, etc.," and Dawson's paper on '* The Coal measures of the South ; Dendrerpeton oweni. Dawson, Acadian Geology, 1868, p. 369, f. 143, a small r e p t ile found in one of the erect trees (Oala- mite s) of the Nova Scotia Coal M e as - ures, S. Joggins section; perhaps the young. pawson. Acad: Geo of Den. acadianuf/i^ but more probably a smaller species, be- cause teeth as small as these have been found quite different from them, and quite like the large teeth of Den. acadianum. Fig. 143 e is very interesting as a somewhat enlarged picture ot the group of bones in the most perfect foot of one of these creatures ever found (1868), the pointed toe-nails of which would undoubtedly have made mud tracks like those shown under Dend. acadianum. Dendrites, a mineral (Manganesian) precipitation in cracks and between layers of sandstone ; mistaken for plants ; occurs in all formations; e. g. on limestone at the Cornwall ore. 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 Lesley, J. P. (J. Peter), 1819-1903; Pennsylvania. Board of Commissioners for the Second Geological Survey. Harrisburg, Board of Commissioners for the Geological Survey
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