A pictorial atlas of fossil remains, consisting of coloured illustrations selected from Parkinson's "Organic remains of a former world," and Artis's "Antediluvian phytology." . FOSSIL FAUNA. 155 PLATE LXVIII. Fossil Crustacea. Figs. 1, & 3. Fossil Crabs, from Sheppey.—3Ir. Parkinson. The Loudon clay of thiscelebrated locality contains an abundance of the fossil remains of Crustacea; and thevisitor may purchase of the local collectors fossil crabs and lobsters, as readily as therecent species from the neighbouring sea. Good specimens are however rare, andcommand high prices. The specimens figur
A pictorial atlas of fossil remains, consisting of coloured illustrations selected from Parkinson's "Organic remains of a former world," and Artis's "Antediluvian phytology." . FOSSIL FAUNA. 155 PLATE LXVIII. Fossil Crustacea. Figs. 1, & 3. Fossil Crabs, from Sheppey.—3Ir. Parkinson. The Loudon clay of thiscelebrated locality contains an abundance of the fossil remains of Crustacea; and thevisitor may purchase of the local collectors fossil crabs and lobsters, as readily as therecent species from the neighbouring sea. Good specimens are however rare, andcommand high prices. The specimens figured are two common species. Fig. 1. Cancer Leachii, of MM. Desmarest and Brongniart. Fig. 3. Inachus LamarcML These fossils show the usual mode in which the crustaceas occur in the hardened clay ofSheppey. The thorax is bent over the abdomen, and the pair of large chelate claws drawntowards each other. Fig. 2. Fossil Insects from tbe lithographic stone of Pappenheim. a, an insect with abifurcated caudal extremity ; h, the sting which has passed out of its sheath; c, thetermination in a single point.—Mr. Parkinson. Fig. 4. A fossil Shrimp, from Anspach.—Mr. Park
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