. Elements of geology : a text-book for colleges and for the general reader. Geology. TERTIARY ANIMALS. 519 ers of such teeth must have been fifty to seventy feet long. Some of the more common forms of sharks' teeth of the American Tertiary,. V Figs. Fig. 890. -Tertiary Fishes—Teleosts: 889. Rhombus minimus, Lower Eocene. 890. Lebi ceplialotes, Miocene. and Teleosts from American and European Tertiary, are given in the preceding figures. Reptiles.—The age of Reptiles is past. The huge Enaliosaurs, Dino- saurs, Mosasaurs, and Pterosaurs, are all extinct. Their class is now represented by Crocod
. Elements of geology : a text-book for colleges and for the general reader. Geology. TERTIARY ANIMALS. 519 ers of such teeth must have been fifty to seventy feet long. Some of the more common forms of sharks' teeth of the American Tertiary,. V Figs. Fig. 890. -Tertiary Fishes—Teleosts: 889. Rhombus minimus, Lower Eocene. 890. Lebi ceplialotes, Miocene. and Teleosts from American and European Tertiary, are given in the preceding figures. Reptiles.—The age of Reptiles is past. The huge Enaliosaurs, Dino- saurs, Mosasaurs, and Pterosaurs, are all extinct. Their class is now represented by Crocodiles, Lizards, Turtles, Snakes, and Frogs, though their place as rulers is supplied by Mammals and Birds. Five species of Snakes, some of them eight feet long, and nine Crocodilians, have been found in the Eocene of Wyoming, and several also in Europe. In the Miocene of Europe at (Eningen, a Salamandroid Amphibian was found and described in 1728 by Scheuchzer, a physician and natu- ralist, professor in the University of Altorf. He gave it the title " Homo Diluvii Testis," believing it to be the skeleton of a human being. 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 LeConte, Joseph, 1823-1901. New York : D. Appleton and Co.
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