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." . belonged to aspecies of B,ay; possibly to the Eagle rays {Miliobutis). Fig. 15. Tooth of a fish allied to the Cestraoionts, or Port Jackson Shark, (probably of the genusAcrodus,^ ) from Bath; commonly called Leech palates by the quarrymen. Figs. 16, & 17. Fossil palates of fishes of the Eay kind, from Sheppey.—Mr. appear to belong to the Miliobates {M. micropleuris, nf Agassiz). Beautifulexamples of thes
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." . belonged to aspecies of B,ay; possibly to the Eagle rays {Miliobutis). Fig. 15. Tooth of a fish allied to the Cestraoionts, or Port Jackson Shark, (probably of the genusAcrodus,^ ) from Bath; commonly called Leech palates by the quarrymen. Figs. 16, & 17. Fossil palates of fishes of the Eay kind, from Sheppey.—Mr. appear to belong to the Miliobates {M. micropleuris, nf Agassiz). Beautifulexamples of these fossils have been obtained from the Bracklesham clay, on the coastof the West of Sussex. The late Frederic Dixon, Esq. of Worthing, whoseuntimely death is so much to be deplored, had a matchless suite of specimens fromthat locality. Fig. 18. A fine specimen of a fossil tooth of a fish of an extinct genus, of which many speciesoccur in the chalk {Ptychodus polygurm, of Agassiz). The teeth of various speciesof this genus of Sharks abound in the chalk of almost every part of England.^ Medals of Creation, p. 614. 2 Ibid. p. 630. Ibid. p. 616 ; and plate vi. fig. FOSSIL FAUNA. 161 PLATE LXXI. Fossil Remains of Mammalia. Fig. I. a fossil tooth, probably of some animal of the whale kind.—Mr. Parkinson. I am notable to determine the nature of this specimen. Fio. 2. The antlers and skull of the Fossil Elk, of Ireland, {Megaceros Hibernicus.) The originalwas nearly eleven feet across, from the point of one antler to another. A perfectskeleton of this extinct gigantic deer is exhibited in the Gallery of Organic Remainsin the British Museum. For an account of this animal see Wonders of Geology,vol. i. p. 132; and Supplementary Notes, p. 189. Ihe following measurements of thespecimen figured are given by Mr. Parkinson ; a tob . c to d . e to / , g to h . i to k dtol Diameter of the horn at m Circumference, „ J, at the root Length of the cranium from n to oWidth „ „ ptoq A si
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