Identifier: pictorialatlasof00mant (find matches)
Title: 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."
Year: 1850 (1850s)
Authors: Mantell, Gideon Algernon, 1790-1852 Parkinson, James, 1755-1824. Organic remains of a former world Artis, Edmund Tyrell, 1789-1847. Antediluvian phytology
Subjects: Paleontology
Publisher: London, H. G. Bohn
Contributing Library: Harvard University, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Ernst Mayr Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Harvard University, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Ernst Mayr Library

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e neural arch. Fig. 7. Sketch of the lower jaw of an extinct gavial-like reptile (Steneosaurus): the vertebra,fig. 5, probably belongs to the same species. From Honfleur. This figure, andfigs, o, 6, and 8, are copied from Cuvier, Annales du Museam Fig. 8. A caudal vertebra of the Fossil Animal of Maestricht (Mosasaurus); a, the chevron boneor inferior spinous process (kwmapophysis), anchylosed to the middle of the body ofthe vertebra. Fig. 9. Fossil scale of a ganoid fish (probably Lepidotus), from Kent. Fig. 10. Fossil tooth of a fish of the Shark family (Notidanus microdon, of Agassiz,) from thechalk of Kent. Fig. 11. Recent tooth of one of the Dog-fish, (Mr. Parkinson,) for comparison with fig. 10. Fig. 12. Tooth of an extinct group of squaloid fishes (Ptychodus decurrens, of Agassiz,) from thechalk of Kent. Fig. 13. a ctenoid (or comb-like) scale of a fish, (probably of a species of Beryx^) from thechalk of Kent. See Parkinson, p. 269. See Medals of Creation, vol. ii. p. 617. I 70
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FOSSIL iAUNA 159 PLATE LXX. Fossil Reptiles and Fishes. Fig. I. A reduced figure of the celebrated specimen of the jaws, &c. of the Fossil Animal ofMaestricht, (Mosasaurus Hoffmani,) from the cretaceous strata of St. PetersMountain. See Supplementary Notes, art. Mosasaurus. a, b. The left side of the lower jaw, nearly whole, and seen un its outer side. c, d. Eight side of the lower jaw, viewed on the inner side, the posterior part of which,a little concealed by the palate bones, is continued to e. f, g. The right side of the upper jaw, seen on its inner side, and with the palate bone.This part is nearly in its natural position in relation to the corresponding ramus ofthe lower jaw. h, i. A fragment of the left side of the upper jaw, displaced and fallen across the lowerjaw. Ic, I, m; Tc, I, m, 6. The two palate bones displaced and thrown one over the other, andalso over the right side of the lower jaw. In the original specimen a portion of boneis placed from m to p, and another at

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