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18                                         CABINET OF GEOLOGY.

foldings of the septa within. Nautilus (many polished and bisected
specimens), Belemnites, Belemnoteuthus, Rhyncolites, and the ink-bags
of ancient Cuttle fishes, close the series. There are many 
interesting Crustaceans, Insects and Fishes, from the famous quarries 
of lithographic limestone of Solenhofen, Bavaria. The characterizing 
forms of this period - its great and wonderful Reptiles - are
here represented by a great number of specimens, either casts or 
bones. Among these are the Ichthysaurus, Megalosaurus, Iquanodon, 
Pterodactyle, Teleosaurus, Pliosaurus, and others. The former 
genus is represented by four actual specimens - the largest five feet 
in length - each well preserved in slabs of Lias clay, their original 
matrix. Among eight or ten casts of this genus, is a head five 
feet in length - with an eye a foot in diameter - which belonged to 
an animal 30 feet long. The paddle also (6 feet long) of a Pliosaurus, 
represents an individual at least 50 feet in length. Another 
series of restored models of the first five genera mentioned above, 
are copies (on the scale of one inch to the foot) of the life-size 
restorations in the grounds of Sydenham Palace, London.

In the Cretaceous period are many interesting series of Sponges, 
Echinoderms, Foramenifera, Cephalopod shells- Ammonites, 
Ancyloceras, Crioceras, Hamites, Turrilies, Scaphites, Baculites, 
Nautilus, Belemnites, etc., from Egypt, Western Europe and North
America. A suite of specimens of bivalve shells of the family of 
Rudistes - Huppurites, Sphaerulites, Radiolites and Caprina, - from 
the south of France is worthy of particular attention. Principal 
among the Reptiles of this period is the head (cast) of the famous 
Mosasaurus, the original of which is in the museum of the Jardin 
des Plantes at Paris.

The vegetable life of the Mesozoic age is represented in the 
cabinet by a fine series of Ferns, Equiseta and Reeds, from the 
Trias - of the genera Voltzia, Sphenopteris, Pecopteris, Neuropteris, 
Pterophyllum, Equisetum, Calamites, etc., - while in the Jurassic, 
are, in addition to some of these, several fine specimens of the Cycas, 
from the subterranean forest of the Island of Portland; Zamites 
from France, etc.

CAINZOIC AGE.

The fossils of the Tertiary and Quarternary periods- the Age of 
Mammals - are arranged in the room opposite the Cabinet of Phenomenal
Geology. Here are several very extended series of fossil

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18 CABINET OF GEOLOGY.

foldings of the septa within. Nautilus (many polished and bisected specimens), Belemnites, Belemnoteuthus, Rhyncolites, and the ink-bags of ancient Cuttle fishes, close the series. There are many interesting Crustaceans, Insects and Fishes, from the famous quarries of lithographic limestone of Solenhofen, Bavaria. The characterizing forms of this period - its great and wonderful Reptiles - are here represented by a great number of specimens, either casts or bones. Among these are the Ichthysaurus, Megalosaurus, Iquanodon, Pterodactyle, Teleosaurus, Pliosaurus, and others. The former genus is represented by four actual specimens - the largest five feet in length - each well preserved in slabs of Lias clay, their original matrix. Among eight or ten casts of this genus, is a head five feet in length - with an eye a foot in diameter - which belonged to an animal 30 feet long. The paddle also (6 feet long) of a Pliosaurus, represents an individual at least 50 feet in length. Another series of restored models of the first five genera mentioned above, are copies (on the scale of one inch to the foot) of the life-size restorations in the grounds of Sydenham Palace, London.

In the Cretaceous period are many interesting series of Sponges, Echinoderms, Foramenifera, Cephalopod shells- Ammonites, Ancyloceras, Crioceras, Hamites, Turrilies, Scaphites, Baculites, Nautilus, Belemnites, etc., from Egypt, Western Europe and North America. A suite of specimens of bivalve shells of the family of Rudistes - Huppurites, Sphaerulites, Radiolites and Caprina, - from the south of France is worthy of particular attention. Principal among the Reptiles of this period is the head (cast) of the famous Mosasaurus, the original of which is in the museum of the Jardin des Plantes at Paris.

The vegetable life of the Mesozoic age is represented in the cabinet by a fine series of Ferns, Equiseta and Reeds, from the Trias - of the genera Voltzia, Sphenopteris, Pecopteris, Neuropteris, Pterophyllum, Equisetum, Calamites, etc., - while in the Jurassic, are, in addition to some of these, several fine specimens of the Cycas, from the subterranean forest of the Island of Portland; Zamites from France, etc.

                              CAINZOIC AGE.

The fossils of the Tertiary and Quarternary periods- the Age of Mammals - are arranged in the room opposite the Cabinet of Phenomenal Geology. Here are several very extended series of fossil