Chapter XVI: The Great Irish Deer and Steller's Sea-cow 240

APPENDICES.
I.--Table of Stratified Rocks 251
II.--The Great Sea-serpent 253
III.--List of British Localities where Remains of the
Mammoth have been discovered 258
IV.--Literature 261
V.--Ichthyosaurs 264
INDEX 267

LIST OF FULL-PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS.

PLATE TO FACE PAGE

XI. A Gigantic Horned Dinosaur, Triceratops prorsus _Frontispiece_
XXIV. Sir Richard Owen and Skeleton of Dinornis maximus ix
I. Sea-scorpions 25
II. Fish-lizards 41
III. Pterodactyls--Long-necked Sea-lizard--Cuttle-fish
or Belemnite 55
IV. A Gigantic Dinosaur, Brontosaurus excelsus 69
V. Thigh-bone of the Largest of the Dinosaurs,
Atlantosaurus 71
VI. A Carnivorous Dinosaur, Megalosaurus Bucklandi 79
VII. A Gigantic Dinosaur, Iguanodon Bernissartensis 97
VIII. A Gigantic Dinosaur, Iguanodon Mantelli 101
IX. An Armoured Dinosaur, Scelidosaurus Harrisoni 105
X. A Gigantic Armoured Dinosaur, Stegosaurus ungulatus 113
XII. Group of Small Flying Dragons, or Pterodactyls 131
XIII. Group of Sea-serpents, Elasmosaur, and Fishes 141
XIV. A Large Extinct Mammal, Tinoceras ingens 151
XV. A Huge Extinct Mammal, Brontops robustus 161
XVI. A Gigantic Hoofed Mammal, Sivatherium giganteum 169
XVII. Skeleton of Great Ground Sloth of South America 179
XVIII. Great Ground Sloth of South America, Megatherium
americanum 181
XIX. A Gigantic Armadillo, Glyptodon asper 189
XX. The Mammoth, Elephas primigenius 205
XXI. The Mastodon of Ohio, M. americanus 219
XXII. The Woolly Rhinoceros, Rhinoceros tichorhinus 225
XXIII. Moa-birds 233
XXV. The Great Irish Deer, Cervus megaceros 243
XXVI. Steller's Sea-cow, Rhytina gigas 249

LIST OF FIGURES IN TEXT.

FIG. PAGE

1. Pterygotus anglicus 26
2. Silurian Merostomata 30
3. Ichthyosaurus intermedius 39
4. Teeth of Ichthyosauri 43
5. Skull of Ichthyosaurus latifrons 44
6. Skull of Ichthyosaurus platyodon 47
7. Mandibles of Long-necked Sea-Lizards 55
8. Skeleton of Plesiosaurus macrocephalus 56
9. Restored Skeleton of Brontosaurus excelsus 67
10. Neck Vertebræ of Brontosaurus 68
11. Head of Diplodocus 72
12. Lower Jaw-bone of Megalosaurus, with Teeth 77
13. Skeleton of Megalosaurus 78
14. Portion of a Slab of New Red Sandstone 80
15. Portion of a Slab, with Tracks 81
16. Limb-bones of Allosaurus 83
17. Skull of Ceratosaurus 84
18. Skull of Ceratosaurus nasicornis 85
19. Skeleton of Compsognathus longipes 86
20. Tooth of Iguanodon 88
21. Skeleton of Iguanodon Bernissartensis 100
22. Skull and Skeleton of Iguanodon Mantelli 101
23. Tracks of Iguanodon 102
24. Restored Skeleton of Scelidosaurus Harrisoni 105
25. Skeleton of Stegosaurus ungulatus 112
26. Tail Vertebræ of Stegosaurus 113
27. Limb-bones of Stegosaurus 114
28. Plates of Stegosaurus 115
29. Head of Triceratops 116
30. Skeleton of Triceratops prorsus 117
31. Bony Spines belonging to the Skin of Triceratops 119
32. Skeleton of Dimorphodon Macronyx 124
33. Skeleton of Scaphognathus crassirostris 125
34. Skeleton of Pterodactylus spectabilis 126
35. Skeleton of Rhamphorhynchus phyllurus 128
36. Skull of Pteranodon 129
37. Skull of Mosasaurus Hoffmanni 137
38. Teeth of Mosasaurus 137
39. Lower Tooth of Leiodon 138
40. Snout of Tylosaurus 143
41. Skeleton of Clidastes cineriarum 145
41a. Skull of Platecarpus 146
42. Skeleton of Tinoceras ingens 150
43. Skull of Dinoceras mirabile 151
44. Cast of Brain-cavity of Dinoceras mirabile 152
45. Skeleton of Brontops robustus 161
46. Skull of Sivatherium giganteum 168
47. Skeleton of Sivatherium giganteum 169
48. Restored Figure of Gigantic Tortoise,
Colossochelys atlas 171
49. The Elephant victorious over the Tortoise,
supporting the World, and unfolding the
Mysteries of the "Fauna Sivalensis" 173
50. Skeleton of Scelidotherium 184
51. Extinct Gigantic Armadillo, Glyptodon clavipes 190
52. Skeleton of Mammoth, Elephas primigenius 203
53. Figure of the Mammoth, engraved on Mammoth Ivory 214
54. Skeleton of Mastodon arvernensis 218
55. Head of Woolly Rhinoceros 224
56. Skeleton of the Elephant-footed Moa,
Dinornis elephantopus 233
57. Skeleton of Great Irish Deer, Cervus giganteus 242
58. Skeleton of Rhytina gigas 247

EXTINCT MONSTERS.