Transcriber's Notes:Illustrations have been moved from the middle of a paragraph to the closest paragraph break, the following illustrations have been moved to another page:figure 155: moved from page 179 topage 178figure 313: moved from page 279 topage 278figure 379: moved from page 327 topage 328figure 501: moved from page 452 topage 451figure 506: moved from page 461 topage 460Missing page numbers correspond to moved illustrations and blank pages.Not all illustrations show the original natural size mentioned in the figure captions, they have been rescaled.In thefootnote 336-Alib. or liv. might be printed wrong.Onpage 185a footnote anchor was added to footnotefig. 160185-A.Onpage 215an potential anchor for footnote 215-A was guessed and added.Onpage 245an anchor for footnote 245-A was added.Onpage 280a footnote anchor 280-B was added.Other than the corrections listed below, printer's inconsistencies in spelling, punctuation, hyphenation, and ligature usage have been retained.The use of capital letters in names, scientific classifications, locations, and time periods/eras is not consistent in this book, they have been kept as printed and only changed when an obvious error occurred.The system of abbreviations and punctuation in citations and figure captions can vary, the text has been kept as printed and only changed when an obvious error occurred.The punctuation in the index was inconsistent, all commas in listings for page numbers have been changed into full stops, they are not specially mentioned/marked in the list of changes. The alphabetic order in the index is sometimes inconsistent but has been kept as printed.Palæomæryx (page 178) is known in the literature by Paleomeryx (http://www.paleodatabase.org) as well as Palaeomeryx.Palæoniscus is known in the literature as Palaeoniscus.Inoceramus Cuvieri is today known as Inoceramus cuvieri (ref: Cretaceous Fossils of North America).Different spelling of Ashby de la Zouch (text) and Ashby-de-la-Zouch (index) was retained.Older or unusual forms of spelling of some German and French towns and locations have been retained (e.g.Bertrich-Baden—Bad Bertrich, Roderberg—Rodderberg, Gemunder Maar—Gemünder Maar, Boulade—Boulaide, Pont Gibaud—Pontgibaud, Saarbrück—Saarbrücken).The following words have been retained in both versions:Agas. and Agass.brachiopod, brachiopods and brachiopoda (as well as with capital letters or lower case)Bunter Sandstein and Bunter-Sandstein (as well as various combinations with Bunter, bunter, sandstein, Sandstein)Cheirotherium and Chirotherium as cheirotherian and chirotherianDidelphis and Didelphysdike/s and dyke/sfoot-print/s and footprint/sfoot-marks and footmarksgault and GaultG/grauwacke and G/grauwacké and their English translations (greywacke)greensand and Greensand as well as their variationsHoloptichius (e.g. Lyell) and Holoptychius (general usage)Ichthyolites and Icthyolitesiron-stones and ironstonesjaw-bone and jawboneKeuper and keuperLias and liasLiége and LiegeMuschelkalk and muschelkalknon-fossiliferous and nonfossiliferousOld Red Sandstone and old red sandstone with all variationsP/palæo** and P/paleo** with all variations from paleontological to paleozoicPozzolana and Pozzuolana (recent form)primæval and primevalquâquâversal and qua-quaversalRhinoceros tichorhinus and Rhinoceros tichorinusscoria and scoriæSénonien and Senonientilestone/s and T/tile-stone/sThe following misprints have been corrected:changed "to recognise rocks" into "to recognize rocks"page vichanged "a fresh-water or" into "a freshwater or"page viiichanged "belong to gasterodous" into "belong to gasteropodous"page xchanged "Ova in a carbonised state." into "Ova in a carbonized state."page xi(fig. 523a)changed "Würtembergisch. Naturwissen Jahreshefte" into "Würtembergisch. Naturwissen. Jahreshefte"footnote xiii-Achanged "by Herman von Meyer" into "by Herman von Meyer."page xiv(fig. 530)changed "near Stuttgart, Wurtemberg." into "near Stuttgart, Würtemberg."page xivchanged "is characterised by" into "is characterized by"page xvichanged "genus Sauricthys, Hybodus," into "genus Saurichthys, Hybodus,"page xvchanged "Sauricthys Mougeotii, is" into "Saurichthys Mougeotii, is"page xvchanged "in the Quader Sand-stein and" into "in the Quadersandstein and"page xvichanged "of organisation in fossils" into "of organization in fossils"page xixchanged "or to Plerodactyles" into "or to Pterodactyles"page xixchanged "class Aves have hither to" into "class Aves have hitherto"page xixchanged "bored by teredina" into "bored by Teredina"page xxiiichanged "near St. Andrew's" into "near St. Andrews"page xxixchanged "Sub-marine lava" and into "Submarine lava and"page xxixchanged "Granite of Dartmore altering" into "Granite of Dartmoor altering"page xxxchanged "Concluding remarks 489" into "Concluding remarks 488"page xxxichanged "occasionally characterised" by into "occasionally characterized" bypage 3changed "are all characterised" into "are all characterized"page 5changed "Loire, and Ardêche," into "Loire, and Ardèche,"page 5changed "Giants' Causeway, called" into "Giant's Causeway, called"page 6changed "cooled and crystallised," into "cooled and crystallized,"page 7changed "by Dr. Mac Culloch" into "by Dr. MacCulloch"page 8changed "afterwards super-imposed, and" into "afterwards superimposed, and"page 9changed "causes, while super-imposed" into "causes, while superimposed"page 9changed "(Green-sand formation.)" into "(Greensand formation.)"page 16changed "annexed fig. (7.)," into "annexed fig. 7.,"page 18changed "(Green-sand formation?)" into "(Greensand formation?)"page 18changed "bored by teredina" into "bored by Teredina"page 21changed "great bed of tripoli, Bilin." into "great bed of Tripoli, Bilin."page 25(figs. 19/20)changed figure number figure "34" into figure "33"page 29changed "information from icthyolites" into "information from ichthyolites"page 32changed "confined to vein-stones." into "confined to veinstones."page 34changed "the drying and skrinking" into "the drying and shrinking"page 63changed "conglomerate, N. 2. clay," into" conglomerate, No. 2. clay,"page 67changed "described by Dr. Macculloch," into "described by Dr. MacCulloch,"page 67changed "of Ross-shire. (Macculloch.)" into "of Ross-shire. (MacCulloch.)"page 67(fig. 90)changed "Dax, near Bourdeaux" into "Dax, near Bordeaux"page 72changed "indicate the intermittance" into "indicate the intermittence"page 74changed figure number "96" to figure "93"page 75changed "Modica, precipitious" into "Modica, precipitous"page 77changed "them by Dr. Macculloch," into "them by Dr. MacCulloch,"page 86changed "Dr. Macculloch and" into "Dr. MacCulloch and"page 87changed "have ever re-appeared" into "have ever reappeared"page 98changed "fossilisation of certain" into "fossilization of certain"page 106changed "hills called Bruder Holz" into "hills called Bruderholz"page 120changed "near Stuttgardt, in" into "near Stuttgart, in"page 120changed "stones have travelled" into "stones have travelled."page 121changed "already characterised by" into "already characterized by"page 124changed "neighbourhood of Upsal," into "neighbourhood of Upsala,"page 124changed "Isles of sub-aerial glaciers." into "Isles of subaerial glaciers."page 130added "BOULDER FORMATION—continued." to chapter headingpage 131changed "its materials rearranged" into "its materials re-arranged"page 136changed "chapters 7 and 8.," into "chapters 7. and 8.,"page 139changed "to coexist in" into "to co-exist in"page 147changed "class of warm-blodded" into "class of warm-blooded"page 148changed "speces of deer" into "species of deer"page 154changed "skeletons of Magatherium," into "skeletons of Megatherium,"page 157changed "student to recognise the" into "student to recognize the"page 159changed "b. nat. size of a and b." into "c. nat. size of a and b."page 161(fig. 141)changed "overan are a" into "over an area"page 162changed "concretionary rearrangement of" into "concretionary re-arrangement of" page164changed "Faseicularia aurantium" into "Fascicularia aurantium"page 165(fig. 148)changed "v. exterior." into "a. exterior."page 165(fig. 148.)changed "climates, such a" into "climates, such as"page 165changed "clayslate, and various" into "clay-slate, and various"page 169changed "from the Appenines" into "from the Apennines"page 168changed "17 per cent," into "17 per cent.,"page 172changed "beds (Sables inferieurs" into "beds (Sables inférieurs"page 175changed "inferieurs et argiles" into "inférieurs et argiles"page 175changed "Upper Marine or Fontainbleau" into "Upper Marine or Fontainebleau"page 177changed "M. de Koninck of Liége" into "M. De Koninck of Liége"page 178changed "or Caddice-fly" into "or Caddis-fly"page 185changed "lake of the Lemagne" into "lake of the Limagne"page 187changed "Bagshot and Brocklesham division" into "Bagshot and Bracklesham division"page 190changed "Nome of them" into "None of them"page 192changed "genera Emys and Trionix." into "genera Emys and Trionyx."page 192changed "Sables Moyens. divide" into "Sables Moyens, divide"page 193changed "of the English Eocenestrata," into "of the English Eocene strata,"page 197changed "Headen Hill, on" into "Headon Hill, on"page 197changed "Egerton has recognised" into "Egerton has recognized"page 198changed "brown and blueish gray" into "brown and blueish grey"page 200changed "beds Nos. 1, 2. are" into "beds Nos. 1, 2., are"page 208changed "places for mill-stones." into "places for millstones."page 208changed "of D'Orbigny before" into "of d'Orbigny before"page 208changed "sea-cliffs at Stevensklint" into "sea-cliffs at Stevens Klint"page 210changed "and Ostrea, vesicularis." into "and Ostrea vesicularis."page 215changed "bivalves (figs. 203. 205," into "bivalves (figs. 203, 205,"page 216changed "the Dammura of" into "the Dammara of"page 216changed "afterwards recognised by" into "afterwards recognized by"page 216changed "of the Radack achipelago," into "of the Radack archipelago,"page 217changed "observations of Ferdinand Roemer;" into "observations of Ferdinand Römer;"page 224changed "the marl-stones are" into "the marlstones are"page 224changed "Wealden (see Nos. 5" into "Wealden (see Nos. 5."page 225changed "purely fresh-water origin." into "purely freshwater origin."page 227changed "Auvergne (see above, p. 183.)" into "Auvergne (see above, p. 183.)."page 228changed "genera Trioynx and Emys," into "genera Trionyx and Emys,"page 229changed "See Flinder's Voyage." into "See Flinders' Voyage."footnote 233-Achanged "Author's Annivers. Address," into "Author's Anniv. Address,"footnote 237-Cchanged "those from the Gualt" into "those from the Gault"page 242changed "eological Map of" into "Geological Map of"page 242(fig. 252)changed "(fig. 254.), where" into "(fig. 253.), where"page 244changed "in the north" into "in the North"page 245changed "In the wood-cut" into "In the woodcut"page 246changed "South Downs at Beachy head." into "South Downs at Beachy Head."page 246changed "fail to recognise in" into "fail to recognize in"page 246changed "voll. ii. p. 98." into "vol. ii. p. 98."footnote 248-Achanged "of clay aud limestone," into "of clay and limestone,"page 258changed "Coral rag," into "Coral rag."page 261(fig. 273)changed "in their orginal" into "in their original"page 264changed "says Mr Lycett," into "says Mr. Lycett,"page 266changed "such as Pleiosaur," into "such as Plesiosaur,"page 267changed "obtained by Dr Buckland" into "obtained by Dr. Buckland"page 268changed "that the Thuia," into "that the Thuja,"page 270changed "Buckland's Bridgw. Treat." into "Buckland's Bridgew. Treat."page 271(fig. 294)changed "lower shales are wel" into "lower shales are well"page 271changed "the Oolitic system generally" into "the Oolitic system generally."page 272changed "1/3 nat size." into "1/3 nat. size."page 273(fig. 301)changed "(G. arcuata, Lam)" into "(G. arcuata, Lam.)"page 274(fig. 304)changed "their own predacious race" into "their own predaceous race"page 278changed "both of Icthyosaur and Plesiosaur" into "both of Ichthyosaur and Plesiosaur"page 278changed "for swimming (see fig. 313.)" into "for swimming (see fig. 313.)."page 279changed "Sir H. de la Beche," into "Sir H. De la Beche,"page 281changed "of the Haute Saône," into "of the Haute-Saône,"page 283changed "in Germany-Keupar" into "in Germany-Keuper"page 286changed "Buckland, Bridg. Treat.," into "Buckland, Bridgew. Treat.,"footnote 286-Achanged calcaire coquillier into "calcaire coquillier."page 287changed "Württemberg, and is" into "Würtemberg, and is"page 287changed "genera Sauricthys and Gyrolepis" into "genera Saurichthys and Gyrolepis"page 287changed "near Strazburg, on" into "near Strasburg, on"page 288changed "the "gres bigarré," or" into "the "grès bigarré," or"page 288changed "vol. v. p. 347" into "vol. v. p. 347."footnote 290-Bchanged "in the gray, and" into "in the grey, and"page 294changed "with ornithicnites on" into "with ornithichnites on"page 300changed "and botroidal character." into "and botryoidal character."page 302changed "the icthyolites which" into "the ichthyolites which"page 304changed "Pygopteris mandibularis" into "Pygopterus mandibularis"page 305(fig. 346)changed "Gutbier are Asterophillites" into "Gutbier are Asterophyllites"page 307changed "Lepidodendra, Calamites, Asterophillites," into "Lepidodendra, Calamites, Asterophyllites,"page 308changed "same bands of" into "some bands of"page 309changed "sometimes called fire-stone," into "sometimes called firestone,"page 309changed "Geol. Soc Proceedings," into "Geol. Soc. Proceedings,"footnote 317-Bchanged "f. 4. feet oal" into "f. 4. feet coal."page 321(fig. 372)changed "at an angle of 8°," into "at an angle of 8°."page 324changed "genus called Michroconchus" into "genus called Microconchus"page 324changed "of Sigillaria, Lepidodrendon," into "of Sigillaria, Lepidodendron,"page 324changed "frequently recognised. Thus," into "frequently recognized. Thus,"page 324changed "be recognised at still" into "be recognized at still"page 324changed "Clay iron-stone.—Bands and nodules of clay iron-stone" into "Clay-iron-stone.—Bands and nodules of clay-iron-stone"page 326changed Dome-shaped out-crop of into Dome-shaped outcrop ofpage 327changed "ornithichnites (see p. 297.)." into "ornithichnites (see p. 327.)."page 328changed "The out-crop of" into "The outcrop of"page 328changed "olifiant gas. The" into "olefiant gas. The"page 333changed "American Journ. of Sci," into "American Journ. of Sci.,"footnote 334-Achanged "a neucleus of granite," into "a nucleus of granite,"page 343changed "Scale of Holoptychus nobilissimus," into "Scale of Holoptychius nobilissimus,"page 344(fig. 395)changed "peculiar lamelli-branchiate" into "peculiar lamellibranchiate"page 347changed "south from St. Petersburgh." into "south from St. Petersburg."page 348changed "of the Astræa." into "of the Astrea."page 349changed "lowest or mud-stone beds," into "lowest or mudstone beds,"page 352changed "showing siphuncle. Ludlow" into "showing siphuncle. Ludlow."page 354(fig. 417)changed "the Welch mountains afford." into "the Welsh mountains afford."page 359changed "Kleyn Spawen beds," into "Kleyn Spauwen beds,"page 362changed "belong to neighboring" into "belong to neighbouring"page 362changed "with gypsum—Wirtemberg," into "with gypsum—Würtemberg,"page 364changed "Crinoidians abundant" into "Crinoideans abundant"page 365changed "like chelonians, Ptericthys," into "like chelonians, Pterichthys,"page 365changed "were recognised as" into "were recognized as"page 366changed "Their igneons origin" into "Their igneous origin"page 366changed "recognised by a peculiar" into "recognized by a peculiar"page 370changed "One half I scoriaceous," into "One half is scoriaceous,"page 373changed "others are Andesitic," into "others are andesitic,"page 373changed "tom. 8. p. 22. 1835." into "tom. 8. p. 22. 1835.)"page 375changed "A green porphyritic rocks" into "A green porphyritic rock"page 376changed "Saussurite, a mineral" into "saussurite, a mineral"page 376changed "oxyde of iron." into "oxide of iron."page 376changed "of talc. Burat's" into "of talc. (Burat's"page 376changed "Sub-marine lava and" into "Submarine lava and"page 378changes "much as 20 per cent of" into "much as 20 per cent. of"page 382changed "of Hutt. Theory, s. 253." into "of Hutt. Theory, p. 253."footnote 383-Bchanged "Giants' Causeway, in Ireland." into "Giant's Causeway, in Ireland."page 384changed "bottom of a shallow sea" into "bottom of a shallow sea."page 388changed "to larva and" into "to lava and"page 388changed "PORM, STRUCTURE, AND" into "FORM, STRUCTURE, AND"page 390changed "Baranco de las Angustias." into "Barranco de las Angustias."page 391changed "lie uncomformably to" into "lie unconformably to"page 398changed "trap-dikes of Etna," into "trap dikes of Etna,"page 401changed "the accompanying wood-cut" into "the accompanying woodcut"page 404changed "in once instance" into "in one instance"page 404changed "Punto del Nasone on Somma" into "Punta del Nasone on Somma"page 405(fig. 467)changed "we recognise the ordinary" into "we recognize the ordinary"page 418changed "near St. Andrew's" into "near St. Andrews"page 422changed "crystals of mesotyge" into "crystals of mesotype"page 431changed "H. de la Beche during" into "H. De la Beche during"page 432changed "Geol. Trans, 2d" into "Geol. Trans., 2d"footnote 435-Echanged "silex, thay have" into "silex, they have"page 439changed "except when mineralogicaly" into "except when mineralogically"page 440changed "Bontigny's experiments have" into "Boutigny's experiments have"page 441changed "mineral camposition-Test" into "mineral composition-Test"page 449changed "Granite of Dartmore altering" into "Granite of Dartmoor altering"page 449changed "are many vareties" into "are many varieties"page 450changed "the gritz quartzose" into "the grits quartzose"page 456changed "ay at smome" into "may at some"page 462changed "and their synonymes." into "and their synonymies."page 465changed "These aeriform fluids," into "These aëriform fluids,"page 476changed "fumeroles have been" into "fumaroles have been"page 476changed "its being nonfossiliferous," into "its being non-fossiliferous,"page 479changed "have become matamorphic" into "have become metamorphic"page 484changed "MM. Studer, and Hugi," into "MM. Studer and Hugi,"page 484changed "hornblende-schist, chlorine-schist," into "hornblende-schist, chlorite-schist,"page 485changed "enlarged or reopened." into "enlarged or re-opened."page 488changed "vein of Andreasburg" into "vein of Andreasberg"page 494changed "greenstone, or "toad-stone,"" into "greenstone, or "toadstone,""page 497changed "can be recognised in" into "can be recognized in"page 498changed "H. de la Beche during" into "H. De la Beche during"page 499changed "Lithodomi in beaches" into "lithodomi in beaches,"page 502changed "Barrarde, M., on trilobites, 358." into "Barrande, M., on trilobites, 358."page 502changed "Argile plastiqne, or" into "Argile plastique, or"page 502changed "or inland" into "on inland"page 502changed "on cornish lodes," into "on Cornish lodes,"page 503changed "on Sewalik hills," into "on Sewâlik hills,"page 503changed "Caryophillia cespitosa, bed" into "Caryophyllia cæspitosa, bed"page 503changed "Cystidiæ in Silurian rocks, 358." into "Cystideæ in Silurian rocks, 358."page 504changed "Decken, Prof. von, on reptiles in Saarbrück coalfield, 336." into "Dechen, Prof. von, on reptiles in Saarbrück coal-field, 336."page 505changed "France, 176-196." into "France, 176-191."page 505changed "Doué, M. B. de, on" into "Doue, M. B. de, on"page 505changed "Desroyers, M., on" into "Desnoyers, M., on"page 505changed "on Icthyosaurus, 276." into "on Ichthyosaurus, 276."page 505changed "hill of Gergovla," into "hill of Gergovia,"page 505changed "on Cystidiæ, 358." into "on Cystideæ, 358."page 505changed "Glenroy, parallel" into "Glen Roy, parallel"page 506changed "sienitic, 440." into "syenitic, 440."page 506changed "vesiculosus in Lym-fiord, 33." into "vesiculosus in Lym-Fiord, 33."page 506changed "Hamilton. Sir W.," into "Hamilton, Sir W.,"page 507changed "Hooghley river, analysis" into "Hooghly river, analysis"page 507changed "Icthyolites of Old" into "Ichthyolites of Old"page 507changed "Icthyosaurus communis, figure" into "Ichthyosaurus communis, figure"page 507changed "period, Volcanic rocks," into "period. Volcanic rocks,"page 507changed "Kentish chalk, sandgalls" into "Kentish chalk, sand-galls"page 507changed "Limestone, fosslliferous," into "Limestone, fossiliferous,"page 508changed "Lochabar, parallel roads" into "Lochaber, parallel roads"page 508changed "in cannel coal" into "in Cannel coal"page 508changed "enlarged and reopened, 492." into "enlarged and re-opened, 492."page 508changed "teeth of. figured," into "teeth of, figured,"page 508changed "Mammifer in trlas" into "Mammifer in trias"page 508changed "on Stonefield slate, 266." into "on Stonesfield slate, 266."page 508changed "Mososaurus in St. Peter's" into "Mosasaurus in St. Peter's"page 509changed "Oeynhansen, M. von, on" into "Oeynhausen, M. von, on"page 509changed "Saarbruck coal field," into "Saarbrück coal field,"page 510changed "sandpipes near," into "sand-pipes near,"page 509changed "St. Andrew's, trap" into "St. Andrews, trap"page 510changed "Plutonic rocks, 7-446." into "Plutonic rocks, 7. 446."page 510changed "Rose, Frof. G.," into "Rose, Prof. G.,"page 510changed "of Colebrook Dale," into "of Coalbrook Dale,"page 510changed "sandpipes in, 83." into "sand-pipes in, 83."page 510changed "Sandpipes near Maestricht" into "Sand-pipes near Maestricht"page 510changed "or sandgalls, term" into "or sand-galls, term"page 510changed "Seacliffs, inland, 71." into "Sea cliffs, inland, 71."page 510changed "Sedgewick, Prof., cited," into "Sedgwick, Prof., cited,"page 510changed "Sedgewick, Prof., on" into "Sedgwick, Prof., on"page 511changed "Sewalik Hills, freshwater" into "Sewâlik Hills, freshwater"page 511changed "Skapter Jokul, eruption" into "Skaptar Jokul, eruption"page 511changed "Sub-Apennine strata, 105. 166." into "Subapennine strata, 105, 166."page 511changed "on sand galls, 82." into "on sand-galls, 82."page 512added Header "W." in indexpage 512changed "Wenlok formation, 354." into "Wenlock formation, 354."page 512changed "Whin-Sil, intrusion of" into "Whin-Sill, intrusion of"page 512changed "on Cystidæ, 358." into "on Cystideæ, 358."page 512changed "in 'Lavengro.' because" into "in 'Lavengro' because"Advertisementschanged "Vols. I-VIII. With" into "Vols. I.-VIII. With"Advertiesementschanged "early religous schools" into "early religious schools"Advertisementschanged "its organisation more" into "its organization more"Advertisementschanged "with unfagging tread" into "with unflagging tread"Advertisementschanged "of time and money" into "of time and money."Advertisementschanged "A CONDENSED HAND-BOOK OF ALL ENGLAND" into "A CONDENSED HANDBOOK OF ALL ENGLAND"Advertisementschanged "Leicester, Bucks Nottinghamshire." into "Leicester, Bucks, Nottinghamshire."Advertisementschanged "Warwick, Glocester, Worcester," into "Warwick, Gloucester, Worcester,"Advertisements
Transcriber's Notes:
Illustrations have been moved from the middle of a paragraph to the closest paragraph break, the following illustrations have been moved to another page:
Missing page numbers correspond to moved illustrations and blank pages.
Not all illustrations show the original natural size mentioned in the figure captions, they have been rescaled.
In thefootnote 336-Alib. or liv. might be printed wrong.
Onpage 185a footnote anchor was added to footnotefig. 160185-A.
Onpage 215an potential anchor for footnote 215-A was guessed and added.
Onpage 245an anchor for footnote 245-A was added.
Onpage 280a footnote anchor 280-B was added.
Other than the corrections listed below, printer's inconsistencies in spelling, punctuation, hyphenation, and ligature usage have been retained.
The use of capital letters in names, scientific classifications, locations, and time periods/eras is not consistent in this book, they have been kept as printed and only changed when an obvious error occurred.
The system of abbreviations and punctuation in citations and figure captions can vary, the text has been kept as printed and only changed when an obvious error occurred.
The punctuation in the index was inconsistent, all commas in listings for page numbers have been changed into full stops, they are not specially mentioned/marked in the list of changes. The alphabetic order in the index is sometimes inconsistent but has been kept as printed.
Palæomæryx (page 178) is known in the literature by Paleomeryx (http://www.paleodatabase.org) as well as Palaeomeryx.
Palæoniscus is known in the literature as Palaeoniscus.
Inoceramus Cuvieri is today known as Inoceramus cuvieri (ref: Cretaceous Fossils of North America).
Different spelling of Ashby de la Zouch (text) and Ashby-de-la-Zouch (index) was retained.
Older or unusual forms of spelling of some German and French towns and locations have been retained (e.g.Bertrich-Baden—Bad Bertrich, Roderberg—Rodderberg, Gemunder Maar—Gemünder Maar, Boulade—Boulaide, Pont Gibaud—Pontgibaud, Saarbrück—Saarbrücken).
The following words have been retained in both versions:
The following misprints have been corrected: