Laramie beds, 116 Lariosaurus, 59 Legends. Vid. Giants. Leidy, Professor, 143 Leiodon, 142 Lias rocks, 35, 38, 40, 43, 47 Lyell, Sir Charles, on floods, 17; on ideas of the ancients, 34; on sudden destruction of fish-lizards, 51; on tracks in Connecticut Sandstone, 81; on Mammoth, 213
Mammals, evolution of, 152 Mammoth, distinct from living elephants, 193; finding of, by Adams, 201; by Benkendorf, 205; how preserved, 209; food of, 210; extinction of, 213; primitive drawing of, 214; legends of, 195-200 Mantell, Dr. G. A., 63; on "Medals of Creation," 85; discovery of Iguanodon, 93, 98; on jaws and teeth of ditto, 96; on Wealden strata, 96; discovery of Hylæosaurus, 103; on analogies of Iguanodon and Sloths, 96; on discovery of Mosasaurus, 135 Mantell, Mr. Walter, on Moa-birds, 230-232 Marsh, Prof. O. C., on classification of Dinosaurs, 65; on Brontosaurus, 66; on Atlantosaurus, 70; his collection at Yale College, 72; on Megalosaurus, 78; on tracks of Dinosaurs, etc., 79; on Ceratosaurus, 84; on ancient vertebrate life in America, 110; on reptiles and birds, 109; on Stegosaurus, 110, 114; on Triceratops, 115, 119; his collection of Pterodactyls, 129; on Sea-serpents, 139; on Dinocerata, 149, 153; on explorations in the Far West, 159, 160; on footprints of Mylodon, 185 Mastodon, 218; bones and teeth first described, 220; discovery of, by M. de Longueil, 221; exhibited as "the Missouri Leviathan," 222; legends of, 225 Medals of Creation. Vid. Mantell. Megaceros. Vid. Irish Elk. Megalosaurus, 76; localities of, 76; teeth of, 77; habits of, 78; skeleton of, 78 (Fig. 8) Megatherium, 181; habits of, 182 Miller, Hugh, 26 Miocene period, 161, 219 Moa-birds, first discovery of, 227; letter to Prof. Owen, 228; W. Mantell on, 230; species of, 232; native traditions of, 234; Æpyornis, 235; geographical distribution of giant birds, 236; a new find of Moas, 237 Monitors, 136 Morosaurus, 71 Mosasaurus, head, etc., found by Hoffman, 134; origin of name, 135; head of, 137; structure of, 142; habits of, 139; Cuvier's opinion of, 136; Cope on Sea-serpents, 139; Marsh's collection of ditto, 139 Museum at Brussels, 99 Mylodon, 183, 185
Neusticosaurus, 59 New Red Sandstone period, 79; tracks in New Red Sandstone, 80 Nodules, phosphatic, 13