Dragons of the Air: An Account of Extinct Flying Reptiles

Name: Dragons of the Air: An Account of Extinct Flying Reptiles
Author: H. G. Seeley

by H. G. Seeley

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DRAGONS OF THE AIR
AN ACCOUNT OF EXTINCT FLYING REPTILES
H. G. SEELEY, F.R.S.
WITH EIGHTY ILLUSTRATIONS
NEW YORK: D. APPLETON & CO. LONDON: METHUEN & CO. 1901
PREFACE
CONTENTS
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
DRAGONS OF THE AIR
CHAPTER I FLYING REPTILES
CHAPTER II HOW A REPTILE IS KNOWN
DEFINITION OF REPTILES BY THEIR VITAL ORGANS
THE REPTILE SKIN
THE REPTILE BRAIN
REPTILIAN BREATHING ORGANS
CHAPTER III A REPTILE IS KNOWN BY ITS BONES
THE HANG OF THE LOWER JAW
CHAPTER IV ANIMALS WHICH FLY
FLYING DRAGONS
ORGANS OF FLIGHT
FLYING FISHES
FLYING FROGS
FLYING LIZARDS
FLYING BIRDS
FLYING MAMMALS
CHAPTER V DISCOVERY OF THE PTERODACTYLE
CUVIER
GOLDFUSS
VON MEYER
GEOLOGICAL HISTORY OF PTERODACTYLES IN GERMANY
THEIR HISTORY IN ENGLAND
ASPECT OF PTERODACTYLES
DIMENSIONS OF THE ANIMALS
CHAPTER VI HOW ANIMALS ARE INTERPRETED BY THEIR BONES
VARIATIONS OF BONES AMONG MAMMALIA
VARIATION IN SKIN COVERING OF MAMMALS
VARIATION IN SKIN COVERING OF BIRDS
VARIATION IN THE BONES OF BIRDS
VARIATION IN THE BONES OF REPTILES
CHAPTER VII INTERPRETATION OF PTERODACTYLES BY THEIR SOFT PARTS
THE ORGANS WHICH FIX AN ANIMAL'S PLACE IN NATURE
PNEUMATIC FORAMINA IN PTERODACTYLES
LUNGS AND AIR CELLS
THE LUNGS OF REPTILES
THE FORM OF THE BRAIN CAVITY
THE BRAIN IN SOLENHOFEN PTERODACTYLES
IMPORTANCE OF THE BRAIN AND BREATHING ORGANS
TEMPERATURE OF THE BLOOD
CHAPTER VIII THE PLAN OF THE SKELETON
THE PLAN OF THE HEAD IN ORNITHOSAURS
BONES ABOUT THE NOSTRIL
BONES ABOUT THE EYES
THE TEMPORAL FOSSA
BONES ABOUT THE BRAIN
BONES OF THE PALATE
THE TEETH
SUPPOSED HORNY BEAK
LOWER JAW
SUMMARY OF CHARACTERS OF THE HEAD
CHAPTER IX THE BACKBONE, OR VERTEBRAL COLUMN
THE NECK
THE BACK
SACRUM
THE TAIL
CHAPTER X THE HIP-GIRDLE AND HIND LIMB
THE HIND LIMB
THE FEMUR
TIBIA AND FIBULA
THE FOOT
CHAPTER XI SHOULDER-GIRDLE AND FORE LIMB
STERNUM
THE SHOULDER-GIRDLE
THE FORE LIMB
HUMERUS OR UPPER ARM BONE
ULNA AND RADIUS
THE CARPUS
METACARPUS
THE HAND
THE WING FINGER
CHAPTER XII EVIDENCES OF THE ANIMAL'S HABITS FROM ITS REMAINS
COVERING OF THE BODY
CHAPTER XIII ANCIENT ORNITHOSAURS FROM THE LIAS
CHAPTER XIV ORNITHOSAURS FROM THE MIDDLE SECONDARY ROCKS
RHAMPHOCEPHALUS
OXFORD CLAY
LITHOGRAPHIC SLATE
THE SHORT-TAILED TYPES
CHAPTER XV ORNITHOSAURS FROM THE UPPER SECONDARY ROCKS
ORNITHODESMUS LATIDENS
ORNITHOCHEIRUS
ORNITHOSTOMA
CHAPTER XVI CLASSIFICATION OF THE ORNITHOSAURIA
THE ORNITHOMORPHA
Diagram of the Affinities of the Orders of Animals comprised in the Ornithomorpha.
Diagram showing the Relations of the Ornithomorpha to the chief large groups of Terrestrial Vertebrata, and their affinities with each other.
CHAPTER XVII FAMILY RELATIONS OF PTERODACTYLES TO ANIMALS WHICH LIVED WITH THEM
CHAPTER XVIII HOW PTERODACTYLES MAY HAVE ORIGINATED
APPENDIX
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