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23.
Reptiles & Mammals
Nothosaurus teeth
Ichthyosaurus a perfect skeleton
Dracosaurus teeth
Megalosaurus tooth
Mosasaurus parts
Plesiosaurus Vertebra
Rhinoceros tooth
Palaeotherium "
Anoplotherium "
Mastodon "
Parasoren "
Palaeomerin "
The collection [insert: of fossils] may be arranged so as to represent the geological Ages and zoological orders at the same time about as follows
Silurian Age represented by about 800 species and varieties
Devonian Age " about 200 " ............ {each species
Carboniferous Age " about 400 " ..... {is represented
Mesozoic Age " about 1300 " ........... {by several
Tertiary about 800 ......................... {specimens
[total] 3500
some additions having come in since the catalogue was made the species & varieties may swell to about 3600 species & varieties or about 14,000 specimens.
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