Geology and Mineralogy considered with reference to Natural Theology/Plate 6

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Plate 6. V.I. p. 118.

1. Sections of Teeth of Megatherium, illustrating the relative dispositions of the Ivory, Enamel, and Crusta petrosa, or Cœementum. (Original. Clift.)
2. Posterior surface of a caudal vertebra of Megatherium exhibiting enormous transverse processes. On its lower margin are seen the articulating surfaces which received the chevron bone; the superior spinous process is broken off. V. I. p. 121. (Sir F. Chantrey. Original.)