He was accused of erroneous doctrine, and the Spanish viceroy of Naples prohibited his preaching.
Indeed, he never shook off the erroneous ideas of his time regarding the paths of projectiles, further than to see that no part of them could be a straight line.
However, on further examination, the claim can be seen to be wholly erroneous.
These fossils, which are now in the British Museum, were interpreted by Dr Mantell, who made comparisons with the skeleton of Iguana, on the erroneous supposition that the resemblance in the teeth denoted some relationship to this existing lizard.
In our view, both these positions are equally erroneous.