Petrifactions and Their Teachings; Or, A Hand-book to the Gallery of Organic Remains of the British MuseumBohn, 1851 - 496 pages |
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Page ix
... OWEN , from the fossil bones previously discovered and sent home by the talented explorer after whom it is named : those relics are now in the British Museum . ( See p . 124. ) " That few living examples remain , is evident from the ...
... OWEN , from the fossil bones previously discovered and sent home by the talented explorer after whom it is named : those relics are now in the British Museum . ( See p . 124. ) " That few living examples remain , is evident from the ...
Page 72
... Mantell , and the impression was recognised by Prof. Owen as resem- bling the skin of an ostrich , and not that of a reptile . Such a test , in addition to the other evidence before 72 CHAP . I. PETRIFACTIONS AND THEIR TEACHINGS .
... Mantell , and the impression was recognised by Prof. Owen as resem- bling the skin of an ostrich , and not that of a reptile . Such a test , in addition to the other evidence before 72 CHAP . I. PETRIFACTIONS AND THEIR TEACHINGS .
Page 91
... Owen supposed it to be the tarso - metatarsal of a wader , with the oval cicatrix for the attachment of the hind toe ; but this fossil ultimately proved to be the distal end of a humerus . Later observations have shown that it is ...
... Owen supposed it to be the tarso - metatarsal of a wader , with the oval cicatrix for the attachment of the hind toe ; but this fossil ultimately proved to be the distal end of a humerus . Later observations have shown that it is ...
Page 93
... the valuable " Memoirs on the Dinornis , & c . , " by PROFESSOR OWEN , in the Zoological Transactions , " vols . iii . and iv . 66 size and strength of the Moa , which they affirmed ROOM II . 93 THE MOA OF NEW ZEALAND .
... the valuable " Memoirs on the Dinornis , & c . , " by PROFESSOR OWEN , in the Zoological Transactions , " vols . iii . and iv . 66 size and strength of the Moa , which they affirmed ROOM II . 93 THE MOA OF NEW ZEALAND .
Page 94
... Owen , by whom it was described in the " Zoological Transactions . " This bone was part of the shaft of a femur , with both extremities wanting ; it was about six inches in length , and five and a half inches in its smallest ...
... Owen , by whom it was described in the " Zoological Transactions . " This bone was part of the shaft of a femur , with both extremities wanting ; it was about six inches in length , and five and a half inches in its smallest ...
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ancient animal arch articular articulated beds belong birds body bones British Museum carnivora caudal vertebræ cavity cervical Cetiosaurus chalk characters clay collection colossal convex coracoid cranium Crocodile crocodilian Cuvier deposits dermal Dinornis discovered distal dorsal Eningen Eocene extinct extremity feet femur figured and described fishes formation fossil fossil remains fragments Gavial genera genus gigantic humerus Hylæosaurus Ichthyolites Ichthyosaurus Iguana Iguanodon imbedded inches long integument length Lign limestone lower jaw Maidstone mammalia margin Mastodon Medals of Creation Megalosaurus Memoir metatarsals Monte Bolca Mosasaurus numerous obtained Oolite Organic Remains original osseous paddles phalangeal plates Plesiosaurus portion posterior present Professor Owen quarry remarkable reptiles resemble ribs sandstone saurians scapula shells skeleton skull slab species specimens spine stems stone Stonesfield strata structure surface Sussex Table-case tail teeth Teleosaurus tertiary tibia Tilgate Forest tooth Trans transverse upper vertebral column Wall-case Wealden Wonders of Geology Zealand