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 139
... caudal vertebræ and a detached dorsal vertebra of a species of Mosasaurus , ( M. stenodon , ) from the chalk near Lewes . ( Figured in " Fossils of the South Downs . " 1822. ) Hylaosaurus . - In the lowest department in the centre of ...
... caudal vertebræ and a detached dorsal vertebra of a species of Mosasaurus , ( M. stenodon , ) from the chalk near Lewes . ( Figured in " Fossils of the South Downs . " 1822. ) Hylaosaurus . - In the lowest department in the centre of ...
Page 141
... ungueals . A slab of Tilgate grit with six anterior caudal vertebræ , and three chevron - bones of an Iguanodon ; a matchless specimen . Below this fossil are several ribs , and a portion ROOM III . 141 SYNOPSIS OF CONTENTS .
... ungueals . A slab of Tilgate grit with six anterior caudal vertebræ , and three chevron - bones of an Iguanodon ; a matchless specimen . Below this fossil are several ribs , and a portion ROOM III . 141 SYNOPSIS OF CONTENTS .
Page 142
... caudal of the Iguanodon : but there are a few belonging to other genera , as Megalosaurus , Poikilopleuron ( ? ) , Goniopholis , & c . Tympanic bones . — On the right hand is one very large and fine specimen , ( figured in " Geology ...
... caudal of the Iguanodon : but there are a few belonging to other genera , as Megalosaurus , Poikilopleuron ( ? ) , Goniopholis , & c . Tympanic bones . — On the right hand is one very large and fine specimen , ( figured in " Geology ...
Page 149
... caudal vertebra of a Mosasaurus , which I obtained from a chalk - pit near Brighton . But notwithstanding the weight and apparent solidity imparted by these modes of minerali- sation , the osseous substance is generally rendered ...
... caudal vertebra of a Mosasaurus , which I obtained from a chalk - pit near Brighton . But notwithstanding the weight and apparent solidity imparted by these modes of minerali- sation , the osseous substance is generally rendered ...
Page 160
... CAUDAL VERTEBRA - SWANAGE CROCODILE - GEOSAURUS - MACROSPONDYLUS CROCODILUS TOLIAPICUS CROCODILUS SPENCERI TELEOSAURUS PRIS- CUS - TELEOSAURUS CHAPMANNI - ENINGEN SALAMANDER - PTERODACTYLES -MOSASAURUS - POLYPTYCHODON . INTRODUCTORY ...
... CAUDAL VERTEBRA - SWANAGE CROCODILE - GEOSAURUS - MACROSPONDYLUS CROCODILUS TOLIAPICUS CROCODILUS SPENCERI TELEOSAURUS PRIS- CUS - TELEOSAURUS CHAPMANNI - ENINGEN SALAMANDER - PTERODACTYLES -MOSASAURUS - POLYPTYCHODON . INTRODUCTORY ...
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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