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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... IMPORTANT SPECIMENS WITH DESCRIPTIONS OF THEIR ORGANIC CHARACTERS AND RELATIONS , IS MOST RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED 11th October , 1851 , CHESTER SQUARE , PIMLICO , LONDON . BY THE AUTHOR . " If we look with wonder upon the great remains.
... IMPORTANT SPECIMENS WITH DESCRIPTIONS OF THEIR ORGANIC CHARACTERS AND RELATIONS , IS MOST RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED 11th October , 1851 , CHESTER SQUARE , PIMLICO , LONDON . BY THE AUTHOR . " If we look with wonder upon the great remains.
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... characters of which were first made known to us by PROFESSOR 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 ...
... characters of which were first made known to us by PROFESSOR 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 ...
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... characters of the strata in which they were imbedded , and describe the particular locality whence certain fossils were obtained ; these digressions will , I trust , increase the interest of our survey , and prove alike attractive and ...
... characters of the strata in which they were imbedded , and describe the particular locality whence certain fossils were obtained ; these digressions will , I trust , increase the interest of our survey , and prove alike attractive and ...
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... characters are not accu- rately determined ; they belong to a higher group , as Astero- phyllites , Annularia , Pilularites , & c . B. [ 2. B , C , D , E. ] On the upper shelves are the Equi- setacea , i . e . plants allied to the ...
... characters are not accu- rately determined ; they belong to a higher group , as Astero- phyllites , Annularia , Pilularites , & c . B. [ 2. B , C , D , E. ] On the upper shelves are the Equi- setacea , i . e . plants allied to the ...
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... characters by which the stem of a tree - fern may easily be recognised in a fossil state ; for though the stem may be pressed quite flat , and its foliage entirely wanting , the configuration and dis- position of the scars afford a ...
... characters by which the stem of a tree - fern may easily be recognised in a fossil state ; for though the stem may be pressed quite flat , and its foliage entirely wanting , the configuration and dis- position of the scars afford a ...
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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