Petrifactions and Their Teachings: Or, A Hand-book to the Gallery of Organic Remains of the British MuseumH. G. Bohn, 1851 - 496 pages |
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Page 48
... corresponding face of the other portion is concave , and closely adapted to the convexity , leaving on one side an oval hollow , which denotes the origin of a floral axis or panicle , as is proved by the direction of the fibrous ...
... corresponding face of the other portion is concave , and closely adapted to the convexity , leaving on one side an oval hollow , which denotes the origin of a floral axis or panicle , as is proved by the direction of the fibrous ...
Page 53
... corresponding surfaces , or laterally , rows of regular punctua- tions or ducts , with a central pore surrounded by a discoidal areola . These ducts or glands , when in double rows , are placed side by side in the European pines and ...
... corresponding surfaces , or laterally , rows of regular punctua- tions or ducts , with a central pore surrounded by a discoidal areola . These ducts or glands , when in double rows , are placed side by side in the European pines and ...
Page 56
... corresponding with the outline of the surface . The coasts are steep ; the base of Kimmeridge clay forming a talus surmounted by perpendicular crags of oolite . The southern extremity consists of low limestone cliffs , which are worn ...
... corresponding with the outline of the surface . The coasts are steep ; the base of Kimmeridge clay forming a talus surmounted by perpendicular crags of oolite . The southern extremity consists of low limestone cliffs , which are worn ...
Page 65
... corresponding figures in relief on the under face of the superincumbent layers , and which were thought to resemble the footsteps of gigantic birds . At length some well - marked specimens came under the notice of Dr. Deane of ...
... corresponding figures in relief on the under face of the superincumbent layers , and which were thought to resemble the footsteps of gigantic birds . At length some well - marked specimens came under the notice of Dr. Deane of ...
Page 66
... corresponding ; thus there are three in the great or inner toe , a ; four in the middle , b ; and five in the outer toe , c . The lobes apparent at the junction of the 1 At the cost of £ 60 . three digits are produced by the distal ...
... corresponding ; thus there are three in the great or inner toe , a ; four in the middle , b ; and five in the outer toe , c . The lobes apparent at the junction of the 1 At the cost of £ 60 . three digits are produced by the distal ...
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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