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 82
... dorsal surface upon a jointed stem , we shall have the essential characters of a Crinoidean ; and the animals of one recent genus of Asteridæ are actually in this condition in the earlier stage of their existence : these are the ...
... dorsal surface upon a jointed stem , we shall have the essential characters of a Crinoidean ; and the animals of one recent genus of Asteridæ are actually in this condition in the earlier stage of their existence : these are the ...
Page 85
... dorsal aspect , consisting of a large central plate , and a series of polygonal plates , with five arms attached to the margin . The opening of the receptacle was covered by an integument supported by numerous small semilunar ossicula ...
... dorsal aspect , consisting of a large central plate , and a series of polygonal plates , with five arms attached to the margin . The opening of the receptacle was covered by an integument supported by numerous small semilunar ossicula ...
Page 139
... 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 Case B , is the first discovered ...
... 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 Case B , is the first discovered ...
Page 140
... dorsal dermal spine of the Hylaosaurus , ( the original , fourteen inches long , discovered by Mr. Peter Fuller , of Lewes , is in the possession of the Author , ) figured in " Phil . Trans . " 1850 , Pl . XXVII . C. [ 3. ] Iguanodon ...
... dorsal dermal spine of the Hylaosaurus , ( the original , fourteen inches long , discovered by Mr. Peter Fuller , of Lewes , is in the possession of the Author , ) figured in " Phil . Trans . " 1850 , Pl . XXVII . C. [ 3. ] Iguanodon ...
Page 157
... dorsal and costal plates of the carapace do not exhibit furrows or grooves , produced by the margins of the scales of tortoise - shell , as in the other sub - genera . Such are the characters of the recent turtles , whose cara- 1 Notice ...
... dorsal and costal plates of the carapace do not exhibit furrows or grooves , produced by the margins of the scales of tortoise - shell , as in the other sub - genera . Such are the characters of the recent turtles , whose cara- 1 Notice ...
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