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 37
... extremities , and at a , and b , was a mere pellicle that fell off on the slightest touch.1 displayed and on the floor of the Victoria mine at. 1 Journal of the Geological Society of London , 1847 and 1849 . ( nat . size . ) LIGN . 16 ...
... extremities , and at a , and b , was a mere pellicle that fell off on the slightest touch.1 displayed and on the floor of the Victoria mine at. 1 Journal of the Geological Society of London , 1847 and 1849 . ( nat . size . ) LIGN . 16 ...
Page 56
... extremity consists of low limestone cliffs , which are worn into numerous caverns by the constant action of the waves . The summit of the northern brow , to a depth of about thirty feet , is composed of beds of laminated calcareous ...
... extremity consists of low limestone cliffs , which are worn into numerous caverns by the constant action of the waves . The summit of the northern brow , to a depth of about thirty feet , is composed of beds of laminated calcareous ...
Page 64
... extremities have been discovered ; the presumed iden- tity cannot , therefore , be determined , till more instructive specimens are brought to light . ORNITHICHNITES . ( Footprints of Birds on stone . ) — North Wall . The river ...
... extremities have been discovered ; the presumed iden- tity cannot , therefore , be determined , till more instructive specimens are brought to light . ORNITHICHNITES . ( Footprints of Birds on stone . ) — North Wall . The river ...
Page 66
... 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 extremity of the 66 CHAP . I. PETRIFACTIONS AND THEIR TEACHINGS .
... 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 extremity of the 66 CHAP . I. PETRIFACTIONS AND THEIR TEACHINGS .
Page 67
Gideon Algernon Mantell. three digits are produced by the distal extremity of the metatarsal bone : the hemispherical and circular spots with b a LIGN . 21. - FOOTPRINT OF A TRIDACTYLE BIRD , AND IMPRESSIONS OF RAIN- DROPS , ON SANDSTONE ...
Gideon Algernon Mantell. three digits are produced by the distal extremity of the metatarsal bone : the hemispherical and circular spots with b a LIGN . 21. - FOOTPRINT OF A TRIDACTYLE BIRD , AND IMPRESSIONS OF RAIN- DROPS , ON SANDSTONE ...
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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