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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... Fishes , p . 417.— Part 3 , Ctenoid , Cycloid , and Placoid Fishes , p . 440. - Part 4 , Rhinoceros , Elk , Sivatherium , p . 454. — Part 5 , Cephalopoda , p . 457 . CHAP . VI . Part 1 , Synopsis of Room VI . p . 461. - Part 2 , Sewalik ...
... Fishes , p . 417.— Part 3 , Ctenoid , Cycloid , and Placoid Fishes , p . 440. - Part 4 , Rhinoceros , Elk , Sivatherium , p . 454. — Part 5 , Cephalopoda , p . 457 . CHAP . VI . Part 1 , Synopsis of Room VI . p . 461. - Part 2 , Sewalik ...
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... Fishes constitutes the grand fea- ture of Room V. It is very extensive , and is admirably arranged and named , according to the nomenclature of M. Agassiz . A fine skeleton of the extinct gigantic Elk of Ireland forms a conspicuous ...
... Fishes constitutes the grand fea- ture of Room V. It is very extensive , and is admirably arranged and named , according to the nomenclature of M. Agassiz . A fine skeleton of the extinct gigantic Elk of Ireland forms a conspicuous ...
Page 51
... fishes , shells of mollusks , and bones of fishes , crustaceans , and rep- tiles of numerous marine and fresh - water genera , is strikingly characterized as having been the delta of an immense river , which probably flowed from near ...
... fishes , shells of mollusks , and bones of fishes , crustaceans , and rep- tiles of numerous marine and fresh - water genera , is strikingly characterized as having been the delta of an immense river , which probably flowed from near ...
Page 69
... fishes , that have been found in the strata which have furnished the slabs of Ornithichnites ; but some coprolites have been dis- covered , which , from a chemical analysis , are supposed to have belonged to omnivorous birds . The ...
... fishes , that have been found in the strata which have furnished the slabs of Ornithichnites ; but some coprolites have been dis- covered , which , from a chemical analysis , are supposed to have belonged to omnivorous birds . The ...
Page 91
... fishes and reptiles having been discovered . Oolitic and Wealden Epochs . In the vast fluviatile formation , the Wealden of the South - East of England , which abounds in the remains of terrestrial plants and reptiles , numerous ...
... fishes and reptiles having been discovered . Oolitic and Wealden Epochs . In the vast fluviatile formation , the Wealden of the South - East of England , which abounds in the remains of terrestrial plants and reptiles , numerous ...
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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