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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... FORMATION . WEALDEN FORMATION . SECONDARY EPOCHS . Upper Chalk with flints . Lower Chalk . ( South and north Downs of Sussex , Kent and Surrey ; Downs of Hants , Wilts , & c . Chalk marl and firestone ; or Upper Green Sand . ( Godstone ...
... FORMATION . WEALDEN FORMATION . SECONDARY EPOCHS . Upper Chalk with flints . Lower Chalk . ( South and north Downs of Sussex , Kent and Surrey ; Downs of Hants , Wilts , & c . Chalk marl and firestone ; or Upper Green Sand . ( Godstone ...
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... FORMATION . Lower . LIASSIC FORMATION . TRIASSIC ( or NEW RED ) FORMATION . PERMIAN FORMATION.1 CARBONIFEROUS FORMATION . DEVONIAN ( or OLD RED ) FORMATION . SILURIAN FORMATION . ( Upper . Oxford clay . ( Christian Malford . Trowbridge ...
... FORMATION . Lower . LIASSIC FORMATION . TRIASSIC ( or NEW RED ) FORMATION . PERMIAN FORMATION.1 CARBONIFEROUS FORMATION . DEVONIAN ( or OLD RED ) FORMATION . SILURIAN FORMATION . ( Upper . Oxford clay . ( Christian Malford . Trowbridge ...
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... formation . are many C. [ 3. A , B , C , D , E , F. ] On the shelves of the upper division beautiful specimens of the flattened stems of Sigillaria , and of Lycopodiaceae or Club - mosses , from the Coal strata . The lower compartment ...
... formation . are many C. [ 3. A , B , C , D , E , F. ] On the shelves of the upper division beautiful specimens of the flattened stems of Sigillaria , and of Lycopodiaceae or Club - mosses , from the Coal strata . The lower compartment ...
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... formation of coal ap- pears to depend on the engulfing of large quantities of recent vegetable substances beneath deposits of clay , mud , silt , and sand , which shall exclude the air , and prevent the escape of the gaseous elements ...
... formation of coal ap- pears to depend on the engulfing of large quantities of recent vegetable substances beneath deposits of clay , mud , silt , and sand , which shall exclude the air , and prevent the escape of the gaseous elements ...
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... formation , the Fucoides ( Chondrites ) Targionii ; and an elegant species named Fucoides arcuatus . With the fucoides are specimens of fossil algæ , labelled Spherococcites , which are sea - weeds with thick membranous and coriaceous ...
... formation , the Fucoides ( Chondrites ) Targionii ; and an elegant species named Fucoides arcuatus . With the fucoides are specimens of fossil algæ , labelled Spherococcites , which are sea - weeds with thick membranous and coriaceous ...
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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