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 36
... length , the discovery of a dome - shaped mass , from which radiated numerous stigmariæ , seemed to afford a clue to the solution of this botanical problem , and it was concluded by the eminent Authors of the " Fossil Flora of Great ...
... length , the discovery of a dome - shaped mass , from which radiated numerous stigmariæ , seemed to afford a clue to the solution of this botanical problem , and it was concluded by the eminent Authors of the " Fossil Flora of Great ...
Page 48
... length , is perfect at the top , and at the fractured end the internal axis , surrounded by the false bark formed by the confluence and consolidation of the bases of the petioles , is exposed . ( See Lign . 16 , a ) . The stem at the ...
... length , is perfect at the top , and at the fractured end the internal axis , surrounded by the false bark formed by the confluence and consolidation of the bases of the petioles , is exposed . ( See Lign . 16 , a ) . The stem at the ...
Page 49
... length , and eight inches in diameter ; the surface is marked with interrupted annular ridges , indicating amplexi- caul leaves . These fossils were found associated with drifted coniferous wood , and bones of turtles and iguanodons ...
... length , and eight inches in diameter ; the surface is marked with interrupted annular ridges , indicating amplexi- caul leaves . These fossils were found associated with drifted coniferous wood , and bones of turtles and iguanodons ...
Page 56
... length and two in breadth , and is united to the mainland by a bar of shingle , called the Chesil Bank . It presents on its northern aspect a precipitous escarpment about three hundred feet high ; and , declining towards the south ...
... length and two in breadth , and is united to the mainland by a bar of shingle , called the Chesil Bank . It presents on its northern aspect a precipitous escarpment about three hundred feet high ; and , declining towards the south ...
Page 65
... length some well - marked specimens came under the notice of Dr. Deane of Greenfield , who communicated the fact to Professor Hitchcock ( the Pre- sident of Amherst College ) , and other naturalists , and the origin of these ...
... length some well - marked specimens came under the notice of Dr. Deane of Greenfield , who communicated the fact to Professor Hitchcock ( the Pre- sident of Amherst College ) , and other naturalists , and the origin of these ...
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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