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 xi
... Mammalia , p . 401. - Part 6 , Fossil Shells , p . 406 . CHAP . V. Part 1 , Synopsis of Room V. p . 407. - Part 2 ... Mammalia , p . 468. - Part 3 , Mastodons and Elephants , p . 471. - Part 4 , Tertiary Mam- malia , p . 474. - Part 5 ...
... Mammalia , p . 401. - Part 6 , Fossil Shells , p . 406 . CHAP . V. Part 1 , Synopsis of Room V. p . 407. - Part 2 ... Mammalia , p . 468. - Part 3 , Mastodons and Elephants , p . 471. - Part 4 , Tertiary Mam- malia , p . 474. - Part 5 ...
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... Mammalia , is very im- posing . Immediately opposite the entrance is the model of the skeleton of the Megatherium , or colossal Sloth of South America , from Buenos Ayres ; and beyond it , the skeleton of the Mastodon of the Ohio , from ...
... Mammalia , is very im- posing . Immediately opposite the entrance is the model of the skeleton of the Megatherium , or colossal Sloth of South America , from Buenos Ayres ; and beyond it , the skeleton of the Mastodon of the Ohio , from ...
Page 23
... mammalia and birds have been detected : these organic bodies must have become immersed in this substance when it exuded from the trees in a soft or viscid state , for they are often preserved as fresh and beautiful as if recently ...
... mammalia and birds have been detected : these organic bodies must have become immersed in this substance when it exuded from the trees in a soft or viscid state , for they are often preserved as fresh and beautiful as if recently ...
Page 51
... distant lands by currents , and the latter as the true flora of the country inhabited by the Palæotheria and other associated mammalia . palms have been collected from the tertiary strata of various ROOM I. 51 FOSSIL PALMS .
... distant lands by currents , and the latter as the true flora of the country inhabited by the Palæotheria and other associated mammalia . palms have been collected from the tertiary strata of various ROOM I. 51 FOSSIL PALMS .
Page 63
... mammalia , and in batrachian reptiles . d a c LIGN . 20. - CHIROTHERIUM FOOTPRINTS ON SANDSTONE . HILDBURGHAUSEN , SAXONY . ( nat . size . ) a , b . Imprints of a hind foot and fore foot of the same animal . c , d . Similar imprints of ...
... mammalia , and in batrachian reptiles . d a c LIGN . 20. - CHIROTHERIUM FOOTPRINTS ON SANDSTONE . HILDBURGHAUSEN , SAXONY . ( nat . size . ) a , b . Imprints of a hind foot and fore foot of the same animal . c , d . Similar imprints of ...
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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