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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... obtained is comprised in the account communicated by Dr. Mantell to the Zoological Society of London , and published in their ' Proceedings ' for 1850. ( See p . 126. ) " Upon a cursory view of this bird it might be taken for a gigantic ...
... obtained is comprised in the account communicated by Dr. Mantell to the Zoological Society of London , and published in their ' Proceedings ' for 1850. ( See p . 126. ) " Upon a cursory view of this bird it might be taken for a gigantic ...
Page x
... obtain some particulars as to the history of this and the other remarkable birds of the country in which he is resident ... obtained of Professor Tennant , 149 , Strand . The plate accompanying this description represents the Notornis in ...
... obtain some particulars as to the history of this and the other remarkable birds of the country in which he is resident ... obtained of Professor Tennant , 149 , Strand . The plate accompanying this description represents the Notornis in ...
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... obtained ; these digressions will , I trust , increase the interest of our survey , and prove alike attractive and instructive . The reader who is wholly unacquainted with the principles - of Geology should refer to some elementary work ...
... obtained ; these digressions will , I trust , increase the interest of our survey , and prove alike attractive and instructive . The reader who is wholly unacquainted with the principles - of Geology should refer to some elementary work ...
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... obtained , were painted or suspended on the walls.1 1 This method was adopted in the Author's Museum at Brighton , and proved highly attractive and useful In Room II . commences the Fossil Fauna ; but 8 CHAP . I. PETRIFACTIONS AND THEIR ...
... obtained , were painted or suspended on the walls.1 1 This method was adopted in the Author's Museum at Brighton , and proved highly attractive and useful In Room II . commences the Fossil Fauna ; but 8 CHAP . I. PETRIFACTIONS AND THEIR ...
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... obtained from the ancient freshwater deposits of the south - east of England - the Wealden - associated with the reptilian remains of which we shall have occasion to treat hereafter . Lonchopteris . - One of these , named Lonchopteris ...
... obtained from the ancient freshwater deposits of the south - east of England - the Wealden - associated with the reptilian remains of which we shall have occasion to treat hereafter . Lonchopteris . - One of these , named Lonchopteris ...
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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