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 22
... perfect coal seems to have undergone a complete liquefaction , and if any portions of the vegetable tissues remain , they appear as if imbedded in a bituminous mass . The slaty coal generally preserves traces of cellular or vascu- lar ...
... perfect coal seems to have undergone a complete liquefaction , and if any portions of the vegetable tissues remain , they appear as if imbedded in a bituminous mass . The slaty coal generally preserves traces of cellular or vascu- lar ...
Page 48
... 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 lower part 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 lower part is ...
Page 73
... perfect counterpart of many of the old triassic shales above described . " 3 1 " Amer . Journ . of Science , " vol . xlviii . p . 46 . 2 Sir Charles Lyell has presented specimens of the foot - tracks of these birds on the sandy shores ...
... perfect counterpart of many of the old triassic shales above described . " 3 1 " Amer . Journ . of Science , " vol . xlviii . p . 46 . 2 Sir Charles Lyell has presented specimens of the foot - tracks of these birds on the sandy shores ...
Page 77
... perfect . Pentacrinites . - In the centre of this cabinet there is affixed to the wall a slab of Lias limestone , about five feet square , from Bohl in Wirtemburg , on which is disposed in relief a 1As these Mammalian Remains will ...
... perfect . Pentacrinites . - In the centre of this cabinet there is affixed to the wall a slab of Lias limestone , about five feet square , from Bohl in Wirtemburg , on which is disposed in relief a 1As these Mammalian Remains will ...
Page 79
... perfect state . 16. Contains the only known skull of a most extraordinary type of bird , which is referred to the genus Dinornis : the other cranium , with mandibles approaching somewhat in configuration to those of the Cassowary , is ...
... perfect state . 16. Contains the only known skull of a most extraordinary type of bird , which is referred to the genus Dinornis : the other cranium , with mandibles approaching somewhat in configuration to those of the Cassowary , is ...
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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