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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... plate on the forehead , 3 inches ; wing , 8 ; tail , 31⁄2 ; tarsi , 3 ; middle toe , 3 ; nail , ; hind - toe , ; nail , .1 " I cannot conclude these remarks without bearing testimony to the very great importance of the results which ...
... plate on the forehead , 3 inches ; wing , 8 ; tail , 31⁄2 ; tarsi , 3 ; middle toe , 3 ; nail , ; hind - toe , ; nail , .1 " I cannot conclude these remarks without bearing testimony to the very great importance of the results which ...
Page 27
... Plate V. of " Pictorial Atlas of Organic Remains " contains coloured figures of both genera . but one genus , the common species of which (. LIGN . 2. - ANNULARIA : IN COAL- SHALE . ( nat . size . ) LIGN . 5. - LONCHOPTERIS MANTELLI ...
... Plate V. of " Pictorial Atlas of Organic Remains " contains coloured figures of both genera . but one genus , the common species of which (. LIGN . 2. - ANNULARIA : IN COAL- SHALE . ( nat . size . ) LIGN . 5. - LONCHOPTERIS MANTELLI ...
Page 65
... , in Trans . American Academy of Arts and Science for 1848 , with numerous plates . See also Sir Charles Lyell's " Travels in the United States , " vol . iii . F by bipeds much larger than the ostrich , or any ROOM I. 65 ORNITHICHNITES .
... , in Trans . American Academy of Arts and Science for 1848 , with numerous plates . See also Sir Charles Lyell's " Travels in the United States , " vol . iii . F by bipeds much larger than the ostrich , or any ROOM I. 65 ORNITHICHNITES .
Page 82
... plates ; several fossil species occur in the white chalk , and in this collection there are some beautiful 1 The reader interested in this subject should peruse the elegant and charming_volume on British Starfishes and other Echinoderms ...
... plates ; several fossil species occur in the white chalk , and in this collection there are some beautiful 1 The reader interested in this subject should peruse the elegant and charming_volume on British Starfishes and other Echinoderms ...
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... plates , to the upper margin of which are attached arms or tentacula . They consist of two groups ; one with smooth , subcylindrical stems - the Encrinites ; the other in which the stems are pentangular - Pentacrinites . The fossil ...
... plates , to the upper margin of which are attached arms or tentacula . They consist of two groups ; one with smooth , subcylindrical stems - the Encrinites ; the other in which the stems are pentangular - Pentacrinites . The fossil ...
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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