Petrifactions and Their Teachings: Or, A Hand-book to the Gallery of Organic Remains of the British MuseumH. G. Bohn, 1851 - 496 pages |
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Page 85
... pointed out in my " Fossils of the South Downs ; " and the name Marsupites , suggested by the purse - like form of the closed specimens , was adopted . The receptacle of the Marsupite is of a subovate shape , rounded and entire at the ...
... pointed out in my " Fossils of the South Downs ; " and the name Marsupites , suggested by the purse - like form of the closed specimens , was adopted . The receptacle of the Marsupite is of a subovate shape , rounded and entire at the ...
Page 106
... pointed to an animal resembling the Otter or Badger , rather than to the Beaver , which some persons have thought it might prove to be . " I offered this native a handsome remuneration if he would obtain me a specimen , dead or alive ...
... pointed to an animal resembling the Otter or Badger , rather than to the Beaver , which some persons have thought it might prove to be . " I offered this native a handsome remuneration if he would obtain me a specimen , dead or alive ...
Page 118
... pointed out , but differs in the lesser expansion of the basi - occipitals ( Lign . 29 , a . a . ) , and par - occipitals ( Lign . 29 , b . b . ) , and the greater development of the mastoid processes ( Lign . 29 , c . c . ) ; and in ...
... pointed out , but differs in the lesser expansion of the basi - occipitals ( Lign . 29 , a . a . ) , and par - occipitals ( Lign . 29 , b . b . ) , and the greater development of the mastoid processes ( Lign . 29 , c . c . ) ; and in ...
Page 126
... pointed extremity . The coracoid grooves are very shallow ; the costal border has depressions for five sternal ribs . general form and proportions of this bone are indicative of a bird of the same natural family , but with wings less ...
... pointed extremity . The coracoid grooves are very shallow ; the costal border has depressions for five sternal ribs . general form and proportions of this bone are indicative of a bird of the same natural family , but with wings less ...
Page 127
... pointed out in the Zoological Transactions , vol . iii . To the natives of the pahs or villages my son visited on his homeward route to Wellington , the Notornis was a perfect novelty , and excited great interest . No one had seen such ...
... pointed out in the Zoological Transactions , vol . iii . To the natives of the pahs or villages my son visited on his homeward route to Wellington , the Notornis was a perfect novelty , and excited great interest . No one had seen such ...
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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