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 6
... referred to hereafter . I will only remark that many of the details in the above classification must be considered as arbitrary and provisional ; but " hard lines are admissible in Science , whose object is not to imitate Nature , but ...
... referred to hereafter . I will only remark that many of the details in the above classification must be considered as arbitrary and provisional ; but " hard lines are admissible in Science , whose object is not to imitate Nature , but ...
Page 40
... referred to , there is an instructive example of these trailing 2 LIGN . 13. - PORTION OF A BRANCH OF LEPIDODENDRON : IN COAL SHALE , NEWCASTLE . Fig . 2. A scar of a petiole . ( Nat . size . ) roots , twenty - six feet long , attached ...
... referred to , there is an instructive example of these trailing 2 LIGN . 13. - PORTION OF A BRANCH OF LEPIDODENDRON : IN COAL SHALE , NEWCASTLE . Fig . 2. A scar of a petiole . ( Nat . size . ) roots , twenty - six feet long , attached ...
Page 42
... referred to Me- moirs of the Geological Survey of Great Britain , " vol . ii .; and " Dict . Univ . d'Hist . Nat . , " Article , " Tableau des Genres de Végétaux Fos- siles , " Paris , 1849 . 3 " Pictorial Atlas , " Pl . XXV . On the ...
... referred to Me- moirs of the Geological Survey of Great Britain , " vol . ii .; and " Dict . Univ . d'Hist . Nat . , " Article , " Tableau des Genres de Végétaux Fos- siles , " Paris , 1849 . 3 " Pictorial Atlas , " Pl . XXV . On the ...
Page 79
... referred to the genus Dinornis : the other cranium , with mandibles approaching somewhat in configuration to those of the Cassowary , is the generic type of Palapteryx . In this case are the skull , and bones of the sternum , wings ...
... referred to the genus Dinornis : the other cranium , with mandibles approaching somewhat in configuration to those of the Cassowary , is the generic type of Palapteryx . In this case are the skull , and bones of the sternum , wings ...
Page 106
... referred by ornithologists to the group or family of Struthionida , or brevipennate birds , the anterior extremities being quite rudimentary in all the species . The largest kind ( Ap . Australis ) is equal in bulk to a small turkey ...
... referred by ornithologists to the group or family of Struthionida , or brevipennate birds , the anterior extremities being quite rudimentary in all the species . The largest kind ( Ap . Australis ) is equal in bulk to a small turkey ...
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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