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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... strata but a few centuries . 1. Fossils , may be defined as the durable parts of animal and vegetable structures imbedded in rocks and strata by natural causes at a remote period ; thus wood in the state of lignite , bog - wood , and ...
... strata but a few centuries . 1. Fossils , may be defined as the durable parts of animal and vegetable structures imbedded in rocks and strata by natural causes at a remote period ; thus wood in the state of lignite , bog - wood , and ...
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... strata in which they were imbedded , and describe the particular locality whence certain fossils were obtained ; these digressions will , I trust , increase the interest of our survey , and prove alike attractive and instructive . The ...
... strata in which they were imbedded , and describe the particular locality whence certain fossils were obtained ; these digressions will , I trust , increase the interest of our survey , and prove alike attractive and instructive . The ...
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... strata . ( Isle of Purbeck . ) 1 Strata are sedimentary deposits that have been formed in the beds of lakes , rivers , and seas , and have subsequently been displaced and elevated above the water by physical causes . A series , or group ...
... strata . ( Isle of Purbeck . ) 1 Strata are sedimentary deposits that have been formed in the beds of lakes , rivers , and seas , and have subsequently been displaced and elevated above the water by physical causes . A series , or group ...
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... strata now termed Permian from the Triassic group , with which they were formerly classed , was first proposed by Sir Roderick Murchison , and is based on the fact that the fossils hitherto discovered are entirely distinct from any that ...
... strata now termed Permian from the Triassic group , with which they were formerly classed , was first proposed by Sir Roderick Murchison , and is based on the fact that the fossils hitherto discovered are entirely distinct from any that ...
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Gideon Algernon Mantell. The subdivisions of the strata are chiefly founded on the differences observable in the faunas and floras - that is to say , in the assemblages of animals and plants which , according to the present state of our ...
Gideon Algernon Mantell. The subdivisions of the strata are chiefly founded on the differences observable in the faunas and floras - that is to say , in the assemblages of animals and plants which , according to the present state of our ...
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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