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 9
... teeth of Mastodons and Elephants of numerous species , in a marvellous state of preservation . They have been cleared from the very compact incrustation which originally surrounded them , with great skill and labour by Mr. Dew . The ...
... teeth of Mastodons and Elephants of numerous species , in a marvellous state of preservation . They have been cleared from the very compact incrustation which originally surrounded them , with great skill and labour by Mr. Dew . The ...
Page 64
... teeth , and bones , of several species of an extinct genus of reptiles , supposed to be related to the Batrachians , or frog - tribe , and which have been named Labyrinthodon , from the peculiar character of the intimate structure of ...
... teeth , and bones , of several species of an extinct genus of reptiles , supposed to be related to the Batrachians , or frog - tribe , and which have been named Labyrinthodon , from the peculiar character of the intimate structure of ...
Page 76
... teeth , of an enormous Gavial , from the Eocene deposits of the Sewalik Hills . Skulls with teeth , and other bones of Mammalia , and por- 1 See " Medals of Creation ; -Excursion to Brighton Cliffs , " vol . ii . p . 913 . 2 Originally ...
... teeth , of an enormous Gavial , from the Eocene deposits of the Sewalik Hills . Skulls with teeth , and other bones of Mammalia , and por- 1 See " Medals of Creation ; -Excursion to Brighton Cliffs , " vol . ii . p . 913 . 2 Originally ...
Page 139
... teeth . perfect , of a large Teleosaurus . To the right of the Teleosaurus is the cranium of Crocodilus Spenceri , from the Isle of Sheppey , ( figured in Dr. Buckland's " Bridgewater Treatise , " Pl . XXV . ) On the shelf below ...
... teeth . perfect , of a large Teleosaurus . To the right of the Teleosaurus is the cranium of Crocodilus Spenceri , from the Isle of Sheppey , ( figured in Dr. Buckland's " Bridgewater Treatise , " Pl . XXV . ) On the shelf below ...
Page 149
... teeth of the crocodiles and lizards , are almost without exception heavy , and of various shades of brown or umber , from the permeation of their structures by solu- tions of carbonates or oxides of iron . In some instances , bones of a ...
... teeth of the crocodiles and lizards , are almost without exception heavy , and of various shades of brown or umber , from the permeation of their structures by solu- tions of carbonates or oxides of iron . In some instances , bones of a ...
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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