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 xi
... Tertiary Mam- malia , p . 474. - Part 5 , Edentata , p . 476. - Part 6 , Cave Mammalia , p . 480.— Part 7 , Fossil Human Skeleton , p . 483 . APPENDIX , p . 487 . PETRIFACTIONS AND THEIR TEACHINGS ; ILLUSTRATED BY A VISIT TO xi.
... Tertiary Mam- malia , p . 474. - Part 5 , Edentata , p . 476. - Part 6 , Cave Mammalia , p . 480.— Part 7 , Fossil Human Skeleton , p . 483 . APPENDIX , p . 487 . PETRIFACTIONS AND THEIR TEACHINGS ; ILLUSTRATED BY A VISIT TO xi.
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... TERTIARY EPOCHS . PLIOCENE ; the upper and newest Tertiary . ( Norwich Crag . ) MIOCENE ; or middle Tertiary . ( Suffolk Crag . ) EOCENE ; the lowermost or most ancient Tertiary . ( London , Hants , and Isle of Wight . Paris basin ...
... TERTIARY EPOCHS . PLIOCENE ; the upper and newest Tertiary . ( Norwich Crag . ) MIOCENE ; or middle Tertiary . ( Suffolk Crag . ) EOCENE ; the lowermost or most ancient Tertiary . ( London , Hants , and Isle of Wight . Paris basin ...
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... Tertiary strata of Aix , in Provence : ( formerly in the author's collection ) . On the left of the doorway , on the ground , there is part of a petrified stem of a Palm , from the Valley of the Nerbudda , in India . On the right , a ...
... Tertiary strata of Aix , in Provence : ( formerly in the author's collection ) . On the left of the doorway , on the ground , there is part of a petrified stem of a Palm , from the Valley of the Nerbudda , in India . On the right , a ...
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... tertiary de- posits.1 From the manner in which the specimens are arranged in the collection , it will be convenient to notice in the first place the fossil Palm - nuts in the case before us . FRUITS OF PALMS , from the Isle of Sheppey ...
... tertiary de- posits.1 From the manner in which the specimens are arranged in the collection , it will be convenient to notice in the first place the fossil Palm - nuts in the case before us . FRUITS OF PALMS , from the Isle of Sheppey ...
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... lands by currents , and the latter as the true flora of the country inhabited by the Palæotheria and other associated mammalia . palms have been collected from the tertiary strata of various ROOM I. 51 FOSSIL PALMS .
... lands by currents , and the latter as the true flora of the country inhabited by the Palæotheria and other associated mammalia . palms have been collected from the tertiary strata of various ROOM I. 51 FOSSIL PALMS .
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