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 ix
... thickness of its plumage and the great length of its back - feathers , we may infer that it affects low and humid situations , marshes , the banks of rivers , and the coverts of dripping ferns , so abundant in its native country ; like ...
... thickness of its plumage and the great length of its back - feathers , we may infer that it affects low and humid situations , marshes , the banks of rivers , and the coverts of dripping ferns , so abundant in its native country ; like ...
Page 22
... carbonized leaves and fibres matted together , and flake after flake may be peeled off through a thickness of many inches . Rarely are any large trunks or branches of trees observable 22 CHAP . I. PETRIFACTIONS AND THEIR TEACHINGS .
... carbonized leaves and fibres matted together , and flake after flake may be peeled off through a thickness of many inches . Rarely are any large trunks or branches of trees observable 22 CHAP . I. PETRIFACTIONS AND THEIR TEACHINGS .
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... thickness beneath the lowest diamond beds , and indications of coal underlying the whole.1 ALGE , FUCI , & c . - Case A. - Remains of several kinds of vegetables of the simplest structure , as Fuci , Algæ , Fungi , LIGN 1. - FOSSIL ...
... thickness beneath the lowest diamond beds , and indications of coal underlying the whole.1 ALGE , FUCI , & c . - Case A. - Remains of several kinds of vegetables of the simplest structure , as Fuci , Algæ , Fungi , LIGN 1. - FOSSIL ...
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... thick membranous and coriaceous fronds , divided into digitated lobes , wide or narrow , often irregular and elongated , without nervures , and with a smooth surface , bearing irregular tubercles ; from the Oolite of Solenhofen . On the ...
... thick membranous and coriaceous fronds , divided into digitated lobes , wide or narrow , often irregular and elongated , without nervures , and with a smooth surface , bearing irregular tubercles ; from the Oolite of Solenhofen . On the ...
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... thickness , and have similar markings on both sides . They are the flattened trunks of large trees covered by the bark in the state of coal , the markings on the surface being the scars left by the separation of the leaf - stalks , like ...
... thickness , and have similar markings on both sides . They are the flattened trunks of large trees covered by the bark in the state of coal , the markings on the surface being the scars left by the separation of the leaf - stalks , like ...
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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