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 161
... tooth with the base terminating in more than one root , and that is never bifur- cated . These dental organs are only fitted for seizing and retaining the prey or food ; for no living reptiles have the power of performing mastication ...
... tooth with the base terminating in more than one root , and that is never bifur- cated . These dental organs are only fitted for seizing and retaining the prey or food ; for no living reptiles have the power of performing mastication ...
Page 171
... TOOTH OF with vertebræ , which were supposed to belong to the same species of saurian.2 The teeth and bones vary considerably in size : some appear to have belonged to individuals not more than eight or 1 A lithograph of the left - hand ...
... TOOTH OF with vertebræ , which were supposed to belong to the same species of saurian.2 The teeth and bones vary considerably in size : some appear to have belonged to individuals not more than eight or 1 A lithograph of the left - hand ...
Page 172
... tooth is composed of a series of cones enclosed within each other , the outer or old crown being burst by the pressure of the upward growth of the included one . Hence , at whatever age the tooth of a crocodile is removed , we find ...
... tooth is composed of a series of cones enclosed within each other , the outer or old crown being burst by the pressure of the upward growth of the included one . Hence , at whatever age the tooth of a crocodile is removed , we find ...
Page 177
... tooth is generally very long , and the other teeth are alternately longer and shorter . The head is from three to four feet in length . The hinder arti- cular surface of the bodies of the vertebræ is concave ; and their processes show ...
... tooth is generally very long , and the other teeth are alternately longer and shorter . The head is from three to four feet in length . The hinder arti- cular surface of the bodies of the vertebræ is concave ; and their processes show ...
Page 179
... tooth , so that the fifth and seventh are only half the height of the sixth and eighth , and so on . In the upper jaw the teeth are of equal size , except the first two , which are small , and the third tooth , which is very large . The ...
... tooth , so that the fifth and seventh are only half the height of the sixth and eighth , and so on . In the upper jaw the teeth are of equal size , except the first two , which are small , and the third tooth , which is very large . The ...
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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