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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... upper part of the abdomen and flanks , purplish blue ; back , rump , upper tail - coverts , lesser wing coverts , and tertiaries , dark olive green , tipped with verditer green ; at the nape of the neck a band of rich blue separating ...
... upper part of the abdomen and flanks , purplish blue ; back , rump , upper tail - coverts , lesser wing coverts , and tertiaries , dark olive green , tipped with verditer green ; at the nape of the neck a band of rich blue separating ...
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... Upper Chalk with flints . Lower Chalk . ( South and north Downs of Sussex , Kent and Surrey ; Downs of Hants , Wilts , & c . Chalk marl and firestone ; or Upper Green Sand . ( Godstone , Undercliff of Isle of Wight . ) Galt or blue ...
... Upper Chalk with flints . Lower Chalk . ( South and north Downs of Sussex , Kent and Surrey ; Downs of Hants , Wilts , & c . Chalk marl and firestone ; or Upper Green Sand . ( Godstone , Undercliff of Isle of Wight . ) Galt or blue ...
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... Upper . Kimmeridge clay . ( Hartwell , Bucks . ) Middle.Coral rag . ( Wilts . Gloucestershire , & c . ) JURASSIC FORMATION . Lower . LIASSIC FORMATION . TRIASSIC ( or NEW RED ) FORMATION . PERMIAN FORMATION.1 CARBONIFEROUS FORMATION ...
... Upper . Kimmeridge clay . ( Hartwell , Bucks . ) Middle.Coral rag . ( Wilts . Gloucestershire , & c . ) JURASSIC FORMATION . Lower . LIASSIC FORMATION . TRIASSIC ( or NEW RED ) FORMATION . PERMIAN FORMATION.1 CARBONIFEROUS FORMATION ...
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... upper shelves are the Equi- setacea , i . e . plants allied to the Equisetum , or Mare's - tail ( Calamites ) . On the lower division are Filicites , or fossil ferns , of many species and genera . On the top of this case there are stems ...
... upper shelves are the Equi- setacea , i . e . plants allied to the Equisetum , or Mare's - tail ( Calamites ) . On the lower division are Filicites , or fossil ferns , of many species and genera . On the top of this case there are stems ...
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... upper division ; the lower contains fossil plants allied to the Cycadeaceae ( labelled Asphodeleœ ) : among these are Stern- bergia ; and Clathraria , Endogenites , and Dracaena , from the Wealden formations of Sussex and Kent . On one ...
... upper division ; the lower contains fossil plants allied to the Cycadeaceae ( labelled Asphodeleœ ) : among these are Stern- bergia ; and Clathraria , Endogenites , and Dracaena , from the Wealden formations of Sussex and Kent . On one ...
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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