Petrifactions and Their Teachings: Or,. A Hand-book to the Gallery of Organic Remains of the British MuseumHenry G. Bohn, 1851 - 496 pages |
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... bones and shells in the Oolitic and Wealden limestones . Such petrifactions may be correctly termed fossil plants , bones , or shells ; but similar organic remains , though of equal antiquity , which have not undergone such changes ...
... bones and shells in the Oolitic and Wealden limestones . Such petrifactions may be correctly termed fossil plants , bones , or shells ; but similar organic remains , though of equal antiquity , which have not undergone such changes ...
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... bones of colossal Birds from New Zealand . A. [ 1. ] Bones of Mammalia from the drift and alluvial deposits of England . Among them are teeth of Elephants , Horses , Deer , Ox , & c . ( collected by the Author ) , from the strata ...
... bones of colossal Birds from New Zealand . A. [ 1. ] Bones of Mammalia from the drift and alluvial deposits of England . Among them are teeth of Elephants , Horses , Deer , Ox , & c . ( collected by the Author ) , from the strata ...
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... bones of colossal Edentata , from the Pampas of South America : the skull and bones of Mylodon Darwinii ( so named in honour of Charles Darwin , Esq . ) are particularly interesting . D. [ 4. ] Macrauchenia . - In this compartment are bones ...
... bones of colossal Edentata , from the Pampas of South America : the skull and bones of Mylodon Darwinii ( so named in honour of Charles Darwin , Esq . ) are particularly interesting . D. [ 4. ] Macrauchenia . - In this compartment are bones ...
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... bones of the extremities , & c . , dug up by Walter Mantell , Esq . , of Wel- lington , from a bed of volcanic sand ( menaccanite ) , on the west coast of the North Island of New Zealand , near the mouth of the river Waingongoro . 15 ...
... bones of the extremities , & c . , dug up by Walter Mantell , Esq . , of Wel- lington , from a bed of volcanic sand ( menaccanite ) , on the west coast of the North Island of New Zealand , near the mouth of the river Waingongoro . 15 ...
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... bones . Other remarkable objects in this case are a femur or thigh- bone of a Dog : the only relic of a terrestrial mammalian found in the most ancient ossiferous deposits ; and calcined bones of Men , Moas , and Dogs , that were dug up ...
... bones . Other remarkable objects in this case are a femur or thigh- bone of a Dog : the only relic of a terrestrial mammalian found in the most ancient ossiferous deposits ; and calcined bones of Men , Moas , and Dogs , that were dug up ...
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