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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... covered with the remains of another , and upon the graves of past generations - the marble or rocky tomb , as it were , of a former animated world ; new generations rising , and order and harmony established , and a system of life and ...
... covered with the remains of another , and upon the graves of past generations - the marble or rocky tomb , as it were , of a former animated world ; new generations rising , and order and harmony established , and a system of life and ...
Page 22
... covered with delicate lamina of 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 ...
... covered with delicate lamina of 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 ...
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... covered , chiefly Aptera , Diptera , Neuroptera , Coleoptera , Li- bellula , & c .; by far the greater part belong to extinct forms . The vegetable remains comprise four species of pine , and. ROOM I. 23 AMBER - JET - DIAMOND .
... covered , chiefly Aptera , Diptera , Neuroptera , Coleoptera , Li- bellula , & c .; by far the greater part belong to extinct forms . The vegetable remains comprise four species of pine , and. ROOM I. 23 AMBER - JET - DIAMOND .
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... covered by the roots and erect stems , apparently occupying the spots where they originally grew , have been laid bare in the Cleveland Hills . A few freshwater bivalves are the only fossil - shells observed in the laminated sandstone ...
... covered by the roots and erect stems , apparently occupying the spots where they originally grew , have been laid bare in the Cleveland Hills . A few freshwater bivalves are the only fossil - shells observed in the laminated sandstone ...
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... 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 the cicatrices on the stems of arborescent ferns . The name Sigillaria has been given to these ...
... 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 the cicatrices on the stems of arborescent ferns . The name Sigillaria has been given to these ...
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animal arch articular articulated beds belong birds body bones British Museum caudal vertebræ cavity cervical Cetiosaurus chalk characters clay collection colossal convex coracoid cranium Cretaceous 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 Isle 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-cases tail teeth Teleosaurus tertiary tibia Tilgate Forest tooth Trans transverse upper vertebral column Wall-case Wealden Wonders of Geology Zealand