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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... distinct . It is allied to Porphyrio in the form of its bill , and in its general colouring , and to Tribonyx in the structure of its feet , while in the feebleness of its wings , and in the form of the tail , it differs from both ...
... distinct . It is allied to Porphyrio in the form of its bill , and in its general colouring , and to Tribonyx in the structure of its feet , while in the feebleness of its wings , and in the form of the tail , it differs from both ...
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... distinct branch of modern science , under the title of PALEONTOLOGY.2 As the remains of animals and plants imbedded in the earth are found in different states of preservation , and more or less 1 Emerson's Essays . Bohn's Edition . 2 ...
... distinct branch of modern science , under the title of PALEONTOLOGY.2 As the remains of animals and plants imbedded in the earth are found in different states of preservation , and more or less 1 Emerson's Essays . Bohn's Edition . 2 ...
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... distinct from any that occur in the Trias and subsequent formations : it is , therefore , inferred that after the deposition of the so - called Permian strata , a complete change took place in the faunas and floras of the lands and seas ...
... distinct from any that occur in the Trias and subsequent formations : it is , therefore , inferred that after the deposition of the so - called Permian strata , a complete change took place in the faunas and floras of the lands and seas ...
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... distinct . The Amber in the European markets is principally collected from the shores of the Baltic , between Memel and Konigsberg , being washed out of submerged beds of lignite , and thrown up on the strand by the waves . Amber is ...
... distinct . The Amber in the European markets is principally collected from the shores of the Baltic , between Memel and Konigsberg , being washed out of submerged beds of lignite , and thrown up on the strand by the waves . Amber is ...
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... distinct ; their stems are articulated and regularly striated , and some- times arborescent ; the articulations are in general marked with annular depressions , and studded with tubercles ; in 1 Pounceford , near Burwash , in Sussex ...
... distinct ; their stems are articulated and regularly striated , and some- times arborescent ; the articulations are in general marked with annular depressions , and studded with tubercles ; in 1 Pounceford , near Burwash , in Sussex ...
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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