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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... existing species and genera , and the establish- ment of the present order of animated nature . In contemplating the principal objects that will come under our examination , it will , therefore , be requisite occasionally to refer to ...
... existing species and genera , and the establish- ment of the present order of animated nature . In contemplating the principal objects that will come under our examination , it will , therefore , be requisite occasionally to refer to ...
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... and position , abound in bones of animals , almost all of which belong to existing species . See M. Pictet's " Palæontologie . " OOLITIC or SECONDARY EPOCHS- ( continued . ) Upper . 4 PETRIFACTIONS AND THEIR TEACHINGS .
... and position , abound in bones of animals , almost all of which belong to existing species . See M. Pictet's " Palæontologie . " OOLITIC or SECONDARY EPOCHS- ( continued . ) Upper . 4 PETRIFACTIONS AND THEIR TEACHINGS .
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... existing Cycadeæ , had their seeds exposed ; hence the name of the order , Gymno- sperms , or naked seeds . The Asterophyllites , so named from the star - like disposition of their foliage , had branched articulated stems , with verti ...
... existing Cycadeæ , had their seeds exposed ; hence the name of the order , Gymno- sperms , or naked seeds . The Asterophyllites , so named from the star - like disposition of their foliage , had branched articulated stems , with verti ...
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... existing Mare's - tail . EQUISETITES . - Case B. - These are the stems of gigantic equisetaceous plants , which , though allied by their general cha- racters to the diminutive existing Equisetum , differ in some essential particulars ...
... existing Mare's - tail . EQUISETITES . - Case B. - These are the stems of gigantic equisetaceous plants , which , though allied by their general cha- racters to the diminutive existing Equisetum , differ in some essential particulars ...
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... instances have been brought to light ; the re- markable phenomenon existing in that locality , of successive carboniferous deposits containing scores of erect trees with their roots. 38 CHAP . I. PETRIFACTIONS AND THEIR TEACHINGS .
... instances have been brought to light ; the re- markable phenomenon existing in that locality , of successive carboniferous deposits containing scores of erect trees with their roots. 38 CHAP . I. PETRIFACTIONS AND THEIR TEACHINGS .
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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