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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Page vi
... extinct , and the bones and exuviæ of one class 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 ...
... extinct , and the bones and exuviæ of one class 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 ...
Page ix
... extinct as to be only known to us previously by its fossil remains , the interest becomes enhanced in the highest degree . It is well known that the existence of the celebrated Dodo is all but tradi- tionary , a fate which , but for MR ...
... extinct as to be only known to us previously by its fossil remains , the interest becomes enhanced in the highest degree . It is well known that the existence of the celebrated Dodo is all but tradi- tionary , a fate which , but for MR ...
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... extinct , is based that most interesting department of natural history which has recently acquired the rank of a distinct branch of modern science , under the title of PALEONTOLOGY.2 As the remains of animals and plants imbedded in the ...
... extinct , is based that most interesting department of natural history which has recently acquired the rank of a distinct branch of modern science , under the title of PALEONTOLOGY.2 As the remains of animals and plants imbedded in the ...
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... extinct gigantic Elk of Ireland forms a conspicuous object in the centre of this room . Room VI . The coup d'œil of this part of the Gallery , which is chiefly devoted to Fossil Mammalia , is very im- posing . Immediately opposite the ...
... extinct gigantic Elk of Ireland forms a conspicuous object in the centre of this room . Room VI . The coup d'œil of this part of the Gallery , which is chiefly devoted to Fossil Mammalia , is very im- posing . Immediately opposite the ...
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... extinct Colossal Tortoise of India ( Colossochelys Atlas ) , of which there are many fossil remains in the collection . This specimen is ten feet long , twenty - five feet in horizontal circumference , and fifteen feet in girth in a ...
... extinct Colossal Tortoise of India ( Colossochelys Atlas ) , of which there are many fossil remains in the collection . This specimen is ten feet long , twenty - five feet in horizontal circumference , and fifteen feet in girth in a ...
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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