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 77
... humerus , femur , and other bones of the Scelidotherium ( S. leptocepha- lum ) , an extinct Edentate related to the Mylodon : from South America ; collected and presented by Mr. Darwin.1 E. [ 5. ] This case is filled with the remains of ...
... humerus , femur , and other bones of the Scelidotherium ( S. leptocepha- lum ) , an extinct Edentate related to the Mylodon : from South America ; collected and presented by Mr. Darwin.1 E. [ 5. ] This case is filled with the remains of ...
Page 91
... humerus . Later observations have shown that it is probable all the presumed ornithic remains from the Wealden belong to Pterodactyles , as well as those from the oolitic strata of Stonesfield . The microscopic examination of some of ...
... humerus . Later observations have shown that it is probable all the presumed ornithic remains from the Wealden belong to Pterodactyles , as well as those from the oolitic strata of Stonesfield . The microscopic examination of some of ...
Page 121
... humerus , has been detected , that could have belonged to any of the large struthious birds of New Zealand ; it is sup- posed to be referable to a species of Palapteryx , and indicates as rudimentary a condition of the wing as in the ...
... humerus , has been detected , that could have belonged to any of the large struthious birds of New Zealand ; it is sup- posed to be referable to a species of Palapteryx , and indicates as rudimentary a condition of the wing as in the ...
Page 124
... humerus , femur , tibia , and tarso - metatarsals of a bird of the Rail family , collected by Mr. Walter Mantell in 1847 , ' A fine pair of living Bustards ( now very rare in England ) may be seen in the Zoological Society's Gardens ...
... humerus , femur , tibia , and tarso - metatarsals of a bird of the Rail family , collected by Mr. Walter Mantell in 1847 , ' A fine pair of living Bustards ( now very rare in England ) may be seen in the Zoological Society's Gardens ...
Page 127
... humerus and sternum found by him at Waingongoro , and now in the British Museum , as pointed out in the Zoological Transactions , vol . iii . To the natives of the pahs or villages my son visited on his homeward route to Wellington ...
... humerus and sternum found by him at Waingongoro , and now in the British Museum , as pointed out in the Zoological Transactions , vol . iii . To the natives of the pahs or villages my son visited on his homeward route to Wellington ...
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