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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... middle toe , 3 ; nail , ; hind - toe , ; nail , . ' " I cannot conclude these remarks without bearing testimony to the very great importance of the results which have attended the researches of MR . WALTER MANTELL , in the various ...
... middle toe , 3 ; nail , ; hind - toe , ; nail , . ' " I cannot conclude these remarks without bearing testimony to the very great importance of the results which have attended the researches of MR . WALTER MANTELL , in the various ...
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... middle Tertiary . ( Suffolk Crag . ) EOCENE ; the lowermost or most ancient Tertiary . ( London , Hants , and Isle of Wight . Paris basin . ) CRETACEOUS FORMATION . WEALDEN FORMATION . SECONDARY EPOCHS . Upper Chalk with flints . Lower ...
... middle Tertiary . ( Suffolk Crag . ) EOCENE ; the lowermost or most ancient Tertiary . ( London , Hants , and Isle of Wight . Paris basin . ) CRETACEOUS FORMATION . WEALDEN FORMATION . SECONDARY EPOCHS . Upper Chalk with flints . Lower ...
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... Middle . JURASSIC FORMATION . Lower . LIASSIC FORMATION . TRIASSIC ( or NEW RED ) FORMATION . PERMIAN FORMATION.1 CARBONIFEROUS FORMATION . DEVONIAN ( or OLD RED ) FORMATION . Upper . SILURIAN FORMATION . Lower . CUMBRIAN FORMATION ...
... Middle . JURASSIC FORMATION . Lower . LIASSIC FORMATION . TRIASSIC ( or NEW RED ) FORMATION . PERMIAN FORMATION.1 CARBONIFEROUS FORMATION . DEVONIAN ( or OLD RED ) FORMATION . Upper . SILURIAN FORMATION . Lower . CUMBRIAN FORMATION ...
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... middle shelves , on a block of fawn - coloured sandstone , are remains of the foliage of a large species of fern , labelled as above . These fossil leaves are remarkable for their peculiar structure and great size some speci- . mens are ...
... middle shelves , on a block of fawn - coloured sandstone , are remains of the foliage of a large species of fern , labelled as above . These fossil leaves are remarkable for their peculiar structure and great size some speci- . mens are ...
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... middle shelf of this case , immediately above the label- Filicites - there is a sandstone cast of an uncompressed Sigil- laria , deeply imprinted with the cicatrices left by the petioles , which is remarkable for the extraordinary ...
... middle shelf of this case , immediately above the label- Filicites - there is a sandstone cast of an uncompressed Sigil- laria , deeply imprinted with the cicatrices left by the petioles , which is remarkable for the extraordinary ...
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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