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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... obtain some particulars as to the history of this and the other remarkable birds of the country in which he is ... obtained of Professor Tennant , 149 , Strand . 1 The plate accompanying this description represents the Notornis in ...
... obtain some particulars as to the history of this and the other remarkable birds of the country in which he is ... obtained of Professor Tennant , 149 , Strand . 1 The plate accompanying this description represents the Notornis in ...
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... obtained from certain trees in India and America , and largely employed for varnish : these resins are often sub- stituted for true amber , especially when they contain insects , & c .; but these are always of the existing indigenous ...
... obtained from certain trees in India and America , and largely employed for varnish : these resins are often sub- stituted for true amber , especially when they contain insects , & c .; but these are always of the existing indigenous ...
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... obtained from the ancient freshwater deposits of the south - east of England - the Wealden - associated with the reptilian remains of which we shall have occasion to treat hereafter . Lonchopteris . - One of these , named Lonchopteris ...
... obtained from the ancient freshwater deposits of the south - east of England - the Wealden - associated with the reptilian remains of which we shall have occasion to treat hereafter . Lonchopteris . - One of these , named Lonchopteris ...
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... obtained . Sphenopteris . - The other character- istic Wealden plant is the Sphenopteris ( S. Mantelli ) , or wedge - leaf fern , re- markable for its elegant and simple fronds , as shown in the annexed figure . ( Lign . 6. ) LIGN . 6 ...
... obtained . Sphenopteris . - The other character- istic Wealden plant is the Sphenopteris ( S. Mantelli ) , or wedge - leaf fern , re- markable for its elegant and simple fronds , as shown in the annexed figure . ( Lign . 6. ) LIGN . 6 ...
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... obtained from Coalbrook Dale . When imbedded in the rock , the cones are often fringed with linear - lanceolate bracteæ . Notwithstanding the great disparity in size between the existing family of club - mosses or Lycopodiaceæ , most of ...
... obtained from Coalbrook Dale . When imbedded in the rock , the cones are often fringed with linear - lanceolate bracteæ . Notwithstanding the great disparity in size between the existing family of club - mosses or Lycopodiaceæ , most of ...
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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