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 71
... organ- ized class Aves , during the Triassic epoch , is so utterly at variance with what is known as to the existence of warm- blooded , air - breathing vertebrata on the lands of the second- ary formations , that until bones of birds ...
... organ- ized class Aves , during the Triassic epoch , is so utterly at variance with what is known as to the existence of warm- blooded , air - breathing vertebrata on the lands of the second- ary formations , that until bones of birds ...
Page 82
... organs are extremely flexuous , and in some species beset with spines , and enable the animal to seize and entwine round its prey . There are several fossil Ophiura from the lias in this Case . Goniaster . These Starfishes are of a ...
... organs are extremely flexuous , and in some species beset with spines , and enable the animal to seize and entwine round its prey . There are several fossil Ophiura from the lias in this Case . Goniaster . These Starfishes are of a ...
Page 83
... organs by which it is conveyed to the mouth . The The fossil remains consist of the ossicula , or bones of the 1 " Pictorial Atlas , " Pl . LIII . figs . 1 and 3 . column , arms , and tentacula ; of the plates. ROOM II . 83 CRINOIDEA .
... organs by which it is conveyed to the mouth . The The fossil remains consist of the ossicula , or bones of the 1 " Pictorial Atlas , " Pl . LIII . figs . 1 and 3 . column , arms , and tentacula ; of the plates. ROOM II . 83 CRINOIDEA .
Page 89
... organs for seizing and conveying food to the mouth.3 These Crinoideans abound in the mountain limestone , especially in some districts of the United States , where certain strata are distinguished by the name of pentremital limestone ...
... organs for seizing and conveying food to the mouth.3 These Crinoideans abound in the mountain limestone , especially in some districts of the United States , where certain strata are distinguished by the name of pentremital limestone ...
Page 100
... organs in the extinct colossal birds of our Antipodes.1 From the position of these bones , there can be no doubt , as my son observes , that the unfortunate Moa was mired in the swamp , and unable to extricate itself , perished on the ...
... organs in the extinct colossal birds of our Antipodes.1 From the position of these bones , there can be no doubt , as my son observes , that the unfortunate Moa was mired in the swamp , and unable to extricate itself , perished on the ...
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