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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... remarkable birds of the country in which he is resident . " EXPLANATORY . Plan of the Work . - To ensure the permanent utility of this Hand - Book , a specific notation of the Cases has been adopted in the ground - plan of each Room ...
... remarkable birds of the country in which he is resident . " EXPLANATORY . Plan of the Work . - To ensure the permanent utility of this Hand - Book , a specific notation of the Cases has been adopted in the ground - plan of each Room ...
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... remarkable for its electrical properties , and so much in request for ornamental purposes , is a fossil resin , the product of an extinct species of pine ( Pinus succinifer ) , most nearly allied to Pinus abies , and P. picea , but ...
... remarkable for its electrical properties , and so much in request for ornamental purposes , is a fossil resin , the product of an extinct species of pine ( Pinus succinifer ) , most nearly allied to Pinus abies , and P. picea , but ...
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... remarkable to escape notice , and is often seen on the slabs of coal - shale associated with ferns . Fucoides . Of fossil fuci there are specimens from Big- nor , in Sussex , of a species peculiar to the firestone of the chalk formation ...
... remarkable to escape notice , and is often seen on the slabs of coal - shale associated with ferns . Fucoides . Of fossil fuci there are specimens from Big- nor , in Sussex , of a species peculiar to the firestone of the chalk formation ...
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... remarkable and attractive vegetable re- mains in the ancient strata ; and in the collection before us , a considerable number of the most important and cha- racteristic species are exhibited . The greater part are from the coal deposits ...
... remarkable and attractive vegetable re- mains in the ancient strata ; and in the collection before us , a considerable number of the most important and cha- racteristic species are exhibited . The greater part are from the coal deposits ...
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... remarkable for their peculiar structure and great size some speci- . mens are estimated to have been three or four feet in length ; they are supposed to be the foliage of an arborescent fern . This species is only known . in the ...
... remarkable for their peculiar structure and great size some speci- . mens are estimated to have been three or four feet in length ; they are supposed to be the foliage of an arborescent fern . This species is only known . in the ...
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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