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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... shells are admirably arranged and named by MR . WOODWARD , and cannot fail to prove highly interesting to the Geologist , and instructive to the student in Conchology ; to the latter I would commend , in the strongest terms , Mr ...
... shells are admirably arranged and named by MR . WOODWARD , and cannot fail to prove highly interesting to the Geologist , and instructive to the student in Conchology ; to the latter I would commend , in the strongest terms , Mr ...
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... Shells , p . 406 . CHAP . V. Part 1 , Synopsis of Room V. p . 407. - Part 2 , Ganoid Fishes , p . 417.- Part 3 , Ctenoid , Cycloid , and Placoid Fishes , p . 440. - Part 4 , Rhinoceros , Elk , Sivatherium , p . 454. - Part 5 ...
... Shells , p . 406 . CHAP . V. Part 1 , Synopsis of Room V. p . 407. - Part 2 , Ganoid Fishes , p . 417.- Part 3 , Ctenoid , Cycloid , and Placoid Fishes , p . 440. - Part 4 , Rhinoceros , Elk , Sivatherium , p . 454. - Part 5 ...
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... shells in the Oolitic and Wealden limestones . Such petrifactions may be correctly termed fossil plants , bones , or shells ; but similar organic remains , though of equal antiquity , which have not undergone such changes , are not ...
... shells in the Oolitic and Wealden limestones . Such petrifactions may be correctly termed fossil plants , bones , or shells ; but similar organic remains , though of equal antiquity , which have not undergone such changes , are not ...
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... shells , corals , bones , & c . in the collection , presenting but little differ- ence in appearance from similar objects collected on the sea- shore , or from the beds of streams and rivers ; while others will be seen to resemble ...
... shells , corals , bones , & c . in the collection , presenting but little differ- ence in appearance from similar objects collected on the sea- shore , or from the beds of streams and rivers ; while others will be seen to resemble ...
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... shells , corals and other zoophytes , echinoderms , & c . The arrangement of the Fossil Animals and Vegetables is still incomplete : several cases are almost empty , and the con- tents of others are but provisionally placed . This ...
... shells , corals and other zoophytes , echinoderms , & c . The arrangement of the Fossil Animals and Vegetables is still incomplete : several cases are almost empty , and the con- tents of others are but provisionally placed . This ...
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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