Petrifactions and Their Teachings: Or, A Hand-book to the Gallery of Organic Remains of the British MuseumH. G. Bohn, 1851 - 496 pages |
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Page 161
... tooth with the base terminating in more than one root , and that is never bifur- cated . These dental organs are only fitted for seizing and retaining the prey or food ; for no living reptiles have the power of performing mastication ...
... tooth with the base terminating in more than one root , and that is never bifur- cated . These dental organs are only fitted for seizing and retaining the prey or food ; for no living reptiles have the power of performing mastication ...
Page 171
... TOOTH OF with vertebræ , which were supposed to belong to the same species of saurian.2 some The teeth and bones vary considerably in size : appear to have belonged to individuals not more than eight or A lithograph of the left - hand ...
... TOOTH OF with vertebræ , which were supposed to belong to the same species of saurian.2 some The teeth and bones vary considerably in size : appear to have belonged to individuals not more than eight or A lithograph of the left - hand ...
Page 172
... tooth is composed of a series of cones enclosed within each other , the outer or old crown being burst by the pressure of the upward growth of the included one . Hence , at whatever age the tooth of a crocodile is removed , we find ...
... tooth is composed of a series of cones enclosed within each other , the outer or old crown being burst by the pressure of the upward growth of the included one . Hence , at whatever age the tooth of a crocodile is removed , we find ...
Page 177
... tooth is generally very long , and the other teeth are alternately longer and shorter . The head is from three to four feet in length . The hinder arti- cular surface of the bodies of the vertebræ is concave ; and their processes show ...
... tooth is generally very long , and the other teeth are alternately longer and shorter . The head is from three to four feet in length . The hinder arti- cular surface of the bodies of the vertebræ is concave ; and their processes show ...
Page 179
... tooth , so that the fifth and seventh are only half the height of the sixth and eighth , and so on . In the upper jaw the teeth are of equal size , except the first two , which are small , and the third tooth , which is very large . The ...
... tooth , so that the fifth and seventh are only half the height of the sixth and eighth , and so on . In the upper jaw the teeth are of equal size , except the first two , which are small , and the third tooth , which is very large . The ...
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Page vii - Nature will be reported. All things are engaged in writing their history. The planet, the pebble, goes attended by its shadow. The rolling rock leaves its scratches on the mountain ; the river its channel in the soil; the animal its bones in the stratum ; the fern and leaf their modest epitaph in the coal.
Page 340 - ... darting it down at the fish which happened to float within its reach. It may, perhaps, have lurked in shoal water along the coast, concealed among the seaweed, and raising its nostrils to a level with the surface from a considerable depth, may have found a secure retreat from the assaults of dangerous enemies ; while the length and flexibility of its neck may have compensated for the want of strength in its jaws, and its incapacity for swift motion through the water, by the suddenness and agility...
Page 340 - ... ichthyosaurus to cut through the waves. May it not, therefore, be concluded, (since, in addition to these circumstances, its respiration must have required frequent access of air,) that it swam upon, or near the surface ; arching back its long neck like the swan, and occasionally darting it down at the fish which happened to float within its reach?
Page 340 - ... swan, and occasionally darting it down at the fish which happened to float within its reach ? It may perhaps have lurked in shoal water along the coast, concealed among the sea-weed, and raising its nostrils to a level with the surface from a considerable depth, may have found a secure retreat from the assaults of dangerous enemies ; while the length and flexibility of its neck may have compensated for the want of strength in its jaws and its incapacity for swift motion through the water...
Page 219 - The combination of such characters, some, as the sacral ones, altogether peculiar among Reptiles, others borrowed, as it were, from groups now distinct from each other, and all manifested by creatures far surpassing in size the largest of existing reptiles, will, it is presumed, be deemed sufficient ground for establishing a distinct tribe or sub-order of Saurian Reptiles, for which I would propose the name of Dinosaurio*.
Page 94 - It is now covered by a thin layer of sand when exposed at low water. . . Although bones of several species of Moa, especially of the largest kinds, have been collected from this locality in considerable numbers and in great perfection, yet as the bed is rapidly diminishing from the inroads of the sea, there is great reason to fear that it will be entirely washed away, without yielding to the palaeontologist all the desired information respecting the extinct animals whose relics it enshrines; for...
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