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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... strata by the countless myriads of beings which have successively inhabited the earth , through periods of incalculable antiquity and dura- tion , and whose races are now extinct , is based that most interesting department of natural ...
... strata by the countless myriads of beings which have successively inhabited the earth , through periods of incalculable antiquity and dura- tion , and whose races are now extinct , is based that most interesting department of natural ...
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... strata but a few centuries . 1. Fossils , may be defined as the durable parts of animal and vegetable structures imbedded in rocks and strata by natural causes at a remote period ; thus wood in the state of lignite , bog - wood , and ...
... strata but a few centuries . 1. Fossils , may be defined as the durable parts of animal and vegetable structures imbedded in rocks and strata by natural causes at a remote period ; thus wood in the state of lignite , bog - wood , and ...
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... strata . ( Isle of Purbeck . ) 1 Strata are sedimentary deposits that have been formed in the beds of lakes , rivers , and seas , and have subsequently been displaced and elevated above the water by physical causes . A series , or group ...
... strata . ( Isle of Purbeck . ) 1 Strata are sedimentary deposits that have been formed in the beds of lakes , rivers , and seas , and have subsequently been displaced and elevated above the water by physical causes . A series , or group ...
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... strata now termed Permian from the Triassic group , with which they were formerly classed , was first proposed by Sir Roderick Murchison , and is based on the fact that the fossils hitherto discovered are entirely distinct from any that ...
... strata now termed Permian from the Triassic group , with which they were formerly classed , was first proposed by Sir Roderick Murchison , and is based on the fact that the fossils hitherto discovered are entirely distinct from any that ...
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... strata . The lower compartment contains numerous species of ferns , in clay - slate or shale , from similar deposits ; and others from the Oolite . The lowermost shelf is devoted to silicified stems of trees ROOM I. 11 SYNOPSIS OF CONTENTS ...
... strata . The lower compartment contains numerous species of ferns , in clay - slate or shale , from similar deposits ; and others from the Oolite . The lowermost shelf is devoted to silicified stems of trees ROOM I. 11 SYNOPSIS OF CONTENTS ...
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ancient animal arch articulated beds belong birds body bones British Museum carnivora caudal vertebræ cavity cervical Cetiosaurus chalk characters clay collection colossal convex coracoid cranium Crocodile crocodilian Cuvier deposits dermal Dinornis discovered distal dorsal Edited 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 length Lign limestone lower jaw 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 Tilgate Forest tion tooth Trans Translated transverse upper vertebral column vols Wall-case Wealden Wonders of Geology Zealand
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