Geology and Mineralogy Considered with Reference to Natural Theology, Volumen 1Carey, Lea and Blanchard, 1841 - 87 páginas |
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... lizards , under the dragon form of Pterodactyles . The earth was pro- bably at that time too much covered with water , and those portions of land which had emerged above the surface , were too frequently agitated by earthquakes ...
... lizards , under the dragon form of Pterodactyles . The earth was pro- bably at that time too much covered with water , and those portions of land which had emerged above the surface , were too frequently agitated by earthquakes ...
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... Lizard , and three or four species of Birds . These remains are dispersed singly , as if the animals from which they were derived had decomposed slowly and at different in- tervals , and thus fragments of their bodies had been lodged ...
... Lizard , and three or four species of Birds . These remains are dispersed singly , as if the animals from which they were derived had decomposed slowly and at different in- tervals , and thus fragments of their bodies had been lodged ...
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... Lizards ; of various forms , and often of gigantic stature , fitted to endure the turbulence , and continual convulsions of the unquiet surface of our infant world . When we see that so large and important a range has been assigned to ...
... Lizards ; of various forms , and often of gigantic stature , fitted to endure the turbulence , and continual convulsions of the unquiet surface of our infant world . When we see that so large and important a range has been assigned to ...
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... Lizards , that inhabited the then existing seas and estuaries . Some of the most remarkable of these reptiles have been arranged under the genus Ichthyosaurus , ( or Fish Lizard , ) in consequence of the partial resemblance of their ...
... Lizards , that inhabited the then existing seas and estuaries . Some of the most remarkable of these reptiles have been arranged under the genus Ichthyosaurus , ( or Fish Lizard , ) in consequence of the partial resemblance of their ...
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... Lizard with the Vertebræ of a fish , and the sternum of an Ornithorhynchus with the paddles of a whale . The gene- ral outline of an Ichthyosaurus must have most nearly re- sembled the modern Porpoise , and Grampus . It had four broad ...
... Lizard with the Vertebræ of a fish , and the sternum of an Ornithorhynchus with the paddles of a whale . The gene- ral outline of an Ichthyosaurus must have most nearly re- sembled the modern Porpoise , and Grampus . It had four broad ...
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abundant adapted afford Agassiz air-chambers Ammonites ancient animal and vegetable appear Articulated beds Belemnite body bones bony bottom calcareous Carboniferous cavity Chalk chambered shells character clay Coal formation composed Coniferæ contrivances Coprolites creation creatures Crocodiles Crustaceans Cuvier Cycadeæ deposites derived discovery earth Eningen entire evidence existing external shell extinct species farther feet Ferns fluid fossil fossil Fishes fossil species fresh-water genus Geol geological globe horny Ichthyosaurus Iguanodon important inhabitants ink-bag land Lias limestone Lizards lobes Lyme Regis Mammalia marine mechanical Megalosaurus Megatherium mineral nature Nautilus Nautilus Pompilius nearly occur Oolite organic remains Pachydermata peculiar period phenomena plants Plesiosaurus portion present probably Pterodactyle quadrupeds recent represents reptiles resembling ribs rocks sand Secondary similar siphuncle skeleton specimens stems strata stratum structure substance surface teeth tion tooth Trans transverse plates Trilobites trunk vertebræ vertebral column whilst