Geology and Mineralogy Considered with Reference to Natural Theology, Volumen 1Carey, Lea and Blanchard, 1841 - 87 páginas |
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... Megatherium ; to Pro- fessor Agassiz of Neuchatel for his unreserved communications of his disco- veries relating to Fossil Fishes ; to Mr. Owen for his revision of some parts of my Chapter on Mollusks ; and to Mr. James Sowerby for his ...
... Megatherium ; to Pro- fessor Agassiz of Neuchatel for his unreserved communications of his disco- veries relating to Fossil Fishes ; to Mr. Owen for his revision of some parts of my Chapter on Mollusks ; and to Mr. James Sowerby for his ...
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... Megatherium 112 III . Fossil Saurians 130 IV . Ichthyosaurus 133 v . Intestinal Structure of Ichthyosaurus and of Fossil Fishes 147 vi . Plesiosaurus 157 VII . Mosasaurus , or great Animal of Maestricht 167 VIII . Pterodactyle 171 VOL ...
... Megatherium 112 III . Fossil Saurians 130 IV . Ichthyosaurus 133 v . Intestinal Structure of Ichthyosaurus and of Fossil Fishes 147 vi . Plesiosaurus 157 VII . Mosasaurus , or great Animal of Maestricht 167 VIII . Pterodactyle 171 VOL ...
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... Megatherium , presenting greater deviations from ordinary animal forms , than occur in any other species , either of recent or fossil quadrupeds . It has been already stated , in our account of the Mam- malia of the Miocene period of ...
... Megatherium , presenting greater deviations from ordinary animal forms , than occur in any other species , either of recent or fossil quadrupeds . It has been already stated , in our account of the Mam- malia of the Miocene period of ...
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... MEGATHERIUM . As it will be quite impossible , in the present Treatise , to give particular descriptions of the structure , even of a few of the fossil Mammalia , which have been , as it were , re- stored again to life by the genius and ...
... MEGATHERIUM . As it will be quite impossible , in the present Treatise , to give particular descriptions of the structure , even of a few of the fossil Mammalia , which have been , as it were , re- stored again to life by the genius and ...
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... Megatherium , ( see Pl . 5 , ) an animal , in some parts of its organization , nearly allied to the Sloth , and , like the Sloth , presenting an ap- parent monstrosity of external form , accompanied by many strange peculiarities of ...
... Megatherium , ( see Pl . 5 , ) an animal , in some parts of its organization , nearly allied to the Sloth , and , like the Sloth , presenting an ap- parent monstrosity of external form , accompanied by many strange peculiarities of ...
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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