Geology and Mineralogy Considered with Reference to Natural Theology, Volumen 1Carey, Lea and Blanchard, 1841 - 87 páginas |
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... genus , or even family . Thus we find the problem of the resemblance of recent and fossil organic beings to resolve itself into a general analogy of system , frequent agreement in important points , but almost universal distinction of ...
... genus , or even family . Thus we find the problem of the resemblance of recent and fossil organic beings to resolve itself into a general analogy of system , frequent agreement in important points , but almost universal distinction of ...
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... genus Unio , in the lower part of the coal series of Yorkshire ; London Phil . Mag . Nov. 1832 , 349. ) The causes which collected these vegetables in beds thus piled above each other , and separated by strata of vast thickness ...
... genus Unio , in the lower part of the coal series of Yorkshire ; London Phil . Mag . Nov. 1832 , 349. ) The causes which collected these vegetables in beds thus piled above each other , and separated by strata of vast thickness ...
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... genus are represented in Plate 2. A. B ; the double roots of the molar teeth at once refer these jaws to the class of Mam- malia , and the form of their crowns places them in the or- der of Marsupial animals . Two other small species ...
... genus are represented in Plate 2. A. B ; the double roots of the molar teeth at once refer these jaws to the class of Mam- malia , and the form of their crowns places them in the or- der of Marsupial animals . Two other small species ...
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... genus Palæotherium ( see Plates 3 and 4 ) is interme- diate between the rhinoceros , the horse , and tapir . Eleven or twelve species have already been discovered ; some as large as a rhinoceros , others varying from the size of a horse ...
... genus Palæotherium ( see Plates 3 and 4 ) is interme- diate between the rhinoceros , the horse , and tapir . Eleven or twelve species have already been discovered ; some as large as a rhinoceros , others varying from the size of a horse ...
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... genus Anoplotherium resemble those of the rhinoceros ; their feet are terminated by two large toes , like the rumi- nating animals , whilst the composition of their tarsus is like that of the camel . The place of this genus stands , in ...
... genus Anoplotherium resemble those of the rhinoceros ; their feet are terminated by two large toes , like the rumi- nating animals , whilst the composition of their tarsus is like that of the camel . The place of this genus stands , in ...
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