Geology and Mineralogy Considered with Reference to Natural Theology, Volumen 1Carey, Lea and Blanchard, 1841 - 87 páginas |
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... vertebral column is of moderate size , but there is an enlarge- ment of the vertebræ of the loins , corresponding with the ex- traordinary bulk of the pelvis and hind legs ; the summits of the spinous processes , ( e , ) are flattened ...
... vertebral column is of moderate size , but there is an enlarge- ment of the vertebræ of the loins , corresponding with the ex- traordinary bulk of the pelvis and hind legs ; the summits of the spinous processes , ( e , ) are flattened ...
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... disposed horizontally ; thus , the strength of the part is greatly increased by a regular diagonal bracing , without the least addi- Vertebra . The vertebral column in the Ichthyosaurus was composed. ICHTHYOSAURUS . 139.
... disposed horizontally ; thus , the strength of the part is greatly increased by a regular diagonal bracing , without the least addi- Vertebra . The vertebral column in the Ichthyosaurus was composed. ICHTHYOSAURUS . 139.
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William Buckland. Vertebra . The vertebral column in the Ichthyosaurus was composed . of more than one hundred joints ; and although united to a head nearly resembling that of a Lizard , assumed , in the leading principles of its ...
William Buckland. Vertebra . The vertebral column in the Ichthyosaurus was composed . of more than one hundred joints ; and although united to a head nearly resembling that of a Lizard , assumed , in the leading principles of its ...
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... intervertebral joints , in giving flexibility to the vertebral column , and assisting its virbratory motions ; for , had these parts been consolidated , as in quadrupeds , their articulating processes must have locked the whole column ...
... intervertebral joints , in giving flexibility to the vertebral column , and assisting its virbratory motions ; for , had these parts been consolidated , as in quadrupeds , their articulating processes must have locked the whole column ...
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... vertebral column continues into the upper lobe of the tail , which is much longer than the lower lobe , and is thus adapted to sustain the body in an inclined position , with the head and mouth nearest to the bottom . Among existing ...
... vertebral column continues into the upper lobe of the tail , which is much longer than the lower lobe , and is thus adapted to sustain the body in an inclined position , with the head and mouth nearest to the bottom . Among existing ...
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