Geology and Mineralogy Considered with Reference to Natural Theology, Parte 1W. Pickering, 1836 - 599 páginas |
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... covered with water , and those portions of land which had emerged above the surface , were too frequently agitated by earthquakes , inundations , and atmospheric irre- gularities , to be extensively occupied by any higher order of ...
... covered with water , and those portions of land which had emerged above the surface , were too frequently agitated by earthquakes , inundations , and atmospheric irre- gularities , to be extensively occupied by any higher order of ...
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... covered by water since the commence- ment of the deposition of the tertiary strata . M. Boué , also , has published an instructive map , representing the manner in which central Europe was once divided into a series of separate basins ...
... covered by water since the commence- ment of the deposition of the tertiary strata . M. Boué , also , has published an instructive map , representing the manner in which central Europe was once divided into a series of separate basins ...
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... covered with fresh water , was best adapted for the abode of fluviatile and lacustrine quadrupeds . Our knowledge of these quadrupeds is derived solely from their fossil remains ; and as these are found chiefly ( but not exclusively ) ...
... covered with fresh water , was best adapted for the abode of fluviatile and lacustrine quadrupeds . Our knowledge of these quadrupeds is derived solely from their fossil remains ; and as these are found chiefly ( but not exclusively ) ...
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... covered with flustra , and must have been derived from carcases drifted into an estuary , or sea . Annales des Sciences Naturelles . Février , 1828 . Similar admixtures have been found in Ba- varia , * 90 TERTIARY SERIES . Mammalia of ...
... covered with flustra , and must have been derived from carcases drifted into an estuary , or sea . Annales des Sciences Naturelles . Février , 1828 . Similar admixtures have been found in Ba- varia , * 90 TERTIARY SERIES . Mammalia of ...
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... covered by the ocean ; and if from the remaining part we deduct the space occupied by polar ice and eternal snow , by sandy deserts , sterile mountains , marshes , rivers and lakes , the habitable portion will scarcely exceed one ...
... covered by the ocean ; and if from the remaining part we deduct the space occupied by polar ice and eternal snow , by sandy deserts , sterile mountains , marshes , rivers and lakes , the habitable portion will scarcely exceed one ...
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adapted afford Agassiz air chambers Ammonites ancient animal and vegetable appear Articulated Baculites beds Belemnite body bones bony bottom calcareous Carboniferous cavity Chalk chambered shells character clay Coal formation composed condition Coniferæ contrivances Coprolites creation creatures Cretaceous Crocodiles Crustaceans Cuvier Cycadeæ deposits derived Dicotyledonous earth enamel Eningen entire evidence existing external shell extinct species feet Ferns fluid fossil fossil Fishes fossil species genus Geology globe horny Ichthyosaurus Iguanodon important inhabitants ink-bag land limestone living Lizards lobes Lyme Regis Mammalia marine mechanical Megatherium mineral Mollusks nature Nautilus nearly occur Oolite organic remains peculiar perfect period plants Plesiosaurus portion present probably Pterodactyle quadrupeds recent represents reptiles resembling ribs rocks sand sandstone Secondary shews similar siphuncle skeleton specimen stems strata stratum structure surface teeth Tertiary formations tion tooth Trans transverse plates Trilobites trunk vertebræ vertebral column whilst