| George Roberts - 1839 - 208 páginas
...of the secondary formation. There are five or six species. To the head of a lizard, the plesiosaurus united the teeth of a crocodile, a neck of enormous...proportions of an ordinary quadruped, the ribs of a chamelion, and the paddles of a whale. Dr. Buckland proceeds with other most interesting matter in... | |
| Frederick John Francis - 1839 - 204 páginas
...British Museum, an inspection of which will show you that the Plesiosaurus united the head of a lizard to the teeth of a crocodile — a neck of enormous length...proportions of an ordinary quadruped, the ribs of a chameleon, and the paddles of a whale.* The organization of the Ichthyosaurus was * See Buckland's... | |
| 1840 - 530 páginas
...characters altogether the most monstrous that have been vet found amid the ruins of a former world. To the head of a lizard it united the teeth of a crocodile;...proportions of an ordinary quadruped, the ribs of a cameleon, and the paddles of a whale. Such are the strange combinations of form and structure in the... | |
| 1840 - 522 páginas
...characters altogether the most monstrous that have been yet found amid the ruins of a former world. To the head of a lizard it united the teeth of a crocodile...proportions of an ordinary quadruped, the ribs of a caméléon, and the paddles of a whale. Such are the strange combinations of form and structure in... | |
| William MacGillivray - 1840 - 266 páginas
...nature. Another genus of these Saurian reptiles, named Plesiosaurus, " united to the head of a Lizard the teeth of a Crocodile ; a neck of enormous length,...proportions of an ordinary quadruped, the ribs of a Chameleon, and the paddles of a Whale. The Plesiosauri appear to have lived in shallow seas and estuaries,... | |
| William Sidney Gibson - 1840 - 328 páginas
...it united the teeth of a crocodile; a neck of enormous length, resembling the body of a serpent ja trunk and tail having the proportions of an ordinary quadruped; the ribs of a chamelion, and the paddles of a whale." All these remains " have been interred" (says Dr. Buckland)... | |
| William Benjamin Carpenter - 1844 - 608 páginas
...united the teeth of a Crocodile ; a neck of enormous length, resembling the body of a Serpent ; the trunk and tail having the proportions of an ordinary Quadruped ; the ribs resembling those of the Chameleon ; and the paddles being like those of the Whale. " Such," says Dr.... | |
| William Benjamin Carpenter - 1844 - 600 páginas
...united the teeth of a Crocodile ; a neck of enormous length, resembling the body of a Serpent ; the trunk and tail having the proportions of an ordinary Quadruped ; the ribs resembling those of the Chameleon ; and the paddles being like those of the Whale. " Such," says Dr.... | |
| William John Broderip - 1847 - 434 páginas
...the name of monster. " To the head of the lizard," says Dr. Buckland, " it united the teeth of the crocodile ; a neck of enormous length, resembling...proportions of an ordinary quadruped ; the ribs of a chamelion ; and the paddles of a whale." To the Rev. W. Conybeare and Sir Henry de la Beche we are... | |
| 1848 - 874 páginas
...comrade of this original. ' To the head of the lizard,' says Dr Buckland, ' it united the teeth of the crocodile ; a neck of enormous length, resembling...proportions of an ordinary quadruped ; the ribs of a chameleon ; and the paddles of a whale.' The great length of the former dragon was in the tail : in... | |
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