 ... swimming reptiles, the pterodactyl, the ichthyosaurus, and the plesiosaurus which are found in no later deposits but abounded in preceding ages. The chambered shells called ammonites and belemnites which are so characteristic of the period preceding...  Macmillan's Magazine - 387 psl.1868Visos knygos peržiūra - Apie šią knygą
 | 1868 - 978 psl.
...ammonites and belemnites, which are so characteristic of the period preceding the cretaceous, in like manner die. with it. But amongst these fading remainders...existing species, almost supplant the forms of fish wnich predominate in more ancient seas ; and many kinds of living shell-fish first became known to... | |
 | Thomas Henry Huxley - 1870 - 448 psl.
...ammonites and belemnites, which are so characteristic of the period preceding the cretaceous, in like manner die with it. But, amongst these fading remainders...life, looking like Yankee pedlars among a tribe of Rcd Indians. Crocodiles of modern type appear ; bony fishes, many of them very similar to existing... | |
 | Thomas Henry Huxley - 1886 - 354 psl.
...are so characteristic of the period preceding the cretaceous, in like manner die with it. But, among these fading remainders of a previous state of things,...some very modern forms of life, looking like. Yankee peddlers among a tribe of red Indians. Crocodiles of modern type appear ; bony fishes, many of them... | |
 | Thomas Henry Huxley - 1886 - 350 psl.
...remainders of a previous state of things, are some very modern forms of life, looking like. Yankee peddlers among a tribe of red Indians. Crocodiles of modern type appear ; bony fishes, many of them very similai' to existing species, almost supplant the forms of fish which predominate in more ancient seas... | |
 | Thomas Henry Huxley - 1894 - 428 psl.
...ammonites and belemnites, which are so characteristic of the period preceding the cretaceous, in like manner die with it. But, amongst these fading remainders...life, looking like Yankee pedlars among a tribe of Eed Indians. Crccodiles of modern type appear; bony fishes, many of them very similar to existing species,... | |
 | Thomas Henry Huxley - 1897 - 416 psl.
...ammonites and belemnites, which are so characteristic of the period preceding the cretaceous, in like manner die with it. But, amongst these fading remainders...ancient seas ; and many kinds of living shell-fish first become known to us in the chalk. The vegetation acquires a modern aspect. A few living animals are... | |
 | 1902 - 502 psl.
...the period preceding the cretaceous, in like manner die with it. But, among these fading reminders of a previous state of things, are some very modern forms of life, looking like Yankee peddlers among a tribe of red Indians. Crocodiles of modern type appear; bony fishes, many of them... | |
 | George Rice Carpenter, William Tenney Brewster - 1904 - 504 psl.
...ammonites and belemnites, which are so characteristic of the period preceding the cretaceous, in like manner die with it. But, amongst these fading remainders...ancient seas ; and many kinds of living shell-fish first become known to us in the chalk. The vegetation acquires a modern aspect. A few living animals are... | |
 | Walter Cochrane Bronson - 1905 - 426 psl.
...ammonites and belemnites, which are so characteristic of the 5 period preceding the cretaceous, in like manner die with it. But amongst these fading remainders...modern type appear; bony fishes, many of them very 10 similar to existing species, almost supplant the forms of fish which predominate in more ancient... | |
 | Thomas Henry Huxley - 1909 - 190 psl.
...ammonites and belemnites, which are so characteristic of the period preceding the cretaceous, in like manner die with it. But, amongst these fading remainders...ancient seas; and many kinds of living shellfish first become known to us in the chalk. The vegetation acquires a modern aspect. A few living animals are... | |
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