Proceedings of the Geologists' Association, 10 tomasGeologists' Association, London., 1889 |
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... genus of more modern times . But it rarely happens that in a group of living organisms there are no surviving relics of an earlier scage of specialization ; and , in accordance with the common rule , we find among existing Turtles and ...
... genus of more modern times . But it rarely happens that in a group of living organisms there are no surviving relics of an earlier scage of specialization ; and , in accordance with the common rule , we find among existing Turtles and ...
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... genus in question to assume a con- bone is said to be largely developed in the Leathery Turtles , in the new edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica ' ( Art . Reptiles ' ) , Vol . xx , p . 447 . * P. Gervais , loc . cit . , pp . 200-208 ...
... genus in question to assume a con- bone is said to be largely developed in the Leathery Turtles , in the new edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica ' ( Art . Reptiles ' ) , Vol . xx , p . 447 . * P. Gervais , loc . cit . , pp . 200-208 ...
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... genus he was able to study portions of the cranium , five vertebræ , ten ribs , the pectoral arch , and both humeri , nine phalanges , and a number of dermal bones , all belonging to one and the same individual and a reference to his ...
... genus he was able to study portions of the cranium , five vertebræ , ten ribs , the pectoral arch , and both humeri , nine phalanges , and a number of dermal bones , all belonging to one and the same individual and a reference to his ...
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... genus of Chelonia in the Upper Cretaceous formations of Italy is of great interest on account of the excellent state of preservation of the dorsal vertebræ and ribs , and the bones forming the plastron , or ventral armour , in the ...
... genus of Chelonia in the Upper Cretaceous formations of Italy is of great interest on account of the excellent state of preservation of the dorsal vertebræ and ribs , and the bones forming the plastron , or ventral armour , in the ...
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... genus , § though bere he succeeded in de- tecting their resemblance to the carapace of Sphargis ( Derma- tochelys ) , and suggested that they were truly Chelonian . Such remains , of course , are of little or no value from an anatomical ...
... genus , § though bere he succeeded in de- tecting their resemblance to the carapace of Sphargis ( Derma- tochelys ) , and suggested that they were truly Chelonian . Such remains , of course , are of little or no value from an anatomical ...
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Agass Agassiz appears Arca Arcida Association augite beds bones Boulder Clay British Museum Carboniferous character collection Cornwall Cretaceous crystals deposits described Devonian Director district Dixon dorsal English Chalk Eocene Excursion exhibited feet felspar fins fish flint formation Foss fossils fragments genera genus Geol Geological Society Geological Survey geologists granite gravel Greensand Gypsum Hill hornblende inches interest Journ known later less Lias Limestone London Clay Mantell margin marls mass maxilla McCoy Members mineral Nucula Nucula sp occur original Ornithocheirus Owen Paleozoic party pebble-bed pebbles Phill placed plagioclase Poiss portion premaxilla present Proc Prof Pterodactyl quarry quartz Reading Beds referred remains remarkable Rhætic roads rocks sand Sandstone schist seen shales silica Silurian skull South species specimens stone strata surface Suss teeth Tertiary Thanet thick tion tooth Trans upper valley vertebræ visited Wales Woodward
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