The Old Red Sandstone: Or, New Walks in an Old FieldGould and Lincoln, 1851 - 264 páginas |
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... ichthyolites of the Old Red Sand- stone would be found at least equal to those of all the geo- logical formations united , at the death of Cuvier , was already more than fulfilled . Cuvier enumerated ninety - two species of fossil ...
... ichthyolites of the Old Red Sand- stone would be found at least equal to those of all the geo- logical formations united , at the death of Cuvier , was already more than fulfilled . Cuvier enumerated ninety - two species of fossil ...
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... Ichthyolites of the Old Red Sandstone . Appearances which ― first led the Writer to deem it intermediate . - Confirmation by Agassiz . - The Osteolepis.- Order to which , this Ichthy- Description . - Dipterus . Diplopterus . olite ...
... Ichthyolites of the Old Red Sandstone . Appearances which ― first led the Writer to deem it intermediate . - Confirmation by Agassiz . - The Osteolepis.- Order to which , this Ichthy- Description . - Dipterus . Diplopterus . olite ...
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... Ichthyolites of Cromarty and Moray , 226-242 CHAPTER XIV . - The Cornstone Formation and its Organisms . -Dwarf Vegeta- tion . Cephalaspides . — Huge Lobster . — Habitats of the ex- isting Crustacea . - No unapt representation of the ...
... Ichthyolites of Cromarty and Moray , 226-242 CHAPTER XIV . - The Cornstone Formation and its Organisms . -Dwarf Vegeta- tion . Cephalaspides . — Huge Lobster . — Habitats of the ex- isting Crustacea . - No unapt representation of the ...
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... ichthyolites ; and the New Red Sandstone , by the mottled marls and moulder- ing sandstones that overlie the whole . * A slight sketch of the Geology of Caithness may not be deemed uninteresting . This county includes , in the state of ...
... ichthyolites ; and the New Red Sandstone , by the mottled marls and moulder- ing sandstones that overlie the whole . * A slight sketch of the Geology of Caithness may not be deemed uninteresting . This county includes , in the state of ...
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... ichthyolites , with a thorn or spine in each fin , bears the name of Acan- thodes , or thorn - like ; another with a similar mechanism of spines attached to the upper part of the body , and in which the pectoral or hand - fins are ...
... ichthyolites , with a thorn or spine in each fin , bears the name of Acan- thodes , or thorn - like ; another with a similar mechanism of spines attached to the upper part of the body , and in which the pectoral or hand - fins are ...
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abundance acquainted Agassiz ancient animal appearance Balruddery beautiful body bone bony Caithness cartilaginous fishes Cephalaspis character Cheiracanthus Cheirolepis Christian Coal Measures coast Coccosteus color composed conglomerate Cornstone covered creature Cromarty crustacean deposit described diluvium Dipterus edge enamelled entire exhibited existing feet fins Forfarshire fossils fragments furnished geological geologist gneiss granitic hills Holoptychius huge hundred ichthyolite beds illustration inch interest jaws Lias limestone lower formation Lower Old Red marked mass minute Moray Moray Frith Murchison nodules occur ocean Old Red Sand Old Red Sandstone Oolite organisms osseous Osteolepis peculiar period plates portion present Pterichthys quarry rays reader regarded remains resembling ridge rock scales schists Scotland seems shells shore side Silurian skeleton species specimens spines stone strata stratified clay stratum style surface Sutor tail teeth thick thickly tion trilobite tubercles vast vegetable vertebral vertebral column volume writer
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