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... gastropods ( snails ) found as fossils in rocks of Ordovi- cian to Triassic age ( between 208 million and Bellerophon By courtesy of the trustees of the British Museum ( Natural History ) ; photograph , Imitor 505 million years old ) ...
... gastropods ( snails ) found as fossils in rocks of Ordovi- cian to Triassic age ( between 208 million and Bellerophon By courtesy of the trustees of the British Museum ( Natural History ) ; photograph , Imitor 505 million years old ) ...
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... gastropods , mollusks , and others ; fossil calcareous algae are prominent in some bioherms . A structure built by similar organisms that is bedded but not moundlike is called a biostrome . Bio- herms and biostromes occur in sedimentary ...
... gastropods , mollusks , and others ; fossil calcareous algae are prominent in some bioherms . A structure built by similar organisms that is bedded but not moundlike is called a biostrome . Bio- herms and biostromes occur in sedimentary ...
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... gastropod ) , Latia ( a fresh- water limpet ) , and squids ( cephalopods ) . The luminous squids and deep - sea fishes possess the most complicated light organs ; they consist of photogenic cells , reflector , lens body , and , in ...
... gastropod ) , Latia ( a fresh- water limpet ) , and squids ( cephalopods ) . The luminous squids and deep - sea fishes possess the most complicated light organs ; they consist of photogenic cells , reflector , lens body , and , in ...
Contents
Beckford detail from an oil painting | 107 |
John Hoppner c 1800 in the Salford | 234 |
To make the best use of the Britannica | 260 |
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