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... Brachiopods - Oral processes and their supports - Divisions of the Brachiopods - General distribution of the Brachiopoda in time- Characters , distribution in time , and leading genera of the Tere- bratulidæ - Thecidida - Spiriferida ...
... Brachiopods - Oral processes and their supports - Divisions of the Brachiopods - General distribution of the Brachiopoda in time- Characters , distribution in time , and leading genera of the Tere- bratulidæ - Thecidida - Spiriferida ...
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... Brachiopods belonging to the genus Producta may be specially singled out . Now , if we believe that the Carboniferous Limestone in all these widely distant localities was strictly contemporaneous , we should be compelled to admit the ...
... Brachiopods belonging to the genus Producta may be specially singled out . Now , if we believe that the Carboniferous Limestone in all these widely distant localities was strictly contemporaneous , we should be compelled to admit the ...
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... Brachiopods and Echinoderms . The glacial mud of the Polar regions would contain the remains of Arctic molluscs , along with such other animals as delight in severe cold . Lastly , the ooze of the deep Atlantic would contain innumerable ...
... Brachiopods and Echinoderms . The glacial mud of the Polar regions would contain the remains of Arctic molluscs , along with such other animals as delight in severe cold . Lastly , the ooze of the deep Atlantic would contain innumerable ...
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... Brachiopods , the true Bivalves , and most of the Gasteropoda , the internal skeletons of the Cuttle - fishes , and the chambered shells of the Tetrabranchiate Cephalopods , all occur more or less abundantly as fossils . The entire ...
... Brachiopods , the true Bivalves , and most of the Gasteropoda , the internal skeletons of the Cuttle - fishes , and the chambered shells of the Tetrabranchiate Cephalopods , all occur more or less abundantly as fossils . The entire ...
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... Brachiopod and a few Foraminifera have hitherto been detected in the immediately overlying Eocene beds . These latter , on the contrary , are replete with organic remains wholly distinct from those of the Cretaceous beds . It may be ...
... Brachiopod and a few Foraminifera have hitherto been detected in the immediately overlying Eocene beds . These latter , on the contrary , are replete with organic remains wholly distinct from those of the Cretaceous beds . It may be ...
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