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... Mammals - Osteology of Mammals — Limbs— Teeth - General distribution of Mammals in time , 397-406 CHAPTER XXXVI . Orders of Mammalia - Characters and distribution of Monotremata- Marsupialia - Edentata , CHAPTER XXXVII . 406-417 Orders ...
... Mammals - Osteology of Mammals — Limbs— Teeth - General distribution of Mammals in time , 397-406 CHAPTER XXXVI . Orders of Mammalia - Characters and distribution of Monotremata- Marsupialia - Edentata , CHAPTER XXXVII . 406-417 Orders ...
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... Mammals— Glacial Deposits - Glacial Shells - Post - Glacial Deposits - Post- Glacial Mammals , GLOSSARY , INDEX , • 554-562 563-585 586-601 PART I. GENERAL INTRODUCTION PALEONTOLOGY . CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION . xvi CONTENTS .
... Mammals— Glacial Deposits - Glacial Shells - Post - Glacial Deposits - Post- Glacial Mammals , GLOSSARY , INDEX , • 554-562 563-585 586-601 PART I. GENERAL INTRODUCTION PALEONTOLOGY . CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION . xvi CONTENTS .
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... mammals , insects , & c . , which enjoy when grown up the power of active locomo- tion , can actually " migrate " in person , supposing they find themselves placed under unfavourable conditions . There are many animals , however , such ...
... mammals , insects , & c . , which enjoy when grown up the power of active locomo- tion , can actually " migrate " in person , supposing they find themselves placed under unfavourable conditions . There are many animals , however , such ...
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... Mammals as fossils ; and their remains are chiefly , but not exclusively , to be found in fluviatile deposits . As ... Mammals , the record is far from being a full one , and from obvious causes . The great majority of Mammals live on ...
... Mammals as fossils ; and their remains are chiefly , but not exclusively , to be found in fluviatile deposits . As ... Mammals , the record is far from being a full one , and from obvious causes . The great majority of Mammals live on ...
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With a General Introduction on the Principles of Palaeontology Henry Alleyne Nicholson. aquatic Mammals - such as Whales , Dolphins , and the like- are , of course , much more likely to have been preserved as fossils than the strictly ...
With a General Introduction on the Principles of Palaeontology Henry Alleyne Nicholson. aquatic Mammals - such as Whales , Dolphins , and the like- are , of course , much more likely to have been preserved as fossils than the strictly ...
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