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Page ix
... beds - Sudden ex- tinction of Animals - Disappearance of fossils , CHAPTER V. 27-39 Conclusions to be drawn from Fossils - Age of Rocks - Mode of origin of any Fossiliferous bed - Fluviatile , lacustrine , and marine deposits ...
... beds - Sudden ex- tinction of Animals - Disappearance of fossils , CHAPTER V. 27-39 Conclusions to be drawn from Fossils - Age of Rocks - Mode of origin of any Fossiliferous bed - Fluviatile , lacustrine , and marine deposits ...
Page xvi
... beds - Life of the Triassic Period , • • 530-535 CHAPTER LII . Rocks of the Jurassic Period — Life of the Jurassic Period , CHAPTER LIII . 535-539 Rocks of the Cretaceous Period - Life of the Cretaceous Period , CHAPTER LIV . 540-546 ...
... beds - Life of the Triassic Period , • • 530-535 CHAPTER LII . Rocks of the Jurassic Period — Life of the Jurassic Period , CHAPTER LIII . 535-539 Rocks of the Cretaceous Period - Life of the Cretaceous Period , CHAPTER LIV . 540-546 ...
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... fauna " of the Carboniferous Period , or the " flora " of the Tertiary Epoch , or the fauna of the Chalk , or of any other set of beds . FOSSILISATION . Fossilisation may be applied in a general sense 2 INTRODUCTION .
... fauna " of the Carboniferous Period , or the " flora " of the Tertiary Epoch , or the fauna of the Chalk , or of any other set of beds . FOSSILISATION . Fossilisation may be applied in a general sense 2 INTRODUCTION .
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... beds of clay or sand will all be arranged in thicker or thinner layers or laminæ ; and if there are any beds of pebbles these will all be rounded or smooth , just like the water - worn pebbles of any brook - course . In all probability ...
... beds of clay or sand will all be arranged in thicker or thinner layers or laminæ ; and if there are any beds of pebbles these will all be rounded or smooth , just like the water - worn pebbles of any brook - course . In all probability ...
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... beds having these characters - composed , that is , of distinct layers , the particles of which , both large and small , show distinct traces of the wearing action of water - whenever and wherever we find such rocks , we are justified ...
... beds having these characters - composed , that is , of distinct layers , the particles of which , both large and small , show distinct traces of the wearing action of water - whenever and wherever we find such rocks , we are justified ...
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abundant allied ambulacral anchylosed animal aperture appear appendages articulated attained beak beds belong Birds Bivalves body bones bony Brachiopods calcareous calyx Cambrian Carboniferous Carboniferous Rocks Cephalopods Chalk characterised clavicles commence composed comprising consists coral Cretaceous Cretaceous period Crinoids Crustaceans deposits Devonian division dorsal Eocene Eocene Tertiary existing extinct feet fins fishes Foraminifera formation forms fossil Ganoids genera genus gills Graptolites horny Hydrozoa incisors integument Jurassic known Lastly latter less limbs Limestone living lower jaw Lower Silurian Mammals margin Mesozoic Miocene molars Mollusca mouth occur Oolites operculum pair Paleozoic pectoral Permian placed plants plates Pliocene Polyzoa possession Post-Pliocene Post-Tertiary posterior present day regarded remains represented Reptiles ribs Sandstone segments septa shell side Silurian Rocks single siphuncle skeleton sometimes spines strata structure sub-kingdom sub-order surface sutures tail teeth toes Trias Triassic tube Upper Cambrian Upper Silurian usually vertebræ whilst whorls Zoantharia
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