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... belong to certain genera , we may be sure that we are dealing with Lower Silurian Rocks . Furthermore , if certain special forms are present , we may be even able to say to what exact part or subdivision of the Lower Silurian series ...
... belong to certain genera , we may be sure that we are dealing with Lower Silurian Rocks . Furthermore , if certain special forms are present , we may be even able to say to what exact part or subdivision of the Lower Silurian series ...
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... belong to the same geological period , and to have been formed at the same time in the history of the earth . They would therefore be unhesitatingly regarded as " geological equivalents , " and would be classed as Silurian , Devonian ...
... belong to the same geological period , and to have been formed at the same time in the history of the earth . They would therefore be unhesitatingly regarded as " geological equivalents , " and would be classed as Silurian , Devonian ...
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... belong to the same geological period , but they would belong to different stages of the same period , and they would not be strictly contemporan- eous . For deposits of this nature , believed to hold this relation to each other , the ...
... belong to the same geological period , but they would belong to different stages of the same period , and they would not be strictly contemporan- eous . For deposits of this nature , believed to hold this relation to each other , the ...
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... belong to the same period , and may even be said to be related to one an- other , as far as the identical fossils are concerned , by lineal descent . Similar remarks might be made about the Devonian , Permian , Triassic , Jurassic ...
... belong to the same period , and may even be said to be related to one an- other , as far as the identical fossils are concerned , by lineal descent . Similar remarks might be made about the Devonian , Permian , Triassic , Jurassic ...
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... belong- ing to every period of the earth's history , there would still be enormous deficiencies in the palæontological record , owing to the differences in the facility with which different animals may be preserved as fossils . This ...
... belong- ing to every period of the earth's history , there would still be enormous deficiencies in the palæontological record , owing to the differences in the facility with which different animals may be preserved as fossils . This ...
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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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