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... possession of a peculiar and characteristic assemblage of fossils , constituting , or rather representing , the " life " of the " period " in which the formation was deposited . The older geologists held , what probably every one would ...
... possession of a peculiar and characteristic assemblage of fossils , constituting , or rather representing , the " life " of the " period " in which the formation was deposited . The older geologists held , what probably every one would ...
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... possession of a very widely spread and easily recognised formation , known as the Nummulitic Limestone , from the occurrence in it of a large coin - shaped Foraminifer , the Nummulite ( fig . 13 ) . Num- mulites attain a size of as much ...
... possession of a very widely spread and easily recognised formation , known as the Nummulitic Limestone , from the occurrence in it of a large coin - shaped Foraminifer , the Nummulite ( fig . 13 ) . Num- mulites attain a size of as much ...
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... possession of a stony reticulate skeleton without spicula . They consist of a pear - shaped mass , supported. Fig . 16. - Section of Astylospongia præmorsa , a lower Silurian Sponge ( after Roemer ) . Fig . 17. - Siphonia ficus , a ...
... possession of a stony reticulate skeleton without spicula . They consist of a pear - shaped mass , supported. Fig . 16. - Section of Astylospongia præmorsa , a lower Silurian Sponge ( after Roemer ) . Fig . 17. - Siphonia ficus , a ...
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... possession of a compound polypary , consisting of a tubular chitinous investment enclosing the coenosarc , giving origin to numerous cup - like " cellules " or " hydrothecæ , " each of which protected a polypite . The polypary was free ...
... possession of a compound polypary , consisting of a tubular chitinous investment enclosing the coenosarc , giving origin to numerous cup - like " cellules " or " hydrothecæ , " each of which protected a polypite . The polypary was free ...
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... possession in most cases of well- developed septa , implying , of course , the existence in the living animal of mesenteries , structures which are wholly wanting in the Hydrozoa . Coral . Devonian . As regards the distribution in time ...
... possession in most cases of well- developed septa , implying , of course , the existence in the living animal of mesenteries , structures which are wholly wanting in the Hydrozoa . Coral . Devonian . As regards the distribution in time ...
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