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Page 75
... whorl of slender processes or " tentacles , " in the centre of which is the mouth . The entire polypary , as above described , is " calcareous , dense , and ornamented . " In one living form only ( viz . , Bimeria ) is the polypary ...
... whorl of slender processes or " tentacles , " in the centre of which is the mouth . The entire polypary , as above described , is " calcareous , dense , and ornamented . " In one living form only ( viz . , Bimeria ) is the polypary ...
Page 118
... simply " rooted by a whorl of ter- Thomson ) . The joints of minal cirri in soft mud " ( Wyville the column are movably articulated to one another , the joint- surfaces often having a very elaborate structure , so that 118 ANNULOIDA .
... simply " rooted by a whorl of ter- Thomson ) . The joints of minal cirri in soft mud " ( Wyville the column are movably articulated to one another , the joint- surfaces often having a very elaborate structure , so that 118 ANNULOIDA .
Page 127
... whorls of side - arms , and the articulating surfaces of the joints are marked with pen- tapetalous ridges . The arms are long , slender , and branched . Amongst the best- known species are the Pentacrinus fascicu- losus of the Lias ...
... whorls of side - arms , and the articulating surfaces of the joints are marked with pen- tapetalous ridges . The arms are long , slender , and branched . Amongst the best- known species are the Pentacrinus fascicu- losus of the Lias ...
Page 202
... whorls of these spires are in turn furnished with minute calcareous spines , showing that the cirri of the arms Fig . 142. - Spirifera hysterica , Carboniferous . The right - hand figure shows the interior of the dorsal valve , with the ...
... whorls of these spires are in turn furnished with minute calcareous spines , showing that the cirri of the arms Fig . 142. - Spirifera hysterica , Carboniferous . The right - hand figure shows the interior of the dorsal valve , with the ...
Page 242
... whorls " -are hardly in contact with one another ( as in Vermetus ) . More commonly the whorls are in contact , and are so amalgamated that the inner side of each convolution is ... whorls above the body - whorl constitute the. 242 MOLLUSCA .
... whorls " -are hardly in contact with one another ( as in Vermetus ) . More commonly the whorls are in contact , and are so amalgamated that the inner side of each convolution is ... whorls above the body - whorl constitute the. 242 MOLLUSCA .
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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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