The New Encyclopædia Britannica: In 32 Volumes. A-ak - Bayes, Volume 1Philip W. Goetz, Dale H. Hoiberg, Robert MacHenry Encyclopædia Britannica, 1992 - 32 pages |
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Page 40
... Fossil only ; 1 species ; Upper Cretaceous of Alabama . Suborder Phoenicopteri + Family Torotigidae Fossil only ; 3 monotypic genera ; Cretaceous of western Eu- rope and western North America . + Family Scaniornithidae Fossil only ; 1 ...
... Fossil only ; 1 species ; Upper Cretaceous of Alabama . Suborder Phoenicopteri + Family Torotigidae Fossil only ; 3 monotypic genera ; Cretaceous of western Eu- rope and western North America . + Family Scaniornithidae Fossil only ; 1 ...
Page 54
... fossil record . Similar to button quails , but differs in the following details : hal- lux present ; two carotid arteries ; wing diastataxic ; eggs pointed . One species , confined to dry plains of Australia ; body length about 16 cm ...
... fossil record . Similar to button quails , but differs in the following details : hal- lux present ; two carotid arteries ; wing diastataxic ; eggs pointed . One species , confined to dry plains of Australia ; body length about 16 cm ...
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... fossil record of bryophytes is poor . Some fossils , however , show a morphology , size , and cellular detail that characterize bryophytes , and the specimens are treated as fossil bryophytes . Since sex organs and attached sporo ...
... fossil record of bryophytes is poor . Some fossils , however , show a morphology , size , and cellular detail that characterize bryophytes , and the specimens are treated as fossil bryophytes . Since sex organs and attached sporo ...
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