Hardwicke's Science-gossip: An Illustrated Medium of Interchange and Gossip for Students and Lovers of Nature, 13. köideMordecai Cubitt Cooke, John Eller Taylor Robert Hardwicke, 1877 |
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... fish and their fossil affinities ; then , briefly passing in review the distribution of the various families in ... fish , namely , the Dipnoi " double breathers , " and are popularly known as the mud - fishes . These paradoxical ...
... fish and their fossil affinities ; then , briefly passing in review the distribution of the various families in ... fish , namely , the Dipnoi " double breathers , " and are popularly known as the mud - fishes . These paradoxical ...
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... fishes known as Placoderms , for a most remarkable fossil fish has recently been discovered in America , the dentition of which is almost exactly like that of Lepidosiren , except that it is about one hundred times greater . The genus ...
... fishes known as Placoderms , for a most remarkable fossil fish has recently been discovered in America , the dentition of which is almost exactly like that of Lepidosiren , except that it is about one hundred times greater . The genus ...
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... fishes are horny or chitonous , while the fossil cone teeth are calcareous ; but this applies with equal force to the theory that they are the teeth of mollusks , as the modern shell - fish have siliceous teeth . The piscine derivation ...
... fishes are horny or chitonous , while the fossil cone teeth are calcareous ; but this applies with equal force to the theory that they are the teeth of mollusks , as the modern shell - fish have siliceous teeth . The piscine derivation ...
Contents
HALFHOURS AT THE SEASIDE or Recreations with Marine Objects | 45 |
THE AQUARIUM its Inhabitants Structure and Management Illustrated | 186 |
NOTES ON COLLECTING AND PRESERVING NATURAL HISTORY OBJECTS | 211 |
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