The Geographical Distribution of Animals: With a Study of the Relations of Living and Extinct Faunas as Elucidating the Past Changes of the Earth's Surface, 1. köideHafner Publishing Company, 1962 |
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Page 125
... remains of bats have been found , so closely resembling living forms as to be referred to the genus Vespertilio . Carnivora . - The only feline remains , are those of Hyanodon in the Upper Eocene of Hampshire , and Pterodon , an allied ...
... remains of bats have been found , so closely resembling living forms as to be referred to the genus Vespertilio . Carnivora . - The only feline remains , are those of Hyanodon in the Upper Eocene of Hampshire , and Pterodon , an allied ...
Page 140
... remains associated with these are doubtfully referred to the Seal family ( Phocida ) among the Carnivora . Edentata . Till quite recently no remains of this order have occurred in any North American deposits below the Post - Plio- cene ...
... remains associated with these are doubtfully referred to the Seal family ( Phocida ) among the Carnivora . Edentata . Till quite recently no remains of this order have occurred in any North American deposits below the Post - Plio- cene ...
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... remains belong to aquatic or wading types , and as these have now often a world - wide range , the occurrence of extinct forms can have little bearing on our present inquiry . There are , however , a few interesting cases of extinct ...
... remains belong to aquatic or wading types , and as these have now often a world - wide range , the occurrence of extinct forms can have little bearing on our present inquiry . There are , however , a few interesting cases of extinct ...
Contents
CHAPTER II | 10 |
Means of Dispersal of Mammalia p 10Climate as a Limit to the Range | 17 |
CHAPTER III | 35 |
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