Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of PhiladelphiaAcademy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1883 "Publications of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia": v. 53, 1901, p. 788-794. |
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... belong the outcrops on Meadow Run , on both sides of Darby Creek , near Moro Phillips ' chrome - mine , in Radnor Town- ship ; thence southwestwardly continuously through Newtown and Marple Townships . In this belt there is one rock ...
... belong the outcrops on Meadow Run , on both sides of Darby Creek , near Moro Phillips ' chrome - mine , in Radnor Town- ship ; thence southwestwardly continuously through Newtown and Marple Townships . In this belt there is one rock ...
Page 95
... belong to it , and these fall into two families , which are defined as below . They conform to the definitions of the order , in possess- ing an alternating arrangement of the carpal bones , and a third trochanter of the femur . The ...
... belong to it , and these fall into two families , which are defined as below . They conform to the definitions of the order , in possess- ing an alternating arrangement of the carpal bones , and a third trochanter of the femur . The ...
Page 157
... belong very nearly , if not absolutely , to the same geological horizon . On the other hand , of the South Carolina forms at most only 43 ( or 42 per cent . ) are indicated as being found in Virginia , and a still smaller number , 34 ...
... belong very nearly , if not absolutely , to the same geological horizon . On the other hand , of the South Carolina forms at most only 43 ( or 42 per cent . ) are indicated as being found in Virginia , and a still smaller number , 34 ...
Page 174
... belong to the deposits of the " newer " group , which comprise in all about 78 species ; the percentage of forms common to the two formations - 25 - is thus considerably above that which was found to obtain when the State formation was ...
... belong to the deposits of the " newer " group , which comprise in all about 78 species ; the percentage of forms common to the two formations - 25 - is thus considerably above that which was found to obtain when the State formation was ...
Page 176
... belong to the " newer " group , and none to the " older . " They are as follows : Columbella avara . Fulgur carica . 66 canaliculata . Urosalpinx cinerea . Dentalium attenuatum Nassa trivittata . 66 obsoleta . Natica duplicata . = - D ...
... belong to the " newer " group , and none to the " older . " They are as follows : Columbella avara . Fulgur carica . 66 canaliculata . Urosalpinx cinerea . Dentalium attenuatum Nassa trivittata . 66 obsoleta . Natica duplicata . = - D ...
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Academy Ammonites antennæ appears Arango arises base beds Biceps bone border brachial branch breviter brownish calyx cent character Chester Columna interna Conrad crenulata cretaceous crystals deposits described diam diameter Digitorum distal distinct Division dopplerite dorsal eocene eurite Extensor F. V. Hayden fascia fauna fibres Flexor forms fossil Gabb genera genus geological gneiss green head Heilprin hornblende humerus I. V. Williamson Fund inch inserted jaunes LEIDY length locality Longitudo testæ lower magnetite male flowers margin Maryland median MEEHAN mica mill mineral miocene molars muscle Nearctic nerve nerve-supply nest North Nummulites oblique occur Odontomyia outcrop Palearctic peritrema persons present pinnules plates Pleuræ pliocene portion posterior premolar Procyon Prof quartz recent represented rocks Scalaria schists Scutellum serpentine slip Society South Carolina species specimens surface tendon tertiary thorax tibiæ tourmalines transverse tree truncata ulna Underbasals upper veins Virginia yellow yellowish
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Page 378 - On the relation of the so-called "kames" of the Connecticut River valley to the terrace formation. Ibid., vol. 22, pp. 451-468. 1882. The flood of the Connecticut River valley from the melting of the Quaternary glacier.
Page 264 - orange-ant feeders' are provided with pig or goat bladders, which are baitedinside with lard. The orifices of these they apply to the entrance of nests, when the ants enter the bags and become a marketable commodity at the orangeries.
Page 116 - It was one of the most ancient as well as one of the most interesting places in sacred record.
Page 14 - The surface is irregular, occasionally rising into rounded lobes ; the efferent canals are deeply channeled in the upper surface of the sponge, five or six sometimes converging to a common orifice. The statospheres are numerous — rather small.
Page 317 - Palaearctic or of the Neotropical regions. Professor Huxley and Mr. Blyth advocate the former course ; Mr. Andrew Murray (for mammalia) and Professor Newton (for birds) think the latter would be more natural. No doubt much is to be said for both views...
Page 346 - Origin of sedias to whether they were originally deposited as such, or in some other tit(?s- — form, and afterwards altered to magnetite. It seems possible that, in some cases, beds may have been formed by the accumulation of iron sands, just as they are forming in the Gulf of St. Lawrence to-day, the material being derived from the disintegration of pre-existing crystalline rocks.
Page 207 - Margaritella, and the sub-genus Anchura, of the genus Aporrhais, are all recognized as strictly characteristic of the cretaceous; so much so, that the presence of a single undoubted representative of either of these genera would be strong presumptive evidence of the cretaceous age of any rocks in which it might be found.
Page 197 - HEILPRIN. The controversy which for a long time was maintained between Conrad and Gabb as to the age of the Tejon rocks of California, referred by the former to the eocene series, and by the latter considered to represent the uppermost member of the cretaceous (Division B of the California Report), can scarcely be considered to have settled the question at issue.
Page 382 - Observations on the fauna of Norfolk, and more particularly on the district of the Broads.
Page 110 - Wilcox found the parasites in four out of six birds examined. In the present specimen of a head a single worm is enclosed between the two laminae of the dura mater over the position of the interval of the cerebrum and cerebellum. As the parasite appears not to have been named, it was suggested that the name of its discoverer should be associated with it under the name Filaria wymani.