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. köideHarper and brothers, 1876 |
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... Miocene Period ( p . 114 ) -Extinct Animals of Greece ( p . 115 ) -Miocene Fauna of Central and Western Europe ( p . 117 ) -Upper Miocene Deposits of India ( p . 121 ) -General Observations on the Miocene Faunas of Europe and Asia ( p ...
... Miocene Period ( p . 114 ) -Extinct Animals of Greece ( p . 115 ) -Miocene Fauna of Central and Western Europe ( p . 117 ) -Upper Miocene Deposits of India ( p . 121 ) -General Observations on the Miocene Faunas of Europe and Asia ( p ...
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... Miocene period , however , are found to be largely identical with those of the Pacific coast . The fishes of the Atlantic and Pacific shores of America are as a rule very distinct ; but Dr. Günther has recently shown that a considerable ...
... Miocene period , however , are found to be largely identical with those of the Pacific coast . The fishes of the Atlantic and Pacific shores of America are as a rule very distinct ; but Dr. Günther has recently shown that a considerable ...
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... Miocene period indicate that the climate of Central Europe was decidedly warmer or more equa- ble than it is now ; since the flora closely resembled that of the Southern United States , with a likeness also to that of Eastern Asia and ...
... Miocene period indicate that the climate of Central Europe was decidedly warmer or more equa- ble than it is now ; since the flora closely resembled that of the Southern United States , with a likeness also to that of Eastern Asia and ...
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... Miocene period and a gradual refrigeration from that time , it is evident that with each degree of change more and more hardy plants would be successively driven southwards ; till at last the plains of the temperate zone would be ...
... Miocene period and a gradual refrigeration from that time , it is evident that with each degree of change more and more hardy plants would be successively driven southwards ; till at last the plains of the temperate zone would be ...
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... Miocene or Pliocene times , the fact is one of great interest , and enables us to speculate with some degree of probability as to the causes that have brought about the present state of things ; but it is not a reason for uniting these ...
... Miocene or Pliocene times , the fact is one of great interest , and enables us to speculate with some degree of probability as to the causes that have brought about the present state of things ; but it is not a reason for uniting these ...
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