The Quarterly Review, 89. köideWilliam Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) John Murray, 1851 |
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Page 422
... existing seas , he deems that the causes of such scarcity or absence may explain the non - discovery hitherto of cetacea in the lowest Silurian strata . — If , notwithstanding the vast numbers of fossil fishes that have been discovered ...
... existing seas , he deems that the causes of such scarcity or absence may explain the non - discovery hitherto of cetacea in the lowest Silurian strata . — If , notwithstanding the vast numbers of fossil fishes that have been discovered ...
Page 448
... existing species may be referred , and in respect to which type they offer different degrees of departure . Thus the typical number of the toes in the mammalia is assumed to be five . The typical number of molar teeth 28 , of which are ...
... existing species may be referred , and in respect to which type they offer different degrees of departure . Thus the typical number of the toes in the mammalia is assumed to be five . The typical number of molar teeth 28 , of which are ...
Page 449
... existing tapir ; it has a closer one with the existing horse— but there is a wide interval between them . Compared with any known species of the genus Equus , the Palæotherium adheres much closer to the common Mammalian type , not only ...
... existing tapir ; it has a closer one with the existing horse— but there is a wide interval between them . Compared with any known species of the genus Equus , the Palæotherium adheres much closer to the common Mammalian type , not only ...
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Memoirs of the Dukes of Urbino illustrating the Arms | 97 |
The Correspondence of Horace Walpole Earl of Orford | 135 |
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