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, 2. köideHarper and Brothers, 1876 |
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Page 15
... marine except in the great rivers of South America , where many species are found , belonging to two genera . Of the extensive family Siluridæ , three sub - families Silurida anomalo- pteræ , S. olisthopteræ , and S. branchiolæ , are ...
... marine except in the great rivers of South America , where many species are found , belonging to two genera . Of the extensive family Siluridæ , three sub - families Silurida anomalo- pteræ , S. olisthopteræ , and S. branchiolæ , are ...
Page 20
... Marine Shells . - We go out of our usual course to say a few words about the marine shells of this region , because their distribution on the two sides of the continent is important , as an indication of the former separation of North ...
... Marine Shells . - We go out of our usual course to say a few words about the marine shells of this region , because their distribution on the two sides of the continent is important , as an indication of the former separation of North ...
Page 32
... marine , lizard ; both are of large size and very abundant on all the islands ; and they are quite distinct from any of the very numerous genera of Iguanidæ , spread all over the American continent . The last reptile is a land tortoise ...
... marine , lizard ; both are of large size and very abundant on all the islands ; and they are quite distinct from any of the very numerous genera of Iguanidæ , spread all over the American continent . The last reptile is a land tortoise ...
Page 79
... marine limestone from 2,000 to 3,000 thick , believed to be of Pliocene age . After some time , the land between Hayti and South America subsided , and still later that between Central America and Cuba with Jamaica ; but a large tract ...
... marine limestone from 2,000 to 3,000 thick , believed to be of Pliocene age . After some time , the land between Hayti and South America subsided , and still later that between Central America and Cuba with Jamaica ; but a large tract ...
Page 89
... Marine Oriental , Ethiopian Nearctic , Palearctic Ethiopian , Australian , Java All continents but Australia All regions but Palearctic Palearctic , New Zealand All regions but Oriental Australia All regions but Ethiopian All the ...
... Marine Oriental , Ethiopian Nearctic , Palearctic Ethiopian , Australian , Java All continents but Australia All regions but Palearctic Palearctic , New Zealand All regions but Oriental Australia All regions but Ethiopian All the ...
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