Petrifactions and Their Teachings; Or, A Hand-book to the Gallery of Organic Remains of the British Museum |
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Page 111
... arch . The tympanic bone has two distinct cusps for articulation with the double condyle of the os quadratum . In no bird is the extent of surface for the attachment of muscles at the back of the head so great , or so strongly marked by ...
... arch . The tympanic bone has two distinct cusps for articulation with the double condyle of the os quadratum . In no bird is the extent of surface for the attachment of muscles at the back of the head so great , or so strongly marked by ...
Page 152
... arches , and of the paddles , are often found detached , and occasionally in connexion with the carapace . CHELONIANS . - Wall - cases A - B. - The fossil Turtles in this 1 At the head of British Chelonia ( Brit . Rep . p . 190 ) ...
... arches , and of the paddles , are often found detached , and occasionally in connexion with the carapace . CHELONIANS . - Wall - cases A - B. - The fossil Turtles in this 1 At the head of British Chelonia ( Brit . Rep . p . 190 ) ...
Page 155
... arch , which are referable to three distinct groups of Chelonians . CHELONIA Bellii .- ( " Medals of Creation , " p . 776 ) —Ribs and portions of the marginal border of the carapace , and plates of the plastron , with a smooth outer ...
... arch , which are referable to three distinct groups of Chelonians . CHELONIA Bellii .- ( " Medals of Creation , " p . 776 ) —Ribs and portions of the marginal border of the carapace , and plates of the plastron , with a smooth outer ...
Page 163
... arch , which is composed of two processes ( Lign . 35 , b . ) , arising from each side of the body , or centrum ( Lign . 35 , a . ) , with which they are connected by suture , and these unite above into a solid piece , termed the spinal ...
... arch , which is composed of two processes ( Lign . 35 , b . ) , arising from each side of the body , or centrum ( Lign . 35 , a . ) , with which they are connected by suture , and these unite above into a solid piece , termed the spinal ...
Page 166
... arch that sustains the weight of the body on the hinder extremities , is formed in existing Saurians of two vertebræ , the bodies of which are coalesced ; and the posterior extremity of the distal vertebra instead of having a ball or ...
... arch that sustains the weight of the body on the hinder extremities , is formed in existing Saurians of two vertebræ , the bodies of which are coalesced ; and the posterior extremity of the distal vertebra instead of having a ball or ...
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