The Year-book of Facts in Science and ArtCharles W. Vincent, James Mason Simpkin, Marshall, and Company, 1844 |
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... , moreover , that the dawn of organic nature , co - existent with us , reaches farther back into the history of the earth than had hitherto appeared . GEOLOGICAL POSITION OF THE MASTODON GIGANTEUM IN THE UNITED STATES GEOLOGY . 265.
... , moreover , that the dawn of organic nature , co - existent with us , reaches farther back into the history of the earth than had hitherto appeared . GEOLOGICAL POSITION OF THE MASTODON GIGANTEUM IN THE UNITED STATES GEOLOGY . 265.
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... Mastodons , agree with species of Mollusca now inhabiting the same regions . 3. Under similar circumstances Mr. Darwin found the Mastodon and horse in Entre Rios , near the Plata , and the Megatherium Mega- lonyx and Mylodon , together ...
... Mastodons , agree with species of Mollusca now inhabiting the same regions . 3. Under similar circumstances Mr. Darwin found the Mastodon and horse in Entre Rios , near the Plata , and the Megatherium Mega- lonyx and Mylodon , together ...
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... Mastodon lived , the gigantic quadruped whose bones are found in the soil in various parts of North America . Near Goat Island , which is close to the Falls of Niagara , and at the Whirlpool , which is four miles further down , Mr ...
... Mastodon lived , the gigantic quadruped whose bones are found in the soil in various parts of North America . Near Goat Island , which is close to the Falls of Niagara , and at the Whirlpool , which is four miles further down , Mr ...
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... mastodon found in Suffolk and Yorkshire were undoubtedly identical with those of the miocene beds of France , thus making but one European species , the Mastodon angustidens . Bones of an extinct species of rhinoceros had been found in ...
... mastodon found in Suffolk and Yorkshire were undoubtedly identical with those of the miocene beds of France , thus making but one European species , the Mastodon angustidens . Bones of an extinct species of rhinoceros had been found in ...
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... Mastodon . The invertebrata of the deposit have been examined by M. Alexander Braun , and have been found to comprise 450 species , 303 of which are mollusca , and 103 shells , of which , ten species only were identical with living ...
... Mastodon . The invertebrata of the deposit have been examined by M. Alexander Braun , and have been found to comprise 450 species , 303 of which are mollusca , and 103 shells , of which , ten species only were identical with living ...
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