Petrifactions and Their Teachings; Or, A Hand-book to the Gallery of Organic Remains of the British MuseumBohn, 1851 - 496 pages |
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Page 76
... tibia , or leg - bone , in this collection is one of the largest known , and indicates a bird eleven or twelve feet high . C. [ 3. ] On one of the shelves is placed the anterior portion of the upper and lower jaws , with teeth , of an ...
... tibia , or leg - bone , in this collection is one of the largest known , and indicates a bird eleven or twelve feet high . C. [ 3. ] On one of the shelves is placed the anterior portion of the upper and lower jaws , with teeth , of an ...
Page 79
... tibia , and fibula of the same young individual of one of the most gigantic species of Moa . The bones of the hind limbs in this case belong to several species of birds , and are in a remarkably perfect state . 16. Contains the only ...
... tibia , and fibula of the same young individual of one of the most gigantic species of Moa . The bones of the hind limbs in this case belong to several species of birds , and are in a remarkably perfect state . 16. Contains the only ...
Page 103
... tibia , and fibula , ( in Table - case 15 ) were lying in their natural connexion , the leg slightly bent at the knee : a chain of vertebræ of corresponding size was discovered near them , and I doubt not the whole belonged to the same ...
... tibia , and fibula , ( in Table - case 15 ) were lying in their natural connexion , the leg slightly bent at the knee : a chain of vertebræ of corresponding size was discovered near them , and I doubt not the whole belonged to the same ...
Page 112
... tibia and fibula : in Case 15. - To the genus Dinornis many of the vertebræ , ribs , bones of the pelvis and hinder ex- tremities , and portions of sterni in Wall - Cases B & C , and in the Table - Cases 15 , 16 , and 17 , belong . In ...
... tibia and fibula : in Case 15. - To the genus Dinornis many of the vertebræ , ribs , bones of the pelvis and hinder ex- tremities , and portions of sterni in Wall - Cases B & C , and in the Table - Cases 15 , 16 , and 17 , belong . In ...
Page 113
... tibia , they are of gigantic proportions . The femur is fourteen inches long , and nine inches in circumference ; the tibia , thirty inches in length , six inches round the shaft , and fourteen inches in circum- ference at the distal ...
... tibia , they are of gigantic proportions . The femur is fourteen inches long , and nine inches in circumference ; the tibia , thirty inches in length , six inches round the shaft , and fourteen inches in circum- ference at the distal ...
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