Palaeontology, Band 6Psychology Press, 2003 - 420 Seiten Owen was the founder of the Natural History Museum, bringing the collections over from the British Museum. Although he was a supporter of evolutionary theory, he was reluctant to accept Darwin's version of evolution. This volume examines fossil evidence for change in species over time. |
Inhalt
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
KINGDOM ANIMALIA | 17 |
PROVINCE MOLLUSCA | 48 |
Order Pulmonifera | 80 |
PROVINCE VERTEBRATA | 88 |
Family Cestraciontidae | 106 |
Order Holocephali | 116 |
SubOrder Lepidoganoidei | 129 |
Dinosauria | 257 |
Tubkingdom | 264 |
Crocodilia | 271 |
Lacertilia | 278 |
Composition of Bones | 296 |
96 | 327 |
Xiphodon | 337 |
Dinotherium | 352 |
Pycnodus | 142 |
Order Anacanthini | 149 |
CLASS REPTILIA | 168 |
Hypothesis of Lamarck 404 | 170 |
Metopias | 196 |
Sauropterygia | 206 |
Tanystrophæus | 220 |
Pliosaurus | 232 |
Family Cryptodontia | 238 |
Pterosauria | 244 |
Elephas | 360 |
Teeth of Carnivora | 383 |
Geographical Distribution of Pleistocene Mammalia | 387 |
Macropus | 394 |
141 | 396 |
Summary of Succession and Geological Relations of Mam | 407 |
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