The Foot-prints of the Creator: Or, The Asterolepis of Stromness |
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STROMNESS AND ITS ASTEROLEPIS THE LAKE OF STENNIS | 25 |
THE RECENT HISTORY OF THE ASTEROLEPIS ITS FAMILY | 48 |
CEREBRAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE EARLIER VERTEBRATA ITS | 62 |
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Agassiz ages algæ ancient animals appear assertors Asterolepis bear belief bones Brachiopods brain Carboniferous cartilaginous centre cerebral character Coccosteus Coelacanth coprolites cranial buckler cranium creation creature Cuvier degradation deposits dermal detected development hypothesis Diplopterus Dipterus division dog-fish dynasty earth evidence exhibited existence fact fins flora formation fossil fucoids furnished Ganoids genera genus geological geologist head higher Holoptychius human hyoid plate ichthyic ichthyolites inches Lamarckian least lignite limbs Limestone Lower Old Red mammals ment Miller miracle molluscs nature occipital occur Oken Old Red Sandstone organization original osseous fishes Osteolepis peculiar period plants portion present principle Professor Owen Pterichthys quadruped race rays reader regarding remarkable represented reptiles resemblance rocks Roderick Murchison scale scientific shagreen Sharks Silurian Silurian system skeleton skull species specimens Spinax spines surface tail teeth Thurso tion upper vegetation vertebral vertebral column vertebrata Vestiges