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... Devonian system . The vertebrata consist of FISHES of the genus Pteraspis . They are few in number ( 11 species only having yet been found in British rocks ) , small in size , and of the lowest order . They are all cartila- ginous ...
... Devonian system . The vertebrata consist of FISHES of the genus Pteraspis . They are few in number ( 11 species only having yet been found in British rocks ) , small in size , and of the lowest order . They are all cartila- ginous ...
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... Devonian strata of Nova Scotia . To such an extent , indeed , did land - plants abound in the Devonian age , that in some localities , as at Point Gaspè , in Canada , thin seams of bituminous coal have been discovered . Perhaps the most ...
... Devonian strata of Nova Scotia . To such an extent , indeed , did land - plants abound in the Devonian age , that in some localities , as at Point Gaspè , in Canada , thin seams of bituminous coal have been discovered . Perhaps the most ...
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... Devonian rocks amounted to only 300 ; but the number has since been greatly increased . In the Rhenish and Belgian rocks alone , 450 species have been discovered ; while the total number of species known in 1867 was 532. The minerals of ...
... Devonian rocks amounted to only 300 ; but the number has since been greatly increased . In the Rhenish and Belgian rocks alone , 450 species have been discovered ; while the total number of species known in 1867 was 532. The minerals of ...
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... Devonian or Old Red , from which it is separated by the Carboniferous system . It consists of two formations in England - Red Sandstone and Mag- nesian Limestone - but of three in Central Russia . The organic remains are neither ...
... Devonian or Old Red , from which it is separated by the Carboniferous system . It consists of two formations in England - Red Sandstone and Mag- nesian Limestone - but of three in Central Russia . The organic remains are neither ...
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... DEVONIAN . Middle Lower PLACOID FISHES . Upper SILURIAN . Lower LAND - PLANTS . TRILOBITES . MOLLUSCS . ECHINODERMATA . CAMBRIAN . LAURENTIAN . METAMORPHIC . MICA SCHIST GNEISS IGNEOUS . GRANITE TRILOBITES , MOLLUSCS . MARINE PLANTS ...
... DEVONIAN . Middle Lower PLACOID FISHES . Upper SILURIAN . Lower LAND - PLANTS . TRILOBITES . MOLLUSCS . ECHINODERMATA . CAMBRIAN . LAURENTIAN . METAMORPHIC . MICA SCHIST GNEISS IGNEOUS . GRANITE TRILOBITES , MOLLUSCS . MARINE PLANTS ...
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