The National Geographic Magazine, Volume 109National Geographic Society, 1956 - Geography |
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Page 365
... fossil palms arranged in trays according to geological age and location . Even with the tip missing , the Colorado leaf was clearly elliptical ( opposite ) . The other palm leaves were fan - shaped . Many samples came from the ...
... fossil palms arranged in trays according to geological age and location . Even with the tip missing , the Colorado leaf was clearly elliptical ( opposite ) . The other palm leaves were fan - shaped . Many samples came from the ...
Page 373
... Fossil Pearls Like Musket Balls What does this fossil record include ? Everything from dinosaur bones to the molds of nearly formless jellyfish , from bacteria to the trunks of forest giants ; occasionally the nearly complete remains of ...
... Fossil Pearls Like Musket Balls What does this fossil record include ? Everything from dinosaur bones to the molds of nearly formless jellyfish , from bacteria to the trunks of forest giants ; occasionally the nearly complete remains of ...
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... Fossils Gleam in Rainbow Hues The useful fossil also can be a thing of beauty . The geologist numbers among his most valuable signposts the highly ornamental ammonites . These iridescent ancestors of the poet's " ship of pearl , " or ...
... Fossils Gleam in Rainbow Hues The useful fossil also can be a thing of beauty . The geologist numbers among his most valuable signposts the highly ornamental ammonites . These iridescent ancestors of the poet's " ship of pearl , " or ...
Contents
Airplanes New Industry and Military Defense Speed Progress | v |
In These Telltale and Often Beautiful Relics of Vanished | xviii |
Athens to Istanbul A Journey Through the Heart of the | 37 |
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