Smith, Hamilton Lanphere, 1819-1903. [from old catalog] · Cleveland, M. C. Younglove and company · leaf 307
hroughout the whole world, in this immense de-posit called the Cambrian, (page 191), has the least fragmentbeen found referable to a fish; nor any traces of aquatic plants,except a few sea-weeds; nor vertebrated animals* It is thereforepretty evident, that at this time, either they did not exist,… … and termed by Mr. Murchison, who has investigated with greatcare, this series of rocks, graptoliUs, from the peculiar markingsof the stone; these were probably formed by an assemblage of avast number of individual polypes, each having a separate exis-tence, but yet connected with the general mass,…
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