Smith, Hamilton Lanphere, 1819-1903. [from old catalog] · Cleveland, M. C. Younglove and company · leaf 316
o the growth of corals, we find but few traces of theseanimals, but on the contrary the crinoidea, already alluded to,were developed in singular and beautiful forms, and also verypeculiar forms of the cephalapodic group. Among the marinereptiles of the epoch we are now considering, two are… … dile, a neck of enormous length like the body of a serpent, and aback and tail having the proportions of an ordinary quadruped.It is furnished with four paddles, and is supposed to have inhabi-ted the shallow waters; darting by means of its long neck, sud-denly at the fish which came near it. The…
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