Smith, Hamilton Lanphere, 1819-1903. [from old catalog] · Cleveland, M. C. Younglove and company · leaf 319
itic formations an entirely new race of plants covered the earth.The ferns, which formerly constituted two-thirds of the entirespecies known, were greatly diminished, and the calamites andpalms all disappear. Coniferous plants were still very common,but of different species from those of the… … the oolitic period. During this Age of Reptiles, as it has beentermed, one of the most marvellous beings, and which for alongtime caused no little speculation and discussion among philoso-phers, flourished in considerable numbers. It has been termedthe Pterodactyle, or wing-toed animal. (See next…
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