 | Geological Society of London - 1824 - 660 pages
...particulars may lead concerning the habits of this singular animal. That it was aquatic is evident from the form of its paddles ; that it was marine is almost...been very awkward on land ; its long neck must have tracted this view, having. learnt that when the specimen referred to was found, the bones in question... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - 1826 - 644 pages
...and turtle — the latter it must have resembled in its motion. ' That it was aquatic is evident from the form of its paddles ; that it was marine is almost...however, must have been very awkward on land ; its Jong neck must have impeded its progress through the water, presenting a striking contrast to the organization... | |
 | Andrew Ure - 1829 - 704 pages
...was the sea, may be equally inferred from the remains with which it is universally associated ; and that it may have occasionally visited the shore, the...of the turtle may lead us to conjecture. Its motion on land, however, must have been very awkward. Its long neck would impede its progress through water... | |
 | John Claudius Loudon, Edward Charlesworth, John Denson - 1830 - 598 pages
...we cannot forbear quoting this accomplished naturalist : — " That it was aquatic, is evident from the form of its paddles ; that it was marine, is almost...however, must have been very awkward on land; its long peck must have impeded its progress through the water ; presenting a striking contrast to the organisation... | |
 | John Claudius Loudon, Edward Charlesworth, John Denson - 1830 - 612 pages
...we cannot forbear quoting this accomplished naturalist : — " That it was aquatic, is evident from the form of its paddles ; that it was marine, is almost...which it is universally associated ; that it may have occaRionally visited the shore, the resemblance of its extremities to those of the turtle may lend... | |
 | Sir Daniel Keyte Sandford - 1837 - 528 pages
...says, that it was e^nntic ie *? vident from the form nf its paddles ; that it was гваппе, i* almost equally so, from the remains with which it...associated; that it may have occasionally visited thr* chore, tbe resemblance of its extremities to thnie of the turtle« may lend us tn conjecture;... | |
 | William Buckland - 1837 - 476 pages
...with respect to the habits of the Plesiosaurus Dolichodeirus, "Thit it was aquatic is evident, from the form of its paddles ; that it was marine is almost equally so, rom the remains with which it is universally assoc ated ; tha' it may have occasionally visited the... | |
 | 1848 - 620 pages
...living habits of this most heteroclite of animal forms : — ' That it was aquatic is evident from the form of its paddles ; that it was marine is almost...conjecture, its motion, however, must have been very awkward cri land; its long neck must have impeded its progress through the water ; presenting a striking contrast... | |
 | 1830 - 596 pages
...we cannot forbear quoting this accomplished naturalist : — " That it was aquatic, is evident from the form of its paddles ; that it was marine, is almost...motion, however, must have been very awkward on land; Us long neck must have impeded its progress through the water ; presenting a striking contrast to the... | |
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That it was aquatic, is evident from the form of its paddles ; that it was marine, is almost equally so, from the remains with which it is universally associated; that it may have occasionally Visited the shore, the resemblance of its extremities to those... 
