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" Plesiosaurus that Cuvier asserts the structure to have been the most heteroclite, and its characters altogether the most monstrous that have been yet found amid the ruins of a former world. To the head of a lizard it united the teeth of a crocodile, a... "
Descriptive Catalogue of the Fossil Organic Remains of Reptilia and Pisces ... - Page 55
de Royal College of Surgeons of England. Museum - 1854 - 184 pages
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The Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffussion of Useful ..., Volume 18

1840 - 524 pages
...altogether the most monstrous that have been vet found amid the ruins of a former world. Totheheadof a lizard it united the teeth of a crocodile ; a neck...proportions of an ordinary quadruped, the ribs of a cameleon, and the paddles of a whale. Such are the strange combinations of form and structure in the...
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The Course of Creation

John Anderson - 1851 - 388 pages
...unparalleled, even amid the ruins of the old world. Here we have the union of the serpent and chameleon, with a trunk and tail having the proportions of an ordinary quadruped. The mechanism of the lungs and ribs is peculiar, showing that the animal must have breathed with such force...
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The Spirit Messenger: A Semi-monthly Magazine Devoted to Spiritual ..., Volume 1

1850 - 426 pages
...describing it, says : " To the head of a lizard it united the leeth of a crocodile ; a neck of .mormons length, resembling the body of a serpent ; a trunk...proportions of an ordinary quadruped ; the ribs of a camelon, and the paddle of a whale." Besides these animals we find the Pterodactyl*, half bird and...
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The National Cyclopaedia of Useful Knowledge, Volumes 9 à 10

1853 - 1036 pages
...been the most heteroclite, and its characters altogether the most monstrous that have been yet found amid the ruins of a former world. To the head of a...proportions of an ordinary quadruped, the ribs of a cameleon, and the paddles of a whale. Such are the strange combinations of form and structure in the...
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Literary Gem, Volume 1

1854 - 602 pages
...contrary, as its name denotes, partook more of the quadruped form. Dr. Bnckland in describing it, says: "To the head of a lizard it united the teeth of a...proportions of an ordinary quadruped; the ribs of a cameleon, and the paddles of a whale." Besides these animals we find the Pterodactyle, half bird and...
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Geology for Schools and Students: Or, Former Worlds, Their Structure ...

Frederick Collier Bakewell - 1854 - 170 pages
...united the teeth of a crocodile, a neck of enormous length resembling the body of a serpent, a body and tail having the proportions of an ordinary quadruped, the ribs of a cameleon, and the paddles of a whale. These creatures appear to have lived in shallow seas and estuaries....
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The Southern literary messenger, Volume 21

1855 - 804 pages
...been the most hétéroclite, and its character altogether the most monstrous, that have yet been found amid the ruins of a former world.* To the head of...Serpent ; a trunk and tail having the proportions ot an ordinary quadruped, the ribs of a Chameleon, and the paddles of a Whale. The most striking peculiarity...
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The National Magazine, Volume 9

Abel Stevens, James Floy - 1856 - 588 pages
...been the most hétéroclite, and its character altogether the most monstrous, that has yet been found amid the ruins of a former world. To the head of a...proportions of an ordinary quadruped ; the ribs of a THE PRE-ADAMITE WORLD, AND ITS INHABITANTS. chameleon, and the paddles of a whale ! The most striking...
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The National Magazine, Volume 9

Abel Stevens, James Floy - 1856 - 596 pages
...hétéroclite, and its character altogether the most monstrous, that has yet been found amid the rains of a former world. To the head of a lizard it united...serpent ; a trunk and tail having the proportions of 1 an ordinary quadruped ; the ribs of a 52 THE PRE-ADAMITE WORLD, AND ITS INHABITANTS. chameleon, and...
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Zoology: Being a Systematic Account of the General Structure ..., Volume 1

William Benjamin Carpenter - 1857 - 608 pages
...united the teeth of a Crocodile ; a neck of enormous length, resembling the body of a Serpent ; the trunk and tail having the proportions of an ordinary Quadruped ; the ribs resembling those of the Chameleon ; and the paddles being like those of the Whale. " Such," says Dr....
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