The Primaeval World of Switzerland Volume 2 - Couverture souple

Heer, Oswald; Heywood, James

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1177182475 ISBN 13 : 9781177182478

Editeur : Nabu Press, 2010

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Swiss Miocene localities which have furnished plants of thatperiod. Hence the Swiss Miocene fauna occupied the same area with the Miocene flora of Switzerland. No remains of either Annelida or Infusoria have been found; but vertebrated animals and insects have supplied so many species that the leading characteristics of animal life are well represented. The principal animals of the Swiss Miocene fauna may be thus described :1. MOLLUSCA. All the univalve Mollusca which inhabited the Swiss Miocene forests, and the Bivalves which peopled the brooks and lakes, belong to living genera, the species, however, are almost entirely extinct; and their nearest allies are no longer inhabitants of Switzerland. Snails (H elix) formed, as at present, the most numerous genus; but none of the species attained the size of the common Swiss vineyard-snail (H elix pomatia, Linn.). One of the most abundant species of the Swiss Lower Miocene (H elix Ramondi, Br., fig. 201) is nearly related to a species (H. BowVOL.
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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Nabu Press
• Date d'édition: 2010
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1177182475
• ISBN 13: 9781177182478
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 348
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