Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation

admitted advance affinity Agassiz America amongst animal kingdom Annelides appear aquatic batrachia become belemnite birds body Brachiopods brain called carboniferous carnivorous cephalopoda character civilization connexion constitution creation creatures cretaceous Crinoidea crustacea Devonian dicotyledons distinct early earth embryo eocene example existence external fact faculties favour feet fishes formation fossil gasteropods genera genus geological globe grade habits herbivorous higher human Ichthyosaur idea inferior Infusoria insects instances invertebrate kind language larvæ less living Lower Silurian mammalia manner marine marsupials matter mental mind mollusks naturalists nature observed oolite organic origin Paleozoic peculiar phenomena plants portion present principle produced race regard regions remarkable reptiles resembling respect rocks Sandstone saurian says seen shells species stirps strata structure superior supposed surface teeth terrestrial terrestrial animals tertiary thecodonts tion trace tribes Trilobites various vegetable vertebral column vertebrate whole