The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London (1877) (14743672476)

Identifier: quarterlyjourna331877geol (find matches)
Title: The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London
Year: 1845 (1840s)
Authors: Geological Society of London
Subjects: Geology
Publisher: London (etc.)
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library



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:L3riesbach Ht>. MAUISAUHUS^ASI ; nliarfc imp h. govier seeley on maitisattrtts gakdneri. 547 Discussion. Mr. Gwyn Jeffreys, with reference to the habits of the Walrus,stated, on the authority of Prof. Torell, that it feeds on the Myatruncata, a mollusk which lies buried in gravelly mud. In orderto get this raoHusk, it has to grub up the mud with its tusks, andtakes up the mud and pebbles along with the Mya into its mouth. Mr. J. S. Gardner said he regretted that all the vertebrae ofthe Saurian had not been brought for exhibition, as the smallest ofthe cervical vertebrae would have shown more plainly the great dis-proportion existing between them and the vertebrae of the trunk,and thus have given a better idea of the great length of the neck.He remarked that the bones, when in situ, were very fragmentary,and some had oysters adhering to them, showing that they had beenlong exposed before fossilization. He stated that pebbles wereexceedingly rare in the Gault, and suggested that the