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De natuurlyke historie der versteeningen, of uitvoerige afbeelding en beschryving van de versteende zaaken, die tot heden op den aardbodem zyn ontdekt / aangevangen door Georg Wolfgang Knorr: vervolgd en omstandig beredeneerd door Johann Ernst Immanuel Walch ... uit het Hoog- in 't Nederduitsch vertaald door M. Houttuyn.

Fossilized head and bone fragments of a chiropolyostinus. Lithograph by H. O'Neil, 18--?.

Skeleton of the Missouri Leviathan: the skeleton is shown standing in a pastoral setting, with a Native American shown seated on an elephant to indicate scale, while another Native American and a man in Western dress look on. Coloured lithograph by G. Tytler, ca. 1845.

Fossilized head of a chiropolyostinus. Lithograph by B.J. Rossiter, 18--?.

A prehistoric man defends his family from an attacking bear: the man's family huddle together in a cave, while mammoths, a tiger (?), a rhinocerus and cattle roam in the landscape beyond. Colour lithograph, 1840/1900?.

Recherches et observations naturelles de Monsieur Boccone ... touchant le corail, la pierre etoilée, les pierres de figure de coquilles, la corne d'ammon, l'astroïte undulatus, les dents de poissons pétrifiées, les herissons alterez, l'embrasement du mont Etna, la sangsüe du Xiphias, l'alcyonium stupposum, le bezoar mineral & les plantes qu'on trouve dans la Sicile, avec quelques reflexions sur la vegetation des plantes : examinées à diverses fois dans l'Assemblée de messieurs de Société Royale de Londres, & conferences dans les de Monsieur l'Abbe Bourdelot à Paris / [Paolo Boccone].

Fossilized skeleton of ichthyosaurus chiropolyostinus. Lithograph by H. O'Neill, 1834.

Fossilized skeleton of a winged prehistoric creature, with details. Lithograph by J. Dinkel, 18--.

Skeleton fragments of a prehistoric creature, with details showing the teeth. Etching, 18--?.

Ancient hunters and their modern representatives / by W.J. Sollas.

Miscellany: United States of America, 19th-20th centuries

M0008777EB: Animals from the Lower Palaeolithic Period

The geographical and geological distribution of animals / [Angelo Heilprin].

Theories of evolution : mechanisms of change. 1.

Jurassic park / Michael Crichton.

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Miscellany: United States of America, 19th-20th centuries

M0008777EB: Animals from the Lower Palaeolithic Period

The geographical and geological distribution of animals / [Angelo Heilprin].

Theories of evolution : mechanisms of change. 1.

Jurassic park / Michael Crichton.