Having already described him [the whale] in most of his present habitatory and anatomical peculiarities, it now remains to magnify him in an archæological, fossiliferous, and antediluvian point of view.
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Fossiliferous
Synonyms for "fossiliferous"
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5 translations across 4 languages.
Finnish
1 entries- fossiilipitoinen adj (containing fossils)
French
1 entries- fossilifère adj (containing fossils)
German
2 entries- fossilführend adj (containing fossils)
- fossilienhaltig adj (containing fossils)
Italian
1 entries- fossilifero adj (containing fossils)
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The area contains a great thickness of well exposed fossiliferous, marine strata of uppermost Cretaceous and Eocene age, and it is felt that the most continuous and complete section may be found here.
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