Cretaceous Sponges


Fossils of the South Downs, or Illustrations of the Geology of Sussex by Gideon Mantell, engravings executed by Mrs. Mantell (Mary Ann Woodhouse), from drawings by the author, 1822. This is plate XV, a variety of sponges and corals from the Cretaceous Period.


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