The Ancient Life History of the Earth - A Comprehensive Outline of the Principles and Leading Facts of - Palæontological Science by Henry Alleyne Nicholson
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the Cretaceous rocks in Britain--Cretaceous rocks of North
America--Life of the period--Plants--Protozoa--Corals--Echinoderms-- Crustaceans--Polyzoa--Brachiopods--Bivalves--Univalves-- Tetrabranchiate and Dibranchiate Cephalopods--Fishes--Reptiles-- Birds--Literature. CHAPTER XVIII. The Eocene period--Relations between the Kainozoic and Mesozoic rocks in Europe and in North America--Classification of the Tertiary deposits--The sequence and subdivisions of the Eocene rocks of Britain and France--Eocene strata of the United States--Life of the period--Plants--Foraminifera--Corals--Echinoderms--Mollusca--Fishes-- Reptiles--Birds--Mammals. CHAPTER XIX. The Miocene period--Miocene strata of Britain--Of France--Of Belgium--Of Austria--Of Switzerland--Of Germany--Of Greece--Of India--Of North America--Of the Arctic regions--Life of the period--Vegetation of the Miocene period--Foraminifera--Corals-- Echinoderms--Articulates--Mollusca--Fishes-Amphibians--Reptiles-- Mammals. CHAPTER XX. The Pliocene period--Pliocene deposits of Britain--Of Europe--Of North America--Life of the period--Climate of the period as indicated by the Invertebrate animals--The Pliocene Mammalia--Literature relating to the Tertiary deposits and their fossils. |
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