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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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