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TABLE XIII. 



Systematic Survey of the Paheontological Formations, or the Fossiliferous 



Strata of the Earth's Crust. 



Roclc-Groups. 



Synonyms of 

 Formations. 



V. Quaternary 



Group, 



or 



Anthropolithic 



(Anthropozoic) 



groups of strata 



IV. Tertiary 



Group, 



or 



Caenolithic 



(Caenozoic) 



groups of strata 



III. Secondary 



Group, 



or 



Mesolithic 



(Mesozoic) 



groups of strata 



IL Primary 



Group, 



or 



Palaeolithic 



(Palaeozoic) 



groups of strata) 



XIV. Eecent 

 (Alluvium) 

 XIII. Pleistocene 

 (Diluvium) 



{ 



XII. Pliocene 

 (New tertiary) 

 XL Miocene 

 (Middle tertiary) 



X. Eocene 

 (Old tertiary) 



IX. Cretaceous. 



VIII. Jura 



VII. Trias 



VI. Permian 

 (New red sand- 

 stone) 



r . Carboniferous 

 (Coal) 



IV. Devonian 

 \ (Old red sand- 

 stone) 



36. Present 



35. Recent 



34. Post glacial 



33. Glacial 



32. Arvernian 



31. Sub-Appenine 



30. Falunian 



29. Limburgian 



28. Gypsum 



27. Nummulitic 



26. London clay 



25. White chalk 

 24. Green sand 

 23. Neocomian 

 22. Wealden 

 21. Portlandian 

 20. Oxfordian 

 19. Bath 

 18. Lias 

 17. Keuper 

 16. Muschelkalk 

 15. Bunter sand 



f 14. Mountain 

 limestone 

 (Zechstein) 

 13. Red sandstone 

 12. Carboniferous 



sandstone 

 11. Carboniferous 



limestone 

 10. Pilton 

 9. Ilfracombe 

 8. Linton 



I. Primordial 



Group, 



or 



Archil ithic 



(Archizoic) 



groups of strata 



III. Silurian 



II. Cambrian 

 I. Laurentian 



7. Ludlow 

 6. Wenlock 

 5. Llandeilo 

 4. Potsdam 

 3. Longmynd 

 2. Labrador 

 1. Ottawa 



Upper alluvial 

 Lower alluvial 

 Upper diluvial 

 Lower diluvial 



Upper 



Lower 



Upper 



Lower 



Upper 



Middle 



Lower 



pliocene 

 pliocene 

 miocene 

 miocene 

 eocene 

 eocene 

 eocene 



Upper cretaceous 

 Middle cretaceous 

 Lower cretaceous 

 The Kentish Weald 

 Upper oolite 

 Middle oolite 

 Lower oolite 

 Lias formation 

 Upper trias 

 Middle trias 

 Lower trias 



Upper Permian 



Lower Permian 

 Upper carbonifer- 

 ous 

 Lower carbonifer- 

 ous 

 Upper Devonian 

 Middle Devonian 

 Lower Devonian 



Upper Silurian 

 Middle Silurian 

 Lower Silurian 

 Upper Cambrian 

 Lower Cambrian 

 Upper Laurentian 

 Lower Laurentian 



