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TABLE XII. 



Syetematio Surrey of the Palaeontological Periods, or the Gh?eat«r DiTiincaQ& 



in the History of the Organic Earth. 



I. First Epoch : The Archilithic, or Primordial Epoch, 

 (Age of Stall-less Animals and Seaweed Forestg.) 



1. The Older Archilithic Epoch or Lanrentian Period 



2. The Middle Archilithic Epoch • „ Cambrian Period. 



3. The Later Archilithic Epoch „ Silurian Period. 



n. Second Epoch : The Palaeolithic, or Primary Epoch, 

 (Age of Fishes and Fern Forests.) 



4. The Older Palseolithio Epoch or Devonian Period. 



5. The Middle Palaeolithic Epooh ,, Coal Period, 



^. The Later Palaeolithic Epoch ,9 Permian Period. 



m. Third Epoch : The Mesolithic, or Secondary Epoch. 

 (Age of Eeptiles and Pine Forests, Coniferce.) 



7. The Older Mesolithic Epoch or Triassic Period. 



8. The Middle Mesolithic Epoch i^ Jnrassic Period. 



9. The Later Mesolithic Epoch „ Chalk Period. 



rV. Fourth Epoch : The Csenolithic, or Tertiamf Epoch, 

 (Age of Mammals and Leaf Forests.) 



10. The Older Caenolithic Epoch op Eocene Period. 



11. The Middle Caenolithic Epoch ^ Miocene Period. 



12. The Later Caenolithic Epoch „ Pliocene Period. 



V. Fifth Epoch : The Anthropolithic, or Quatema/ry Epoch. 

 (Age of Man and Cultivated Forests.) 



15. Tte Older Anthropolithic Epoch or loe Age, Glacial Period 

 14. The Middle Anthropolithic Epoch „ Post Glacial Period. 



16. The Later Anthropolithic Epoch „ Period of Culture. 



(The Period of Culture is the Historic Period, or Period of Tradition.) 



