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TABLE XIII. 



Systematic Survey of the Palaeontological Formations, or the FossiliferoiiB 



Strata of the Earth's Crust. 



Boeh-Qrou^8, 



Systems. 



Formations. 



Synoruyms of 

 Formutions, 



V. Quatemcmf 



Qrov/pt 



or 



Anthropolithic 



(Anthropozoic) 



groups of strata ' 



IV. Tertiary 

 Qrowp,^ 

 or 



Csenolithic 



(CsBnozoic) 



groups of strata 



XIV. Recent 



(Anuvinm) 

 XIII. Pleistocene 

 (Diluvium) 



{ 



36. Present 

 35. Recent 

 34. Post glacial 

 33. Glacial 



XII. Pliocene ^ 32. Arvemian 



5 32. 

 I 31. 



(New tertiary) \ 31. Sub-Appenlne 

 XI. Miocene i 30. Falunian 



(Middle tertiary) ( 29. Limburgian 

 „ -c, (28. Gypsum 



,^' J^°^,^^® , ) 27. NummuUtic 

 (Old tertiary) | 26. London clay 



/iX. Cretaceous. 



III. Secondary 

 ' Growp, 



or 



Mesolithic 



(Mesozoic) 



groups of strata 



V 



VIII. Jura 



VII. Trias 



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 



II. Primary 



Grou'p, 



or 



Palaeoli ihic 



(Palaeozoic) 



groups of strataf 



VI. Permian f ^^ ^°^^tain 

 (New red sand- J (z^'Sf^) 



' (_ 13. Red sandstone 



12. Carboniferous 



I. Primordial 



Qrowp, 



or 



Archilithic 



(Ai'chizoic) 



groups of strata 



V. Carboniferous 

 (Coal) 



IV. Devonian 

 (Old red sand- 

 stone) 



III. Silurian 



II. Cambrian 

 I. Laarentiaa 



sandstone 

 11. Carboniferous 



limestone 

 10. Pilton 

 9. Ilfracombe 

 8. Linton 



7. Indlow 

 6. Wenlock 

 5. Llandeilo 

 4. Potsdam 

 3. Longmynd 

 2. Labrador 

 1. Ottawa 



Upper alluvial 

 Lower alluvial 

 Upper diluvial 

 Lower diluvial 



Upper pliocene 

 Lower pliocene 

 Upper miocene 

 Lower miocene 

 Upper eocene 

 Middle eocene 

 Lower eocene 



Upper cretaceous 

 Middle ci'etaceous 

 Lower cretaceous 

 The Kentish Weald 

 Upper oolite 

 Middle ool'te 

 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 Lanrentian 

 Lower 



