( 44 ) 

 TABLE XVI. 



Systematic Survey of the most Important Stages in the Animal 



Ancestral Line of Man. 



M N = Boundary between the Invertebrate and the Vertebrate Ancestors. 



Epochs of the 

 Organic 



History of the 

 Earth. 



Geological Periods 



of the 



Organic History 



of the Earth. 



Animal 

 Ancestral Stages 



«^ 

 Man. 



Nearest 

 Living Relative* 

 of the 

 A ncestral Stages. 



L 



Archilithic 



or 



Primordial 



Epoch 



1. Lanrentian Period 

 ^ 2. Cambrian Period 

 3. SUorian Period 



 



1. Monera 

 {Monera) 



2. Oldest Amoebae 



3. Amoeboid Societies 

 {Synamcebia') 



4. Ciliated planulae 



{^Plani^adrp^ 



5. Primitive Intes- 

 tinal animals 

 'yOastraadf^) 



6. iVimitive Worms 

 (^Archelminthes') 



7. Soft- worms 

 (Scolecida) 



8. Chorda animals 

 (jChordonia) 



M- 



9. Skull-less animals 



(^Acrania) 

 10. Round-mouths 



(^Cycloytonii) 



11. Primitive Fishes 



{^Selachii) 



I 



Bathy})iu8 



Protamoeba 



Simple Amoebae 



(Automoeba) 



Morula larvae 

 Blastula larvtt 



Gastrula larvae 



Gliding Worms 

 (^7\irbellaria) 

 ? Between the glid- 

 ing worms and the 

 Sea-squirts 

 Sea-squirts (Ascidice] 

 (Appendicularia) 



N 



Lancelets 



(Amphioxi') 



Lampreys 



{Petromyzonta') 



Sharks 



{Squalacei) 



n. 



Palaeolithic 



or 



Primary 



Epoch 



4. Devonian Period 



5. Coal Period 



6. Permian Period 



12, 



Salamander Fishes 

 (^Dipneusta) 



13. Gilled Amphibia 

 i^Sozobranchia) 



14. Tailed Amphibia 

 jSozura) 



I 



Mud fish 



{Protoptera) 



Siren {Proteus) 



and AxolotI 



(Siredon) 

 Water-newt 



(Triton) 



m. 



Mesolithic 



or 



Secondary 



Epoch 



1. Triassic Period 



8. Jurassic Period 



9. Chalk Period 



{ 



15. Primitive Am- 



niota 



{Protamnia) 



16. Primitive Mam 



mals J 



(Promammalia) ( 



17. Pouched Animals j 

 (Marsupialia) \ 



? Between Tailed 

 Amphibians and 

 Beaked animals 



Beaked animals 

 {Monotrema) 



Pouched Rate 

 (Didelphyes) 



TV. 



Osnolithic 



or 



Tertiary 



Epoch 



l(V, Eocene Period 



11. Miocene Period 



12. Pliocene Period 



18. Semi-Apes ( 



(Prosimios) \ 



19. Tailed Narrow- j 



nosed Apes ) 



20. Men-like Apes or j" 

 Tail-less Narrow- < 



nosed Apes. ( 



21. Speechless Men or i 

 Ape-like Men ( 



Lori {Stenopa) 



Maki ( Lemur) 



Nose Apes 



Holy Apes 



Gorilla, Chimpao* 



zee, Orang, 



Gibbon 



Cretins or Micfo* 



cepbali . 



▼. 



Quaternary 

 Xpooh 



u 



Diluvial Period 

 AUuvlAl Period 



32. Men capaUe 

 Bpeech 



"I 



Australians and 

 Papoans 



