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TABLE XIII. 



Systematic Survey of the Palaeoutological Formations, or the Fossilife/ous 



Strata of the Earth's Crust. 



V. Quaternary i 



Group, I XIV. Recent 

 or ) (Alhivinm) 



Anthropolithic J XIII. Pleistocene 

 (Anthropozoic) I (Diluvium) 

 groups of strata \ 



{ 



IV. Tertiary 



Group, 



or 



Csenolithic 



(Csenozoic) 



groups of strata 



XII. Pliocene 

 (New tertiary) 

 XI. Miocene 

 (Middle tertiary) 



X. Eocene 

 (Old tertiary) 



fix. Cretaceous. 



III. Secondary 



Group, 



or 



Mesolithic 



(Mesozoic) , 



gi'oups of strata 



IL Frxmary 



Grovp, 



or 



Palaeoli -hie 



(Palaeozoic) 



groups of strata 



VIII. Jura 



VII. Trias 



VI. Permian 

 (New red sand- 

 stone) 



V. Carboniferous 

 (Coal) 



IV. Devonian 

 \ (Old red sand- 



I. Primordial 



Group, 



or 



Archilithic 



(Archizoic) 



groups of strata 



stone) 



in. SiluriEin 



II. Cambrian 

 I. Laurentian 



36. Present 



35. Recent 



34. Post glacial 



33. Glacial 



32. Arvemian 

 31. Sub-Appenine 

 30. Falunian 

 29. Limburgian 

 28. Gypsum 

 27. Nummulitic 

 26. London clay 



25. White chalk 

 2-4. Green sand 

 23. Neoooniian 

 22. Wealden 

 21. Portlandian 

 20. Oxfordian 

 19. Bath 

 18. Lias 

 17. Keuper 

 16. Muschelkalk 

 15. Bunter sand 



14. Mountain 

 limestone 

 (Zechstein) 



13. Red sandstone 



12. Carboniferous 

 sandstone 



11. Carboniferous 

 limestone 



10. Pilton 

 9. Ilfracombe 

 8. Linton 



7. Ludlow 

 6. Wenlcck 

 5. Llandeilo 

 4. Potsdam 

 3. Longmynd 

 2. Labrador 

 1. Ottawa 



Synonyms of 

 Formations. 



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 cretaceous 

 Lower cretaceous 

 The Kentish Weald 

 Upper oolite 

 Middle ool'te 

 Lower oolite 

 Lias formation 

 Upper trias 

 Middle trias 

 Lower trias 



Upper Permian 



Lower Perraiaa 

 Upper carbonifer- 

 ous 

 Lower carbonifer- 

 ous 

 Upper Devonian 

 Middle Devonan 

 Lower Devonian 



Upper Silurian 

 Middle Silurian 

 Lower Silurian 

 Upper Cambrian 

 Lower Cambrian 

 Upper Laurentian 

 Lower Laurentian 



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