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Palaeozoic 



or 



Primary 



Permian - 

 Carboniferous 



Devonian 



Silurian - 

 Ordovician 

 Cambrian 



- 1 





Pe rmo-Carbonif erous. 

 Carbonifero-Devonian. 

 Siluro-Devonian. 

 Cambro-Silurian. 



\ Pre-Cambrian 



As an expression of British opinion on geological classification 

 I include Table IV., that given by Nicholson and Lydekker in 

 their ''Manual of Palaeontology," in which the use and position 

 of Quaternary may be specially noticed.^ 



Table IV. 



Recent Formations. 



Quaternary or Pleistocene Formations. 



Pliocene System. 



Miocene System. 



Eocene System. 



Cretaceous System 



Jurassic System. 



Triassic System. ^ 



' Dyas or Permian System. 

 Carboniferous System. 

 Devonian System. 

 Silurian System. 

 Ordovician System. 

 Cambrian System. 



For the American tangle. Table V. may be examined as given 

 by Mr. Ralph S. Tarr, B.S., F.G.S.A., in his "Economic 

 Geology of the United States," or for additional particulars, if 

 required, reference may be made to James D. Dana's " Text-Book 

 of Geology," or to J. Le Conte's " Elements of Geology." 



Kainozoic 



or 



Tertiary 



Group. 



Mesozoic or 



Secondary 



Group. 



Palaeozoic 

 Group. 



Table V. 



Cenozoic 



{ Quaternary 

 I Tertiary - 



f Recent. 

 1^ Pleistocene. 

 r Pliocene. 

 ■- Miocene. 

 y Eocene. 



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