CONTENTS 



INTRODUCTION: 



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Organic and inorganic matter 1 



Plants and animals distinguished 2 



Fossils ............ 3 



Conditions of preservation .3 



Classification of fossils , .8 



Process of fossilization ........ 9 



Restoration of fossils 17 



Color 20 



Fossil objects due to inorganic agencies .... 20 



Distortion 21 



Pseudo-fossils 21 



Collecting fossils 22 



Index fossils .......... 22 



Migration, etc 23 



Naming of organisms ........ 24 



Composition of hard parts ....... 25 



PLANTS : 



Division I, Thallophyta . . ." . 32 



Sub-division A, Myxomycetae 33 



Sub-division B, Schizophyta .33 



Sub-division C, Diatomeae ........ 34 



Sub-division D, Algae 35 



Sub-division E, Fungi 40 



Division II, Bryophyta .... 42 



Division III, Pteridophyta .... 44 



Order a, Filicales 46 



Order b, Equisetales . 48 



Order r, Fycopodiales 51 



Order d, Sphenophyllales 55 



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