8 EXTINCT MONSTERS. 



other — vegetables before animals, mollusca and fishes before 

 reptiles, and the latter before mammals. 



2. That fossil remains in the more recent strata are those which 

 approach nearest to the present type of corresponding living 

 species. 



Teaching such as this gave a new impetus to the study of 

 organic remains, and Paleontology, as a science, began with 

 Cuvier. 



