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 Palsontology, as a science, began with 
Cuvier. 
