CHAP. I. TABULAR VIEW OF FOSSILIFEROUS STRATA. 7 



ABRIDGED GENERAL TABLE OF FOSSILIFEROUS STRATA. 



1. RECENT. 



2. POST-PLIOCENE. 



3. NEWER PLIOCENE. 



4. OLDER PLIOCENE. 

 6. UPPER MIOCENE. 



6. LOWER MIOCENE. 



7. UPPER EOCENE. 



8. MIDDLE EOCENE. 



9. LOWER EOCENE. 



10. MAESTRICHT BEDS. 



11. UPPER WHITE CHALK. 



12. LOWER WHITE CHALK. 



13. UPPER GREENSAND. 



14. GAULT. 



15. LOWER GREENSAND. 



16. WEALDEN. 



17. PURBECK BEDS. 



18. PORTLAND STONE. 



19. KIMMERIDGE CLAY. 



20. CORAL RAG. 



21. OXFORD CLAY. 



22. GREAT or BATH OOLITE. 



23. INFERIOR OOLITE. 



24. LIAS. 



25. UPPER TRIAS. 



26. MIDDLE TRIAS, or 



MUSCHELKALK. 



27. LOWER TRIAS. 



28. PERMIAN, 



or 

 MAGNESIAN LIMESTONE. 



29. COAL-MEASURES. 



30. CARBONIFEROUS 



LIMESTONE. 



31. UPPER ■) 



>-DEVONIAN. 



32. LOWER J 



33. UPPER 'J 



^SILURIAN. 



34. LOWER J 



35. UPPER 1 



^CAMBRIAN. 



36. LOWER J 



-POST-TEETIARY. 



j-PLIOCElSrE. 



Jmiocene. 



i EOCENE. 



CRETACEOUS. 



JURASSIC. 



"1 



i-TRIASSIC. 



J 



^PERMIAN. 



CARBONIFEROUS. 



DEVOlSriAN. 



SILURIAN. 



CAMBRIAN. 

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H oO 



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