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and Annulata. 374. Outlines of land and water. 375. Marine 

 flora. 376. Land animals. 377. Surprising perfection of the 

 fossil forms observations of Buckland and Lyell. 378. Further 

 proofs of the suddenness of the catastrophe which terminated 

 this period. 379. Indication of the general prevalence of tropical 

 climate. EIGHTH JURASSIC PERIOD : 380. Mineral character of 

 the stage. 381. Synopsis of the animal kingdom. 382. 

 Elevation of RussRi above the waters. 383. Character of the 

 fauna. 384. Land flora and fauna. 385. Close of the period. 

 NINTH JURASSIC PERIOD : 386. Mineral character of the stage. 

 387. Synopsis of the animal kingdom. 388. General character 

 of the fauna. 389. Marine genera. 390. Land animals. 

 TENTH JURASSIC PERIOD : 391. Mineral character of the stage. 

 392. Synopsis of the animal kingdom. 393. Outlines of land 

 and water marine fauna. 394. Close of the period. The 

 Cretaceous Age. 395. Mineral character of the Cretaceous 

 formation. 396. Section of the strata between the Vosges and 

 Paris. 397. Resolution of the formation into seven stages. 

 398. Nomenclature and thickness of the stages. 399. Dis- 

 cordance and isolation of the stages , . . . . .81 



CHAP. VII. 400. Zoological character of the Cretaceous age. 401. 

 Distribution of the species among the stages. 402. General con- 

 clusions. 403. Changes of the outlines of land and water. 404. 

 Elie de Beaumont's map of Western and Central Europe great 

 geographical changes. 405. The Pyrenean basin. 406. Outlines 

 of sea and land in Central Europe. 407. Site of the Alps. 

 408. Cretaceous geography of France and England D'Orbigny's 

 map. 409. Anglo-Parisian basin. 410. The changes incidental 

 to it from period to period. 411. Outlines of the basin in 

 England. 412. Pyrenean basin Mediterranean basin. 413. 

 Animal kingdom uniform tropical climate at all latitudes. 

 414. Prevalence of undulations of the surface seven violent 

 perturbations. FIRST CRETACEOUS PERIOD : 415. Dimensions 

 and mineral composition of the stage synopsis of animal 

 kingdom. 416. Reptiles of this period Iguanodon and Hylseo- 

 saurus. 417. Flora of this period. SECOND CRETACEOUS 

 PERIOD : 418. Mineral character of the stage. 419. Synopsis 

 of animal kingdom. 420. Outlines of land and water. 421. 

 Marine fauna. 422. Vegetable kingdom. 423. Uniform 

 tropical climate. 424. Close of the period. THIRD CRETACEOUS 

 PERIOD : 425. Mineral character of the stage. 426. Synopsis of 

 the animal kingdom. 427. Outlines of land and water. 428. 

 Marine and terrestrial fauna. 429. Close of the period. 

 FOURTH CRETACEOUS PERIOD : 430. Mineral character of the 

 stage. 431. Synopsis of the animal kingdom. 432. Outlines of 

 land and water. 433. Marine fauna. 434. Marine flora. 

 435. Undulations of the ground. 436. Close of the period. 

 FIFTH CRETACEOUS PERIOD : 437. Mineral character of the stage. 

 438. Synopsis of the animal kingdom. 439. Outlines of land 

 and water. 440. Rich vegetation. 441. Great extent of land 

 in Russia, South America, and India termination of the period. 

 SIXTH CRETACEOUS PERIOD : 442. Mineral character of the 

 stage. 443. Synopsis of the animal kingdom . . . .97 



