Fig. 202. CORAL BEEF. 



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CHAPTEE VII. 



400. Zoological character of the Cretaceous age. 401. Distribution of the 

 species among the stages. 402. General conclusions. 403. Changes 

 of the outlines of laud 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. Out- 

 lines 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 Hylaeosaurus. 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. Minei-al character of the stage." 438. 



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