Fig. 183. GLYPTODON CLAVIPES. 



THE PRE-ADAMITE EARTH. 



CHAPTER IX. 



439 490. Great change in the Pyrenean and Mediterranean basins. 

 491. Land and water in the United States. 492. Effect of the eleva- 

 tion of the Pyrenees. 493. General prevalence of tropical climate 

 494. Great change in the Mediterranean basin. 495. Sketch of part 

 of Western Europe by Elie de Beaumont. THIRD TKRTIARY PERIOD. 

 495. Mineral character of the stage. 497. Convulsion which pre- 

 ceded the period. 498. Outlines of land and water. 499. Marine 

 fauna and specific forms of Mollusca and Radiata. FOURTH TERTIARY 

 PERIOD. 500. Mineral character of the stage. 501. Synopsis of 

 animal kingdom. 502. Specific forms of Mollusca and Radiata. 

 503. Convulsion which preceded the period Disappearance of Anglo- 

 Parisian sea Ligerian basin. 504. Pyrenean basin. 505. Marine 

 fauna. 506. Enormous increase of land animals, including the 

 generic forms of the bear, the cat, the weasel, the seal, the mouse, the 

 beaver, the rhinoceros, the tapir, and the stag. 507. Great increase 

 of reptiles and fishes, including snakes, frogs, salamanders, perch, 

 herring, and carp. 508. Flora, including the generic forms of various 

 conifers ; birch, alder, oak, beech, elm, fig, plantain, poplar, laurel, 

 sloe-tree, maple, red jasmin, madder. 509. Uniform tropical 

 climate. FIFTH TERTIARY PERIOD. 510. Mineral character of the 

 stage. 511. Synopsis of the animal kingdom. 512. Outlines of 

 land and water. 513. Elevation of the Western Alps its effects. 

 514. Map of France by M. Elie de Beaumont. 515. Marine 

 animals, including the generic forms of gudgeon, pike, loach, Way, 

 and tench. 516. Terrestrial fauna including the megatherium, 

 megalonyx, mylodon, and mastodon, and the generic forms of the 

 elephant, hippopotamus, camel, giraffe, and stag. 517. Birds of the 

 generic forms of the vulture, eagle, swallow, woodpecker, chat, 

 anabate, lark, mothhunter, cuckoo, parrot, pheasant, common fowl, 



LARDNER'S MUSEUM OF SCIENCE. K 129 



Nc. 152. 



