

GYPSUM AND MARINE MARL FORMATIONS. 283 



Petrifactions of the Gypsum and the Marine Marl resting 



upon it. 



FRESH WATER FORMATION. 



Palaeotherium magnum, 

 medium, 

 crassum. 

 curtum. 



Fossil quadrupeds 

 in gypsum 



Birds - 



Reptiles - - - 



Fishes 



minus. 

 Anoplotherium commune. 



secundarium, 



medium. 



minus. 



minimum. 

 A pachidermatous animal, allied to 



the hog. 



Canis Parisiensis. 

 Didelphis Parisiensis. 

 ^Viverra Parisiensis. 



- Three or four species. 



f Trionix Parisiensis, and another 

 J tortoise. 



j A species of saurius, which appears 

 ^ to be a crocodile. 



- Three or four species. 

 Molluscous animals Cyclostoma mumia. 



rPalms. 



Upper white marl J Fragments of fishes, 

 j Limneus. 

 l^Planorbes. 



Slaty yellow 

 __i > 



marl, 



MARINE FORMATION. 



The shells of these 

 petrifactions are 



Cytheree bombee. 

 Spirobes 



Bones of fishes. 

 Cerithium plicatum, 

 Cytheree planes. 

 Bones of fish. 



generally in a 

 powdery state, or 

 we have only their 

 mould or impres- 

 sion. 



