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CHAPTER VII. THE OLD RED AND CARBONIFEROUS PERIODS. 



The Old Red Sandstone. Characters of the deposit. Notices of the fossils. 

 The Carboniferous Limestone. Series of strata. Catalogue of genera of 

 fossils. Figures of fossils. The Coal measures of Newent, Malvern, and 

 Abberley. Figures and list of genera of fossil plants .. .. .. 77 



CHAPTER VIII. THE POIKILITIC PERIOD. 



Relation of Permian to the new red deposits. The Permian Series. Diagrams 

 in illustration of these deposits. Fossils of the series. New Red deposits 

 and fossils. Figures of Dasyceps and Labyrinthodon. Retrospect . . 88 



CHAPTER IX. THE RH^TIC PERIOD. 



Character of the strata. Sections of Westbury Cliff. Wainlode Cliff. List of 



the fossils. Reference to Plate VII., containing figures of the fossils .. 101 



CHAPTER X. THE LIASSIC PERIODS. 



Classification. Lower lias. Sections near Stratford-on-Avon. General view. 

 Marlstone. Its range in England. Characteristic fossils. Upper lias clay. 

 Midford Sands. Catalogue of liassic fossils. Zones of Ammonites. Ich- 

 thyosaurus. Reference to Plate VIII. , containing figures of liassic fossils 108 



CHAPTER XL THE BATH OOLITE PERIOD. 



Classification of the strata. Ranges of the component parts. Inferior oolite 

 group. F utter* s-earth zone. Stonesfield beds. Great oolite. Bradford clay 

 and Forest marble. Cornbrash. 



Fossils of the Inferior oolite. Reference to Plate IX., containing fossils 

 of the Inferior oolite. Fossils of the Fuller 's-earth rock. 



Figures and lists of fossils of the Great oolite group, lower part. Stonesfield 

 beds. Reference to Plate X., containing figures of Stonesfield fossils. 



Figures and descriptions of reptilian remains found at Stonesfield, viz. Tes- 

 tudo, Teleosaurus, Megalosaurus, Rhamphorhynchus. Figures and 

 descriptions of fossil mammalia found at Stonesfield. 



Fossils of the Great oolite group, upper part. Reference to Plate XL, con- 

 taining fossils of the group. Figures and descriptions of Ceteosaurus . . 137 



CHAPTER XII. THE OXFORD OOLITE PERIOD. 



Composition of the strata. Oxford clay and Kelloway rock. Calcareous grit. 

 Coralline oolite. Catalogue of fossils. Reference to Plate XII., represent- 

 ing fossils of the Oxford clay. 



Figures and descriptions of Ichthyosauri, Plesiosauri, and Streptospondylus. 

 Reference to Plates XIII. and XIV., representing fossils of the Coralline 

 oolite and Calcareous grit .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 295 



