112 Notice of Dr. MantelVs Medals of Creation. 



The following table, showing how large a portion of the globe 

 has unquestionably originated from this source, will probably ap- 

 pear very surprising to those who have not examined the evi- 

 dence. The order is from below ascending, and the enumera- 

 tion begins with the Silurian system, which follows immediately 

 after the early slaty rocks, and the entire series occupies in Eng- 

 land, as well as in other countries, many thousand feet. 



ROCKS COMPOSED WHOLLY OR PARTLY OF ANIMAL REMAINS. 



Strata. Prevailing fossils. Formations. 



Trilobite schist, Trilobites and shells, Silurian system. 



Dudley limestone, Corals, crinoidea, shells and trilobites. 



Shelly limestone, Productse, spiriferee, &c. 



Mountain limestone, Corals and shells. Carboniferous system. 



Encrinital marble, Lily-shaped animals and shells. 



Mussel band. Fresh-water muscles. 



Ironstone nodules, Trilobites, insects, and shells. 



Lias shales and clays, Pentacrinites, reptiles, fishes, Lias. 



Limestone, Terebratulae and other shells. 



Lias conglomerates. Fishes, shells, corals. 

 Gryphile limestone, Shells, principally gryphites. 



Limestone, Terebratulae and other shells, Inferior oolite. 



Stonesfield slate. Shells, reptiles, fishes, insects. 



Pappenheim schist, Crustacea, reptiles, fishes, insects. 

 Bath-stone, Shells, corals, crinoidea, reptiles, fishes. 



Limestone, Cephalopodse, principally ammonites. 



Coral rag. Corals, shells, echini, ammonites. 



Bradford limastone, Crinoidea, shells, corals, cephalopoda. 

 Portland oolite. Ammonites, trigonise, and other shells. 



Purbeck and Sussex C Fresh-water shells, Crustacea, rep- > -^ealden 



marble, \ tiles, fishes, 5 



„.,,,. ^ C Cyclades, and other fresh-water 



Wealden limestone, J ^^^^^^^^^ crustacea, reptiles, fishes. 



Tilgate grit, some beds. Reptiles, fishes, fresh-water shells. 



Farringdon gravel, Sponges, corals, echini, and shells, Shanklin sand. 



Jasper and chert, Shells, sponges, and animalcules. 



Green sand, Fibrous zoophytes. 



Chalk, Corals, infusoria, echini, shells, fishes. Chalk. 



C Corals, shells, ammonites, belem- ^ 

 McBstricht limestone, < nites, and other cephalopoda, > Chalk. 



( reptiles, ) 



Hippurite limestone. Shells, principally hippurites. 

 Hard chalk, some beds. Echini and belemnites. 



r Sponges, and other fibrous zoo- 

 p,.. J phytes, infusoria and spines of 



* ""^^j "^ zoophytes, echini, shells, corals, 



l^ crinoidea. 

 Limestone, Fresh-water shells, Tertiary. 



Nummulite rock, Nummulites. 



Septaria, Nautili, turritellae and other shells. 



Calcaire grossier, Shells and corals. 



