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Ch. VIL] general table of fossiliferous strata. 139 



Abridged General Table of Fossiliferous Strata ; showing their chronolo- 



gical SUCCESSION AND ORDER OF SUPERPOSITION.* 



1. RECENT. 



1 



\ 



2. POST-PLIOCENE. 



3. NEWER PLIOCENE. 



4. OLDER PLIOCENE. 



5. UPPER MIOCENE. 



6. LOWER MIOCENE. 



7. UPPER EOCENE. 



8. MIDDLE EOCENE. 



9. LOWER EOCENE. 



10. MAESTRICHT BEDS. 



11. WHITE CHALK. 



12. UPPER GREEN SAND. 



13. GAULT. 



14. LOWER GREENSAND. 



15. WEALDEN. 



16. PURBECK BEDS. 



17. PORTLAND STONE. 



18. KIMMERIDGE CLAY. 



19. CORAL RAG. 



20. OXFORD CLAY. 



21. GREAT or BATH OOLITE. 



22. INFERIOR OOLITE. 



23. LIAS. 



24. UPPER TRIAS. 



25. MIDDLE TRIAS. 



POST-TEETIAEY. 



p&XOCENE 



£ 



» 



CRETACEOUS 



y ju^assic 



J 



TRXASS1C 



<! 



o 



/ 





O 

 S3 





N 



V 



( 



o 



o 



o 



( 



/ 



o 



o 

 s: 



o 



26. LOWER TRIAS. 



27. PERMIAN. 



28. COAL-MEASURES. 



PS&3E :A?T. 



CAEBONZFEEOUS 



29. CARBONIFEROUS 



LIMESTONE. J 





30. UPPER \ 







31. MIDDLE I 



■ DEVONIAN. 



DSVOniA^. 



32. LOWER J 







33. UPPER \ 



1 





34. MIDDLE 



f- SILURIAN. 



sxxiUs&saet. 



35. LOWER j 



* 



1 





36. UPPER ' 



37. LOWER 



I CAMBRIAN. 



CAXK3X&XAU. 



38. UPPER ' 



39. LOWER 



• LAURENTIAN. 



* 



XiAUREETTSAlEr. 

 \ 



\ 



/ 



< 



o 



o 



P3 



<4 



\ 



) 



O 



o 



O 



Ph 



* For a more detailed and extendedlistsee * Elements of Geology,' 6th edit. p. 102. 



