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TABLE XIII. 



Systematic Survey of the Palseontological Formations, or the Fossiliferous 

 Strata of the Earth's Crust. 



Roclc-Groups. 



Synonyms of 

 Forviations, 



V. Quaternary y 



Group, 



or 



Anthropolithic 



(Anthropozoic) 



groups of strata * 



IV. Tertiary 



Group, 



or 



Cjenolithic 



(Caenozoie) 



groups of strata 



XIV. Eecent ( 



(AHuvium) ( 



XIII. Pleistocene j 



(Diluvium) \ 



XII. Pliocene ( 



(New tertiary) \ 



XI. Miocene ( 



I (Middle tertiary) ( 



X. Eocene 

 (Old tertiary) 



III. Secondary 



Group, 



or 



Mesolithic 



(Mesozoic) 



groups of strata! 



'IX. Cretaceous. 



VIII. Jura 



VII. Trias 



36. Present 

 35. Eecent 

 34. Post glacial 

 33. Glacial 



32. Arvernlan 

 31. Sub-Appenine 

 30. Falunian 

 29. Limburgian 

 28. Gypsum 

 27. Nummulitic 

 26. London clay 



25. White chalk 



24. Green sand 



23. Neocomian 



22. Wealden 



21. Portlandian 



20. Oxfordian 



19. Bath 



18. Lias 



17. Keuper 



16. Muschelkalk 



15. Bunter sand 



XL Primary 



Group, 



or 



PaliEolithio 



(Palseozoic) 



groups of strata' 



VI. Permian f ^*- Mountain 

 (New red sai id- J limestone 



stone) 



V. Carboniferous 

 (Coal) ■ 



IV. Devonian 

 \ (Old red saud- . 

 stone) ) 



III. Silurian 



I. Primordial 

 Group, 

 or 

 Archilithio \ II. Cambrian 

 (Archizoic) f ^ 



groups of strata V I. Laurentian j 



(Zechstein) 

 13. Bed sandstone 

 12. Carboniferous 



sandstone 

 11. Carboniferous 



limestone 

 10. Piltou 

 9. Ilfracombe 

 8. Linton 



7. Ludlow 

 6. Wenlock 

 5. Llandeilo 

 4. Potsdam 

 3. Longmynd 

 2. Labrador 

 1. Ottawa 



Upper alluvial 

 Lower alluvial 

 Upper diluvial 

 Lower diluvial 



Upper pliocene 

 Lower pliocene 

 Upper miocene 

 Lower miocene 

 Upper eocene 

 Middle eocene 

 Lower eocene 



Upper cretaceous 

 Middle cretaceous 

 Lower cretaceous 

 The Kentish Weald 

 Upper oolite 

 Middle oolite 

 Lower oolite 

 Lias formation 

 Upper trias 

 Middle trias 

 Lower trias 



Upper Permian 



• Permian 



• carbonifer- 



Lower ] 



Upper ( 

 ous 



Lower carbonifer- 

 ous 



Upper 



Middle : 



Lower '. 



' Devonian 

 ! Devonian 

 • Devonian 



Upper Silurian 

 Middle Silurian 

 Lower Silurian 

 Upper Cambrian 

 Lower Cambrian 

 Upper Laurentian 

 Lower Laurentian 



