Oh. IX.] TABULAR VIEW OF FOSSILIFEROUS STRATA. 



107 



Periods and Groups. British Examples. 



IV. PRIMARY. 



J. PERMIAN", 

 ok Magnesian Limestone. 



87. 



Foreign Equivalents and Synonyms. 

 IT. Terrains de transition. 

 Terrains Paleozoiques. 



I. Calcaire Magnesien. 



{Lower New Red.) 



PERMIAN, 



or 



MAGNESIAJf 



LIMESTONE. 



1. Concretionary limestone of 

 Durham and Yorkshire, p. 351. 



2. Breceiated limestone, ibid. 



3. Fossiliferous limestone, p. 352. 



4. Compact limestone, ibid. 



5. Marl-Slate of Durham, p. 353. 



6. Inferior sandstones of various 

 colors,— N. of England, p. 354. 



Dolomitic conglomerate, — Bris- 

 tol, p. 354. 



1. Stinkstein of Thuringia. 



2. Rauchwacke, ibid. 



3. Doloroit or Upper Zechstein. 



4. Zechstein, p. 350. 



5. Mergel or Kupfer-schiefer. 



6. Rothliegendes of Thuringia. 



Permian of Russia, p. 355. 

 Gres des Vosges of the French 

 (in part). 



K. CARBONIFEROUS. 



88. UPPER 



CARBONIFEROUS. 



39. LOWER 



CARBONIFEROUS. 



' 1. Coal-measnres, sandstone and 

 shale with seams of coal, — 

 West of England and Ireland, 

 Chapters 24 and 25. 

 2. Millstone Grit, pp. 358, 359. 



1. Mountain or Carboniferous 

 limestone, p. 403, et seq. 



2. Lower limestone shale, — Men- 

 dips. Carboniferous slate, — 

 Ireland. 



Carbonaceous schist with Possi- 

 donomya Becheri, p. 409. 



K. Terrain houillier. 



Coal-fields of the United States, p. 

 387. 



1. Calcaire carbom'fere of the 



French. 

 1. Bergkalk or Kohlenkalk of 



the Germans. 

 1. Pentremite limestone, United 



States, p. 410. 



Kiesel-schiefer and Jungere 



Grauwacke of the Germans, p. 



409. 

 Gypseous beds and Encrinital 



limestone of Nova Scotia, p. 



409. 



L. DEVONIAN, 

 or Old Red Sandstone. 



L. Terrain devonien. 



VlEUS GRES KOtTGE. 



30. UPPER 



DEVONIAN. 



31. LOWER 



DEVONIAN. 



' Yellow sandstone of Dura Den, 



Fife, p. 412. 

 White sandstone of Elgin, with 



Telerpeton, ibid. 

 Red sandstone and conglomerate, 



p. 414. 

 Upper and middle Devonian of 



N. Devon, including Plymouth 



limestone, pp. 420, 422. 



Lower Devonian of N. Devon, f 1. Spirifer Sandstone and Slate of 

 North Foreland, p. 424. | Sandberger ; p. 424. 



Arbroath paving-stone, pp. 412- I Older Rhenish Greywacke of 

 415. I Roemer, ibid. 



Bituminous schists of Caithness, ! Russian Devonian, Lower part, 

 L p. 418. I p. 425. 



Russian Devonian, Upper part, p. 

 425. 



Catskill Group, United States, p. 

 426. 



Eifel Limestone, p. 424. 



Limestone of Villmar, &c, Nas- 

 sau. 



M. SILURIAN. 



32. UPPER 



SILURIAN. 



32 a. Middle Silurian. 

 (Beds of passage helMeen 

 Upper and Lower Silurian.) 



33. 



LOWER 

 SILURIAN. 



1. Upper Ludlow, p. 430. 



2. Aymestry Limestone, p. 434. 



3. Lower Ludlow, ibid. 



4. Wenlock Limestone, p. 435. 



5. Wenlock shale, p. 437-. 



M. Terrain Silurien. 



' New York division from the Up- 

 per Pentamerns to the Niagara 

 Group inclusive, p. 444. 

 Etages E. to H. of Barrande, 

 Bohemia. 



Caradoc or May Hill Sandstone 

 p. 437. 



I 



if 



New York Groups from the Clin- 

 ton to the Grey sandstone in- 

 clusive, p. 444. 



Llandeilo Flags and shale, p. 439. f New York groups from the Hud- 



Bala Limestone and black slate, | son-River beds to the Caleifer- 



p. 441. ! ous sandstone inclusive, p. 444. 



Graptolite Schists, S. of Scotland. 1 Etages and D. (Barrande), Bo- 



1 hernia. 



Slates of Angers, France. 



I Limestone, Chair of Kildare, Ire- [ 

 L land. I 



N. CAMBRIAN. 



34. UPPER 



CAMBRIAN. 



35. LOWER 



CAMBRIAN. 



Lingula Flags, North Wales, 



448. 

 Stiper Stones, Shropshire. 



Lowest fossiliferous rocks 

 Wicklow, in Ireland, p. 449. 



Primordial zone of Barrande in 



Bohemia, p. 450. 

 Alum Schists of Sweden, p. 451. 

 Potsdam Sandstone of United 



States and Canada, p. 451. 

 Wisconsin and Minnesota lowest 



fossiliferous rocks, p. 452. 



