Ch. IX.] TABULAR YTEW OF THE FOSSILLFEROUS STRATA. 



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EXAMPLES. 

 British— a. Ferruginous sands of North Dowus ? (p. 235). 



Foreigii — a. Edeghem beds, Antwerp, with shells 61 per cent of 



extinct species (p. 235). 

 a. Diest sands (p. 234). 

 Bolderberg beds of Belgium (p. 235). 

 Faluns of" Touraine, with testacea of sab-tropical character, 



Dinotherium, &c. (p. 212). 

 Faluns, proper, of Bordeaux (p. 231). 

 Freshwater strata of Gers, with remains of quadrumana (p. 



232). 

 Sands of Eppelsheim, with falunian quadrupeds (p. 244). 

 Vienna basin, with shells four-fifths extinct species, and Dino- 



therium (p. 244). 

 Beds of the Superga near Turin (p. 247). 

 Deposit at Pikerme, near Athens, with fossil pachyderms and 



apes (p. 247). 

 Swiss (Eningen beds, rich in plants and insects (pp. 24S-254). 

 Marine molasse, Switzerland (p. 25S). 

 Siwalik hills, with freshwater shells and extinct quadrupeds 



(p. 276). 

 Marine strata of the Atlantic border in the United States (p. 



277). 

 Yolcanic tuff and limestone of Madeira, the Canaries, and the 



Azores (p. 26S). 



r British — Hempstead beds, marine and freshwater strata (p. 



239). 

 Lignites and clays of Boyey Tracer, plants of sub-tropical 



character (p. 240). 

 Isle of Mull leaf-bed, yolcanic tuff (p. 242). 



Foreign — Calcaire de la Beauce, &c. (p. 219). 

 Gres de Fontainebleau (p. 219). 

 Lacustrine strata of the Limagne d'Auyergne (p. 222), and of 



the Cantal (p. 229). 

 Lower marine and brackish strata of Bordeaux, with Cerithium 



plicatum, &c. (p. 232). 

 Mayence basin, Littorinella limestone, and marls with Cyrena. 



semistriata, &c. (p. 243). 

 Badaboi beds of Croatia, with fossil plants and insects (p. 



245). 

 Brown coal of Germany (p. 246). 

 Lower molasse of Switzerland, freshwater and brackish, with 



sub-tropical flora (pp. 25S-263). 

 Eupelian beds of Dumont, with Zeda Deshayesiana, &c. (p. 



236). 

 Middle Limburg (Kleyn Spawen) beds (Upper Tongrian of 



Dumont), with marine and freshwater shells (p. 237)." 

 Lower Limburg (Lower Tongrian of Dumont) with marine 



shells, one-third common to Upper Eocene (p. 238). 

 Nebraska beds, with bones of extinct quadrupeds and chelo- 



nians (p. 279). 



r British— 1. Bembridge, fluyio-niarine strata with Paleotherium, 

 &c. (p. 283). 



2. Osborne or St. Helen's series (p. 234). 



3. Headon series, with marine and freshwater shells (p. 2S4). 



4. Barton clay, with nummulites (p. 287). 



Foreign — 1. Gypsum of Montmartre. freshwater with Paleothe- 

 Hum (p. 299). 



2. Calcaire silicieux, or Trayertin inferieur (p. 302). 



3. Gres de Beauchamp or Sables moyens (p. 302). 



( British— 1. Bagshot and Bracklesham beds (p. 2S3). 



2. White clays of Alum Bay, with plants of tropical genera 

 (p. 290). 



Foreign — 1. Calcaire grossier, miliolitic limestone (p. 303). 



2. Soissonnais sands, or Lits coquilliers, with Nummulites 

 planulata (p. 304). 



3. Claiborne beds of United States, with Oroitoid.es and Zeug- 

 lodon (p. 310). 



[ British — 1. London clay proper, shells, fish, and plants of sub- 

 tropical types (p. 29*1). 

 q 2. Plastic or mottled clavs of "Woolwich, fluyio-marine (p. 



y * 295). 



LOWER 1 3. Thanet sands, with Pholadomya, &c. (p. 297). 



E OCENE. Foreign — 1. Argile de Londres near Dunkirk (p. 298). 



2. Argile plasfique, with Gastornis pari&ienste (p. 305). 

 ). 3. Sables de Bracheux, with Arctocyon primcevus (p. 306). 



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 MIOCENE. 



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UPPER 



EOCENE. 



8. 

 MIDDLE 

 EOCENE. 



