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CHAPTER XIV. 



The Permian period — General succession, characters, and mode of 

 formation of the Permian deposits — Life of the period — Plants — 

 Protozoa — Corals — Echinoderms — Annelides — Crustaceans — 

 Polyzoa — Brachiopods — Bivalves — Univalves — Pteropods — 

 Cephalopods — Fishes — Amphibians — Reptiles — Literature, 192-203 



CHAPTER XV. 



The Triassic period — General characters and subdivisions of the Trias 

 of the Continent of Europe and Britain — Trias of North America 

 — Life of the period — Plants — Echinoderms — Crustaceans — Poly- 

 zoa — Brachiopods — Bivalves — Univalves — Cephalopods — Inter- 

 mixture of Palaeozoic with Mesozoic types of Molluscs — Fishes — 

 Amphibians — Reptiles — Supposed footprints of Birds — Mammals 

 — Literature, 203-225 



CHAPTER XVI. 



The Jurassic period — General sequence and subdivisions of the Juras- 

 sic deposits in Britain— Jurassic rocks of North America — Life 

 of the period — Plants — Corals — Echinoderms — Crustaceans— In- 

 sects — Brachiopods — Bivalves — Univalves — Pteropods — Tetra- 

 branchiate Cephalopods — Dibranchiate Cephalopods — Fishes — 

 Reptiles — Birds — Mammals — Literature, . . . 226-256 



CHAPTER XVII. 



The Cretaceous period — General succession and subdivisions of the 

 Cretaceous rocks in Britain — Cretaceous rocks of North America 

 — Life of the period — Plants — Protozoa — Corals — Echinoderms 

 — Crustaceans — Polyzoa — Brachiopods — Bivalves — Univalves — 

 Tetrabranchiate and Dibranchiate Cephalopods — Fishes — Rep- 

 tiles — Birds— Literature, 256-284 



CHAPTER XVIII. 



The Eocene period — Relations between the Kainozoic and Mesozoic 

 rocks in Europe and in North America— Classification of the 

 Tertiary deposits — The sequence and subdivisions of the Eocene 

 rocks of Britain and France — Eocene strata of the United States 

 — Life of the period — Plants — Foraminifera — Corals — Echino- 

 derms — Mollusca — Fishes — Reptiles— Birds — Mammals, . 284-305 



CHAPTER XIX. 



The Miocene period — Miocene strata of Britain — Of France— Of 

 Belgium — Of Austria— Of Switzerland — Of Germany — Of Greece 

 — Of India — Of North America — Of the Arctic regions — Life of 

 the period — Vegetation of the Miocene period— Foraminifera — 

 Corals— Echinoderms — Articulates— Mollusca — Fishes — Amphi- 

 bians — Reptiles — Mammals, . , . . . 305-323 



