Ch. IX.] TABULAR VIEW OF FOSSILIFEROUS STRATA. 



107 



Periods and Groups. Britisli Examples 



lY. PRIMARY. 

 I. PERMIAIST, 



OR MaGNES-IAX lilMESTOXE. 



87. 



Foreign Equivalents and SjTionyms. 



iv. tekraijfs de transition. 

 Terrains Paleozoiques. 



/. Calcaire Magnesien. 



{Lower New Red.) 



PERMIAN, 



MAGNESIAIV 

 lilME STONE. 



1. Concretionary limestone of 

 Durham and Yorkshire, p. 351. 



2. Brecciated 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. 351. 



1. Stinkstein of Thuringia. 



2. Rauchwacke, ibid. 



3. Dolomit 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 Frenclj 

 (iu part). 



if. CARBONIFEROUS. 



88. UPPER, 



CARBONIFEROUS . 



29. liOWER 



CARBONIFEROUS. 



1. Coal-measures, 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. 



1. Calcaire carbonifere of the 



French. 

 1. Bergkalk or Kohlenkalk of 



the Germans. 

 1. Pentremite limestone, United 



States, p. 410. 



Kiesel-schiefer and Jiingere 

 Grauwacke of the Germans, p. 

 409. 



Gypseous beds and Encrinital 

 limestone of Nova Scotia, p. 



X. DEYONIAN", 



or Old Red Sandstone. 



Z. Terrain devonien. 



ViEUX GRES KOUGE. 



30. UPPER 



DEVONIAN. 



31. 



liOWER 

 DEVONIAN. 



f 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 

 I. limestone, pp. 420, 422. 



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

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



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

 . 415. I Roemer, ibid. 



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

 L p. 418. L p. 425. 



Russian Devonian, Upper part, p. 

 425. 



Catskill Group, United States, p. 

 426. 



Eifel Limestone, p. 424. 



Limestone of Villmar, &c., Nas- 

 sau. 



33. 



M. SILURIAK 



UPPER 



SIL.UR1AN. 



1. Upper Ludlow, p. 430. 



2. Aymestry Limestone, p. 434. 



3. Ijower Ijudlow, ibid. 



4. Wenlock Limestone, p. 435. 



5. Wenlock shale, p. 437- 



j Cari 

 1 P- 



32 a. Middle Silttrian. , ^ , ,t tt-h o j ^ 



(Beds of passage ieHoeen i *^'^'"^J°« ''^ ^^^^ ^'^1 Sandstone, 

 Upper and Lower Silurian.) [ ^' 



33. 



liOWER 



SIL.URIAN. 



(: 



landeilo Flags and shale, p. 439. 



Bala Limestone and black slate, 



p. 441. 



M. Terrain Silurien. 



New York division from the Up- 

 per Pentamerus to the Niagara 

 Group inclusive, p. 444. 



Etages E. to H. of Barrande, 

 Bohemia. 



I New York Groups from the Clin- 

 \ ton to the Grey sandstone in- 

 j elusive, p. 444. 



fNew York groups from the Hud- 

 son-River beds to the Calcifer- 

 ous sandstone inclusive, p. 444. 



Graptolite Schists, S. of Scotland, i fitages and D. (Barrande), Bo 

 I Limestone, Chair of Kildare, Ire- hernia. 

 I. land, I. Slates of Angers, France. 



N. CAMBRIAK 



34. UPPER 



CAMBRIAN. 



35. I.OAVER 



CAMBRIAN, 



Lingula Flags, North Wales, p. 



448. 

 Stiper Stones, Shropshire. 



Lowest fossiliferous rocks of 

 Wicklow, in Ireland, p. 419. 



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. 



