Evolution 



i First Appearance 1 „ . ^ ^ 



1 of Types. | Dommant Types. 



Modern 

 Diluvium 



i 

 Man 



Man , 



1 Post-tertiary, 

 1 J per cent. 



Pliocene 

 Miocene 

 Oiigocene . 

 Eocene 



Monkeys 



1 



i 



Lemurs 



Higher 7nanwials '\ 



\ Birds \ 

 \ Marsupials ' 



Monotremes 



- Mammals 



i 



Tertiary or 

 Caenozoic, 

 2\ per cent. 



Cretaceous . 

 1 Jurassic 

 Triassic 



Reptiles | 



1 



Secondary or 

 Mesozoic, 

 1 1 per cent. 



Permian 

 Carboniferous 

 Devonian . 

 Silurian 



Cambrian . 

 Laurentian . 



Reptiles 

 Amphibians 

 Lung fishes 

 Lower fishes 



i 

 Amphibians 



1 



^ Fishes 



Primary or 

 Palaeozoic, 

 32 per cent. 



i 



1 



1 



... 



i 



1 Archaen, 54 

 j per cent. 



Fig. 2. — Table showing the chronological succession of the stratified rocks, the sub- 

 division of geological time, the approximate position of the earliest fossils of 

 each of the main types of vertebrates, and the period of domination of each 

 group. 



