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part of the Eocene age. One of the most remarkable Eocene deposits of 
the Alpine region is the coal-bearing group of Haring, in the Northern 
Tyrol, where a seam of coal occurs which, with its partings, attains a 
thickness of 32 feet. ; 
The Nummulitic series has been divided into stages in different 
regions of its distribution, and attempts have been made by means of 
the included fossils to parallel these stages in a general way with the 
subdivisions in the Anglo-Parisian basin. But the conditions of deposi- 
tion were so different that such correlations must always be regarded as 
only wide approximations to the truth. In the Northern Alps (Bavaria, 
&c.) Giimbel arranges the Eocene series as under: ! 
Flysch or Vienna sandstone (upper Eocene), including younger Nummulitic 
beds and Haring beds. 
Lower Nummulitic group. Kressenberg beds—greenish sandy strata abound- 
ing in fossils, which on the whole point to a correspondence with the Calcaire 
Grossier. 
Burberg beds—greensand with small Nummulites and Exzogyra Brongniarti, 
answering possibly to the upper part of the lower Eocene beds of the Anglo- 
Parisian area. 
_ In the Southern and South-Eastern Alps the Eocene rocks attain a 
much larger development. The following subdivisions in descending 
order have been recognized :” 
"( Macigno or Tassello, having the usual character of the Vienna sand- 
stone. No fossils but fucoids. 
Fossiliferous calcareous marls and shales, and thick conglomerates, 
(Chief Nummulite limestone, containing the most abundant and varied 
development of nummulites, and attaining the thickest mass and 
widest geographical range. 
Borelis (Alveolina) limestone, containing numerous large foraminifera of 
the genus Borelis. 
Lower Nummulite limestone, with small nummulites, and in many 
\ places banks of corals. 
( Upper Foraminiferal limestone, containing also intercalations of fresh- 
water beds (Chara). 
Cosina beds, with a peculiar fresh-water fauna (Stomatopsis, Melania, 
Chara, &e.). 
Lower Foraminiferal limestone, with numerous marine mollusca (Anomia, 
Cerithium, &c.), and with occasional beds of fresh-water limestone 
(Chara, Melania, &c.). 
Upper 
Eocene 
Nummulite- 
Limestone 
Liburnian 
Stage 
India, &c.—As above stated the massive Nummulitic limestone 
extends through the heart of the Old World, and enters largely into the 
structure of the more important mountain chains. In India a tolerably 
copious development of Kocene rocks has been observed, but it is not 
quite certain where their upper limit should be drawn to place them on 
a parallel with the corresponding groups in Europe. ‘I'he following 
subdivisions in descending order are observed in Sind :% 
Nari group. Sandstones without marine fossils, and probably of fresh-water 
origin, 4000 to 6000 feet, representing, perhaps, upper Eocene and Oligocene 
or lower Miocene beds of Europe. 
Kasauli and Dagshai groups of sub-Himalayas. 

 Geognostische Beschreib. Bayersch. Alpen, 1861, p. 598, et seq. 
2 Von Hauer, Geologie, p. 569. 
% Medlicott and Blanford’s Geology of India, chap. xix. 
