XVI CONTENTS 



CHAPTER XXVI 



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The Carboniferous Period . 408 



CHAPTER XXVII 

 The Permian Period . 428 



CHAPTER XXVIII 



The Mesozoic Periods — Triassic . . . . . . 441 



CHAPTER XXIX 

 The Jurassic Period 457 



CHAPTER XXX 

 The Cretaceous Period 474 



CHAPTER XXXI 

 Cenozoic Era — Tertiary Period ....... 494 



CHAPTER XXXII 



The Quaternary Period (or Pleistocene) 525 



APPENDIX I 



Tables of European Geological Formations 541 



APPENDIX II 

 Classification of Animals and Plants ...... 545 



INDEX ............ 551 



