animal remains. 
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commence our examination of the relics 
linwr r world, with a view to ascertain 
veo-PtTi members of the animal and 
to Pv^ mgdoms may, or may not, be related 
sreit ^”5 gcoera and species, as parts of one 
derivof'^* creation, all bearing marks of 
ation from a common author.* 
the kingdom, we find 
m four great existing divisions of Vertelrata, 
coevar'*’-tf*?r“^''^“’ to have been 
al with the commencement of organic life 
upon our globe.t ^ 
orsraniV ^ attempted to convey some idea of the 
racteristic aniraak a f cha- 
'vaters, at ther od! ^ 
t “ It W P * deposited, 
of fossil plants” necessary, m discussing the history 
they all fall naturally intTthe” '^^“stitute a single new class; 
•sting forms— Wo ‘ sections as the ex- 
organic creations were fomted"^'''^ •» concluding that the older 
present. They cannot th f"P^" P'“ ^t 
tirely different systems of nat ^'^i ^®®«ibed as en- 
corresponding systems com / f 
ference of tlfese^ details different details. The dif- 
tinctions; but sometimes esne 
tain Crustacea, and reptiles Plants, cer- 
nature, and it is not^nr,« ’n ^•'e of a more general 
known recent genus or eve! f ‘*"y 
of the resemblance of ' amily. Thus we find the problem 
Itself into a general organic beings to resolve 
•mportant points b, system, frequent agreement in 
organization.” Jp,,i„. \'^®^ ""''®'’sal distinction of minute 
P s Guide to Geology, p. 61 - 63 , 1834 
