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Beview of Recent Geological Literature. 
Superimposed on these are the New Castle strata and the Ilawksbury for- 
mation corresponding almost specifically in organic remains to the Kar- 
harbari and Damuda of India respectively. The Hawksbury terrane 
shows again a return of glacial action, though in a less marked degree. 
Above these coal formations with signs of denudation, rests, vpith slight 
unconformity, the Wianamatta terrane consisting of dry shales and fine 
sandstones. Nearly the same geological features may be seen in Victoria 
as in New South Wales. It is impossible to repeat Dr. Waagen's array of 
facts and evidences, but the synopsis of his geologic results, from both 
sorts of evidence, in India, Africa and Australia, may be seen in the follow- 
ing table : 
SOUTH AFRICA. 
INDIA. 
EAST AUSTRALIA. 
Neocomian, 
Tithon. 
Uitenhage 
1 
p,,<.„t,i Plant Strata, 
*-^^°^ I Marine Tithon. 
? Marine strata 
in Queensland. 
?Rhetic and 
Jurassic. 
Stromberg. 
Jabalpu, 
Kota-Maleri, 
Rajmahal. 
Bellarine strata, 
Clarence river, 
Coals of S. Queensland 
(?)Triassic 
(?Lowe8t.) 
Beaufort. 
Panchet Group. 
Wianamatta 
Unconformity. 
Permian. 
Koonap. 
Damuda Series. 
Hawksbury, (Glacial.) 
Upper 
Unconformity. 
Rarharbari. 
New Castle, 
Carboniferous. 
Ecca Strata. 
(Glacial.) 
Talchir Group. 
(Glacial.) 
Stony creek, Baccus 
Marsh, (Glacial.) 
Lower 
Lepidodendron 
Sandstone. 
Unconformable on 
Ci-ystalline Rock. 
Stroud, Port Steph- 
ens, etc. 
Carboniferous. 
Lepidodendron Sand. 
Devonian. 
Marine Devonian. 
Marine Devonian. 
In the Uitenhage and Cutch formations, as well as to some extent in the 
Muree, the animal remains indicate a Neocomian age, while the plants are 
clearly oolitic in their relations. This contradiction betw^een animal and 
plant remains is one between organisms closely intermingled and in 
their natural habitat. The plant remains indicate distinctly a Mesozoic 
age generally for the coal bearing strata, hence it is probable that in 
Australia the Paleozoic animal forms lived longer than in Europe, ex- 
tending even into the Mesozoic epoch. In support of this the abundance 
of the older types of the fauna in Australia descending from earlier pe- 
riods may be cited. There, also, in geologic time the older types may 
have extended higher than elsewhere. The question of the age of these 
strata is now, however, of more special interest on account of the glacial 
