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have determined the succession of strata throughout a great 
part of Europe, and have adopted pretty generally the fol¬ 
lowing groups, almost all of which have their representatives 
in the British Islands. 
ABRIDGED GENERAL TABLE OF FOSSILIFEROUS STRATA. 
1. RECENT. 
2. POST-PLIOCENE. 
3. NEWER PLIOCENE. 
4. OLDER PLIOCENE. 
5. UPPER MIOCENE. 
6. LOWER MIOCENE, 
r. UPPER EOCENE. 
8. MIDDLE EOCENE, 
9. LOWER EOCENE. 
10. MAESTRICHT BEDS. 
11. WHITE CHALK. 
12. CHLORITIC SERIES. 
13. GAULT. 
14. NEOCOMIAN. 
15. WEALDEN. 
16. PURBECK BEDS. 
17. PORTLAND STONE. 
18. KIMMERIDGE CLAY. 
19. CORAL RAG. 
20. OXFORD CLAY. 
21. GREAT or BATH OOLITE. 
22. INFERIOR OOLITE. 
23. LIAS. 
24. UPPER TRIAS. 
25. MIDDLE TRIAS. 
26. LOWER TRIAS. 
27. PERMIAN. 
28. COAL-MEASURES.. 
29. CARBONIFEROUS LIMESTONE. 
30. UPPER ^ 
31. MIDDLE [devonian. 
32. LOWER J 
IPOST-TEBTIARY. 
I PLIOCENE. 
I MIOCENE. 
[eocene. 
> CRETACEOUS. 
' JURASSIC. 
ITRIASSIC. 
PERMIAN. 
I CARBONIFEROUS. 
DEVONIAN. 
33. UPPER ) 
34. LOWER J 
35. UPPER ) 
36. LOWER ) 
37. UPPER ) 
38. LOWER J 
SILURIAN. 
CAMBRIAN. 
LAURENTIAN. 
SILURIAN. 
CAMBRIAN. 
LAURENTIAN. 
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