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ABRIDGED GENERAL TABLE OF FOSSILIFEROUS STRATA.

 

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1. RECENT.			$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$	POST-TERTIARY.
2. POST-PLIOCENE.
3. NEWER PLIOCENE.			$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$	PLIOCENE.	$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$	TERTIARY or CAINOZOIC.	$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$	NEOZOIC.
4. OLDER PLIOCENE.
5. UPPER MIOCENE.			$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$	MIOCENE.
6. LOWER MIOCENE.
7. UPPER EOCENE.			$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$	EOCENE.
8. MIDDLE EOCENE.
9. LOWER EOCENE.
10. MAESTRICHT BEDS.			$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$	CRETACEOUS.	$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$	SECONDARY or MESOZOIC.
11. UPPER WHITE CHALK.
12. LOWER WHITE CHALK.
13. UPPER GREENSAND.
14. GAULT.
15. LOWER GREENSAND.
16. WEALDEN.
17. PURBECK BEDS.			$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$	JURASSIC.
18. PORTLAND STONE.
19. KIMMERIDGE CLAY.
20. CORAL RAG.
21. OXFORD CLAY.
22. GREAT or BATH OOLITE.
23. INFERIOR OOLITE.
24. LIAS
25. UPPER TRIAS.			$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$	TRIASSIC.
26. MIDDLE TRIAS, or MUSCHELKALK.
27. LOWER TRIAS
28.PERMIAN, or MAGNESIAN LIMESTONE			$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$	PERMIAN.	$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$	PRIMARY or PALEOZOIC.	$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$	PALEOZOIC.
29. COAL-MEASURES.			$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$	CARBONIFEROUS.
30. CARBONIFEROUS LIMESTONE.
31. UPPER	$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$	DEVONIAN.		DEVONIAN.
32. LOWER
33. UPPER	$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$	SILURIAN.		SILURIAN.
34. LOWER
35. UPPER	$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$	CAMBRIAN.		CAMBRIAN.
36. LOWER