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Lyell, Charles, Sir, 1797-1875

"The Student's Elements of Geology"


TABLE 26.2. DATES OF THE DISCOVERY OF DIFFERENT CLASSES OF FOSSIL VERTEBRATA;
SHOWING THE GRADUAL PROGRESS MADE IN TRACING THEM TO ROCKS OF HIGHER ANTIQUITY.
COLUMN 1: YEAR.
COLUMN 2: FORMATIONS.
COLUMN 3: GEOGRAPHICAL LOCALITIES.
MAMMALIA:
1798: Upper Eocene: Paris (Gypsum of Montmartre). (George Cuvier, Bulletin Soc.
Philom. 20.)
1818: Lower Oolite: Stonesfield. (In 1818, Cuvier, visiting the Museum of
Oxford, decided on the mammalian character of a jaw from Stonesfield. See also
above Chapter 19.)
1847: Upper Trias: Stuttgart. (Professor Plieninger. See above Chapter 21.)
AVES:
1782: Upper Eocene: Paris (Gypsum of Montmartre). (Cuvier, Ossemens Foss. Art.
"Oiseaux.")
1839: Lower Eocene: Isle of Sheppey (London Clay). (Professor Owen Geological
Transactions second series volume 6 page 203 1839.)
1854: Lower Eocene: Woolwich Beds. (Upper part of the Woolwich beds. Prestwich
Quarterly Geological Journal volume 10 page 157.)
1855: Lower Eocene: Meudon (Plastic Clay). (Gastornis Parisiensis. Owen
Quarterly Geological Journal volume 12 page 204 1856.


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