SECTION OF EARTH’S CRUSTShowing the different Geological Strata and Biological Ascent
KAINOZOICORTERTIARYRECENTIRON AGEStrata DepositsFossils, Bones, etc FoundMan’s AscentRecent Earth DepositsHistoric Era; Manufacture of Iron ArticlesHomo SapiensBRONZE AGERecent Earth DepositsConsiderable advance in civilization. Manufacture of Bronze implements.Homo CultusPOST-PLEIOCENEQUATERNARY OR PLEISTOCENENEOLITHICGlacial DepositsRemains of Lake Dwellings. Manufacture of Pottery.Homo Semi-feroxPALÆOLITHICGlacial DepositsFossil Cave-men, Stone, bone, + horn implements. Mammoth Reindeer, Hyœna, etc.Homo FeroxPLEIOCENEWhite and Red Crags of BritainApes, Bears & HyœnasAlali AnthropœdæMEIOCENEArctic Coal, Limestone, Sands, Clays, and LignitesMarsupials, Squirrels, Mastodon, Rhinoceros, Anthropomorphous ApesMenocerca SimiæEOCENESandstone, Limestone, Sands, Clays, Marls, Lignites, Coral, RagEquine forms, Bats, Lemurs, MarsupialsProsimiæ PlacentaliaMESOZOICORSECONDARYCRETACEOUSClays, Sands, Soft Limestones, LignitesBirds, Reptiles and MarsupialsMarsupialiaJURASSICOROÖLITICLimestones, Coral rags, Lignites, Clays, Marls, Coal Lies at baseBird-reptiles, several Marsupial speciesMarsupialiaTRIASSICSandstones, Limestones, ClaysGigantic Reptiles, Small MarsupialsPromammaliaPALÆOZOICORPRIMARYPERMIANMarls, Magnesian limestones, Conglomerates.ReptilesProtamniaCARBONIFEROUSCarboniferous limestone, Coal, Ironstone, Sandstone, Clay, ShalesScorpions, Spiders, Beetles, Flies, AmphibiaUrodela SozobranchiiDEVONIANOld Red Sandstone, Shales, Coralline LimestoneFossil land plants, Fishes, First fossil insectDipnoi SelachiiSILURIANSlates, Limestone, Conglomerates, Shales, SandstonesCorals, Spiral Shells, King-Crabs, Plates & Scales of Fishes, Annelides (sea-worms)Monorrhini AcraniaCAMBRIANSlates, Limestone, ConglomeratesSea-weeds, Sponges, Star-fishes Sea-lilies, Shell-fish, First land plantHimatega Turbellaria GastrœadaHURONIANPartially Metamorphosed Limestone, Sandstone, Slates, and ConglomeratesLowly organized MolluscsCiliata Synamœbæ AmœbæLAURENTIANHighly Metamorphosed LimestoneFossil Foraminifera (Protozoa)Monera (Bioplasm)AZOICPLUTONICMolten Granite & Quartz Partially or Wholly Igneous. Base of all rocksNo life remainsNo life remains