...accordingly as they contain a majority of recent species of shells, a minority of such species, or a small proportion of living species, which may be looked...as indicating the dawn of the existing state of the animate creation. But in this case, he wisely treats his distinctions, not as definitions, but as the...

...accordingly as they contain a majority of recent species of shells, a minority of such species, or a small proportion of living species, which may be looked...as indicating the dawn of the existing state of the animate creation. But in this case, he wisely treats his distinctions, not as definitions, but as the...

...accordingly as they contain a majority of recent species of shells, a minority of such species, or a small proportion of living species, which may be looked...as indicating the dawn of the existing state of the ¡miniate creation. But in this case, he wisely treats his distinctions, not as definitions, but as...

...Newer Pliocene. The first of the above terms, Eocene, is derived from jjcoj, eos, dawn, and xaivoj, cainos, recent, because the fossil shells of this...which may be looked upon as indicating the dawn of the recent or existing state of the testaceous fauna. The other terms, Miocene and Pliocene, are comparative;...

...Newer Pliocene. The first of the above terms, Eocene, is derived from rjaij, eos, dawn, and xaivo;, cainos, recent, because the fossil shells of this...which may be looked upon as indicating the dawn of the recent or existing state of the testaceous fauna. The other terms, Miocene and Pliocene, are comparative;...

...fourth, Newer Pliocene. The first of the above terms, Eocene, is derived from >?uj, eos, dawn, and xawof, cainos, recent, because the fossil shells of this...which may be looked upon as indicating the dawn of the recent or existing state of the testaceous fauna. The other terms, Miocene and Pliocene, are comparative;...

...fourth NEWER PLIOCENE. The first of the above terms, Eocene, is derived from mas, eos, dawn, and xaims, cainos, recent, because the fossil shells of this...which may be looked upon as indicating the dawn of the recent or existing state of the testaceous fauna. The other terms, Miocene and Pliocene, are comparative...

...Newer Pliocene. The first of the above terms, Eocene, is derived from *¡iac, eos, dawn, and xnivoc, cainos, recent, because the fossil shells of this...older or secondary rocks. 'The term Miocene (from ficiov, melon, less, and xatrog, cainos, recent,) is intended to express a minor proportion of recent...

...Mollusca have been identified with species now living. From this striking fact, which Mr. Lyell looks upon as indicating the dawn of the existing state of the testaceous fanna, he has proposed the term ' eocene' for these strata. In the next, or ' miocene' tertiary period,...

...Newer Pliocene. The first of the above terms, Eocene, is derived from t¡of, eos, dawn, and xowof, cainos, recent, because the fossil shells of this...which may be looked upon as indicating the dawn of the recent or existing state of the testaceous fauna. Two subjects of discussion have arisen respecting...