...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 upon as indicating the dawn of the existing state of the animate creation. But in this case, he wisely treats his distinctions, not as...

...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 upon as indicating the dawn of the existing state of the animate creation. But in this case, he wisely treats his distinctions, not as...

...fourth NEWER PLIOCENE. The first of the above terms, Eocene, is derived from mas, eos, dawn, and xxiyas, cainos, recent, because the fossil shells of this...comparative ; the first meaning less recent (from pum, meion, less, and xunos, cainos, recent), and the other more recent (from irXiwt, more, and Kfiyai,...

...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 upon as indicating the damn of the existing state of the animate creation. But in this case, he wisely treats his distinctions,...

...Newer Pliocene. The first of the above terms, Eocene, is derived from TJWC, eos, dawn, and iracvoc, cainos, recent, because the fossil shells of this...which may be looked upon as indicating the dawn of the existing state of the testaceous fauna, no recent species having been detected in the older or secondary...

...Newer Pliocene. The first of the above terms, Eocene, is derived from T/UC., eos, dawn, and irau-or, cainos, recent, because the fossil shells of this...which may be looked upon as indicating the dawn of the existing state of the testaceous fauna, no recent species having been detected in the older or secondary...

...shells of * Sec Princ. of GeeL v«l. iii. 1st cd. 116 FOURFOLD DIVISION OF TERTIARY FORMATIONS. [On-X. this period contain an extremely small proportion...which may be looked upon as indicating the dawn of the existing state of the testaceous fauna, no recent species having been detected in the older or secondary...

...last or fourth Newer Pliocene. The first of the above terms, Eocene, is derived from eos, dawn, and cainos, recent, because the fossil shells of this...which may be looked upon as indicating the dawn of the existing state of the testaceous fauna, no recent species having been detected in the older or secondary...

...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 upon as indicating the dawn of the existing state of the animate creation. But in this case, he wisely treats his distinctions, not as...

...fourth, Newer Pliocene. The first of the above terms, Eocene, is derived from fas, eos, dawn, and xawos, cainos, recent, because the fossil shells of this...which may be looked upon as indicating the dawn of the existing state of the testaceous fauna, no recent species having been detected in the older or secondary...