PAGE The Bodies of Space—Their arrangements and formation 1 Constituent materials of the Earth and of the other Bodies 27 of Space The Earth formed—Era of the Primary Rocks 44 Commencement of Organic Life—Sea Plants, Corals, etc. 54 Era of the Old Red Sandstone—Fishes abundant. 66 Secondary Rocks. Era of the Carboniferous Formation.—Land 76 formed—Commencement of Land Plants Era of the New Red Sandstone—Terrestrial Zoology commences 94 with Reptiles—First traces of Birds Era of the Oolite—Commencement of Mammalia 105 Era of the Cretaceous Formation 116 Era of the Tertiary Formation—Mammalia abundant 125 Era of the Superficial Formations—Commencement of present 134 Species General Considerati…
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