Essay on the theory of the earth / By Baron G. Cuvier. Translated from the French ... by Robert Kerr ... With geological illustrations by Professor Jameson.

  • Cuvier, Georges, baron, 1769-1832.
Date:
1827
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Credit: Essay on the theory of the earth / By Baron G. Cuvier. Translated from the French ... by Robert Kerr ... With geological illustrations by Professor Jameson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    NAMES OF CLASSES, ORDERS, OR FAMILIES. Polyparia, - - Stellaridæ, - Echinidæ, - - Annulosa, - - Serpulacea, - Cirripeda, - - Tubicolæ, - - Pholadaria, - Bivalve shells, Univalve shells, Genera little known, - 4 Crustacea, - . Pisces, = Mammifera & Cetacea, - à; AVES = nu Reptilia, “-~= A ge ORERS Vegetabilia, - g state In the livin only. Living and Fossil. oS = SE rwwrwwnwand D Qt bo BB & 14 In the Fossil state only. In the Strata ante- rior to the Chalk. In the Strata of the Chalk. In the Strata poste- rior to the Chalk. . | Number of s Species v Beal |g 3|/8]38 2/213 E |É | S o re] a 5 8 ela 4 105| 527) 414 4! 76 4 11 95} 112 31 17) 29 6| 36! 69 10! 50) 17 6! 1h 16 20h 4 9 55 36 4 28 60 36 5 54 183 89 23 OBSERVATIONS. The fossil remains of birds being very difficult to be re- cognised, the num- ber of genera in that state is un- doubtedly much more considerable. |