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The Ancient Life History of the Earth

by Henry Alleyne Nicholson

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  1. 1Preface
  2. 2Part I — Principles of Palæontology — Introduction
  3. 3Chapter I — The Scope and Materials of Palæontology
  4. 4Chapter II — The Fossiliferous Rocks
  5. 5Chapter III — Chronological Succession of the Fossiliferous Rocks
  6. 6Chapter IV — The Breaks in the Geological and Palæontological Record
  7. 7Chapter V — Conclusions to Be Drawn From Fossils
  8. 8Chapter VI — The Biological Relations of Fossils
  9. 9Chapter VII — The Laurentian and Huronian Periods
  10. 10Chapter VIII — The Cambrian Period
  11. 11Chapter IX — The Lower Silurian Period
  12. 12Chapter X — The Upper Silurian Period
  13. 13Chapter XI — The Devonian and Old Red Sandstone Period
  14. 14Chapter XII — The Carboniferous Period
  15. 15Chapter XIII — The Carboniferous Period — Continued
  16. 16Chapter XIV — The Permian Period
  17. 17Chapter XV — The Triassic Period
  18. 18Chapter XVI — The Jurassic Period
  19. 19Chapter XVII — The Cretaceous Period
  20. 20Chapter XVIII — The Eocene Period
  21. 21Chapter XIX — The Miocene Period
  22. 22Chapter XX — The Pliocene Period
  23. 23Chapter XXI — The Quaternary Period
  24. 24Chapter XXII — The Post-Pliocene Period — Continued
  25. 25Chapter XXIII — The Succession of Life Upon the Globe
  26. 26Glossary

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