Epigraph
W. H. Lizars Sc. Edinr.
Primitive Rocks
No Fossil Organic Remains.
Transition Rocks
First Appearance of Fossil Shells and Corals.
1st Sandstone or Old Red Sandstone & Old Red Conglomerate
Fossil Wood; Fossil Fishes?
1st Limestone or Mountn Limestone
Fossil Corals & Shells.
2d Sandstone or Coal Formation
Impressions of Plants principally Monocotyledonous, many with
a Tropical aspect.
Brown Coal Formation
Crocodiles &c. also Dictyledonous Plants.
Hertfordshire Puddingstone
Crocodiles &c. also Dictyledonous Plants.
Paris Formation
First appearance of Fossil Remains of Birds & Mammiferous Animals.
Diluvial Formation
Remains of extinct species of Elephant, Rhinoceros, Hippopotamus,
Tapir, Deer, Hyena, Bear &c.
Post Diluvial Formation
Fossil Remains of the Human Species first appear in this
formation.
New Red Conglomerate