————————-+——————————-+——————+—————————————-+———————————————————-+—————— | | | Strata | Fossils, Bones, | Man’s | | | Deposits | etc Found |Ascent | | +—————————————-+———————————————————-+—————— | | IRON | Recent Earth |Historic Era | | RECENT | AGE | Deposits |Manufacture of Iron |Homo | | | | Articles |Sapiens | +——————+—————————————-+———————————————————-+—————— | |BRONZE|Recent Earth |Considerable advance|Homo | |AGE | Deposits |in civilization. |Cultus | | | |Manufactureof Bronze| | | | | implements | +——————————-+——————+—————————————-+———————————————————-+—————— |POST- |NEO- | Glacial |Remains of Lake |Homo |PLEIOCENE |LITHIC| Deposits |Dwellings. Manu- |Semi- | | | |facture of Pottery |ferox KAINOZOIC|QUATERNARY +——————+—————————————-+———————————————————-+—————— OR | OR |PALÆO-| Glacial |Fossil Cave-men, |Homo TERTIARY |PLEISTOCENE|LITHIC| Deposits |Stone, bone, + horn |Ferox | | | |implements. Mammoth | | | | |Reindeer, Hyœna, etc.| +——————————-+——————+—————————————-+———————————————————-+—————— |PLEIOCENE |White and Red Crags |Apes, Bears & Hyœnas|Alali | | of Britain | |Anthro- | | | | pœdæ +——————————-+—————————————————————+———————————————————-+—————— |MEIOCENE |Arctic Coal, |Marsupials, | | |Limestone, Sands, |Squirrels, Mastodon,|Meno- | |Clays, and Lignites |Rhinoceros, | cerca | | |Anthropomorphous |Simiæ | | |Apes | +——————————-+—————————————————————+———————————————————-+—————— |EOCENE |Sandstone, Limestone,|Equine forms, Bats, |Prosimiæ | |Sands, Clays, Marls, |Lemurs, Marsupials |Placent- | |Lignites, Coral, Rag | |alia ————————-+——————————-+————————————————————-+———————————————————-+—————— |CRETACEOUS |Clays, Sands, Soft |Birds, Reptiles and |Marsup- | |Limestones, Lignites |Marsupials |ialia +——————————-+————————————————————-+———————————————————-+—————— MESOZOIC |JURASSIC |Limestones, Coral |Bird-reptiles, |Marsup- OR | OR |rags, Clays, Marls, |several Marsupial |ialia