The Ancient Life History of the Earth: A Comprehensive Outline of the Principles and Leading Facts of Palæontological ScienceNicholson, Henry Alleyne
Science
The Ancient Life History of the Earth: A Comprehensive Outline of the Principles and Leading Facts of Palæontological Science
Nicholson, Henry Alleyne
Paleontology
(1) 'Geology of Oxford and the Thames Valley.' Phillips.
(2) 'Geology of Yorkshire,' vol. ii. Phillips.
(3) 'Memoirs of the Geological Survey of Great Britain.'
(4) 'Geology of Cheltenham.' Murchison, 2d ed. Buckman.
(5) 'Introduction to the Monograph of the Oolitic Asteriadæ'
(Palæontographical Society). Wright.
(6) "Zone of Avicula contorta and the Lower Lias of the South of
England"--'Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc.,' vol. xvi., 1860. Wright.
(7) "Oolites of Northamptonshire"--'Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc.,'
vols. Xxvi. and xxix. Sharp.
(8) 'Manual of Geology.' Dana.
(9) 'Der Jura.' Quenstedt.
(10) 'Das Flötzgebirge Württembergs.' Quenstedt.
(11) 'Jura Formation.' Oppel.
(12) 'Paléontologie du Département de la Moselle.' Terquem.
(13) 'Cours élémentaire de Paléontologie.' D'Orbigny.
(14) 'Paléontologie Française.' D'Orbigny.
(15) 'Fossil Echinodermata of the Oolitic Formation'
(Palæontographical Society). Wright.
(16) 'Brachiopoda of the Oolitic Formation' (Palæontographical
Society). Davidson.
(17) 'Mollusca of the Great Oolite' (Palæontographical Society).
Morris and Lycett.
(18) 'Monograph of the Fossil Trigoniæ' (Palæontographical Society).
Lycett.
(19) 'Corals of the Oolitic Formation' (Palæontographical Society).
Edwards and Haime.
(20) 'Supplement to the Corals of the Oolitic Formation'
(Palæontographical Society). Martin Duncan.
(21) 'Monograph of the Belemnitidæ' (Palæontographical Society).
Phillips.
(22) 'Structure of the Belemnitidæ' (Mem. Geol. Survey). Huxley.
(23) 'Sur les Belemnites.' Blainville.
(24) 'Cephalopoden.' Quenstedt.
(25) 'Mineral Conchology.' Sowerby.
(26) 'Jurassic Cephalopoda' (Palæontologica Indica). Waagen.
(27) 'Manual of the Mollusca.' Woodward.
(28) 'Petrefaktenkunde.' Schlotheim.
(29) 'Bridgewater Treatise.' Buckland.
(30) 'Versteinerungen des Oolithengebirges.' Roemer.
(31) 'Catalogue of British Fossils.' Morris.
(32) 'Catalogue of Fossils in the Museum of Practical Geology.'
Etheridge.
(33) 'Beiträge zur Petrefaktenkunde.' Münster.
(34) 'Petrefacta Germaniæ.' Goldfuss.
(35) 'Lethæa Rossica.' Eichwald.
(36) 'Fossil Fishes' (Decades of the Geol. Survey). Sir Philip Egerton.
(37) 'Manual of Palæontology.' Owen.
(38) 'British Fossil Mammals and Birds.' Owen.
(39) 'Monographs of the Fossil Reptiles of the Oolitic Formation'
(Palæontographical Society). Owen.
(40) 'Fossil Mammals of the Mesozoic Formations' (Palæontographical
Society). Owen.
(41) 'Catalogue of Ornithosauria.' Seeley.
(42) "Classification of the Deinosauria"--'Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc.,'
vol. xxvi., 1870. Huxley.
CHAPTER XVII.
THE CRETACEOUS PERIOD.
The next series of rocks in ascending order is the great and
important series of the Cretaceous Rocks, so called from the
general occurrence in the system of chalk (Lat. _creta_, chalk).
As developed in Britain and Europe generally, the following leading
subdivisions may be recognised in the Cretaceous series:--
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
Reviews
Reviews
No reviews yet
Be the first to share your thoughts on this work.
Elsewhere in the archive
Join the Discussion
Join the discussion
Sign in to leave a comment or review.
Sign InorCreate an account