______________________________________________________________ | | | | | Geological | Geography and Climate | Fauna | | Periods | | | |_________________|_______________________|____________________| | | | | | Modern or | The actual climate | Modern quadrupeds, | | neanthropic | and geographical | including | | | arrangements | domestic animals | |_________________|_______________________|____________________| | | | | | | Cold and dry, with | Reindeer, | L C | | widely extended | mammoth (Elephas | a e | | continents. Extension | primigenius), | t n | Post-glacial or | of glaciers &c. | hairy rhinoceros | e o | palanthropic | | (R. tichorhinus) | r z | | | | o | | Warm and moist, | | i | | extended continents | Elephas antiquus | c | | | and R. Merkii | |_________________|_______________________|____________________| | | | | | Pleistocene or | Glacial period. | Arctic animals | | glacial | Submergence and | and plants | | | diminished continents | | |_________________|_______________________|____________________| | | | | | | | Elephas | | Pliocene | First continental | meridionalis, | | | period. | Rhinoceros | | | Mild climate | leptorhinus, and | | | | other extinct | |_________________|_______________________|____________________| ______________________________________________________________ | | | | | Geological | Geography and Climate | Fauna | | Periods | | | |_________________|_______________________|____________________| | | | | | Modern or | So-called of Iron, | Recent | | neanthropic | Bronze, and Polished | Roman | | | Stone | Gaulish |