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Antiquity of Man: Eocene

MIDDLE EOCENE.

LOWER EOCENE.

been fully studied or their exact equivalence remains undetermined.
been fully studied or their exact equivalence remains undetermined.

BRITAIN. been fully studied or their exact equivalence remains undetermined. been fully studied or their exact equivalence remains undetermined. FRANCE.

Al BembridgeSeries Anoplotherium Gypseous Series A2 Osborne Series EOCENE.

A4 Barton Clay B1 Bagshot and Bracklesham Sands and Clays Chœropotamus &c.

Freshwater & brackish genera Do.

Emys Trionyx Alligator Crocodilus Lepidosteus Voluta Mitra Cerithium Voluta Cowries Marine Serpents Nummulites indicating a warm climate with a vegetation reminding the botanist of the types of tropical India and Australia B2 Wanting (Cl London Clay and Bognor beds Palms Turtles Sea Snakes Crocodiles Conus, Voluta, Cyprina, Nautilus, and other shells indicating a semi-tropical climate C2 Plastic and Mottled Clays and Sands } Montmatre Calcaire Siliceux Land and fresh- Many quadrupeds (4/5ths of them Perrissodactyls), water shells Soissonnais Sands Argile de Londres Land and freshwater shells Many quadrupeds (4/5ths (4/5ths of them Perrissodactyls), Trionyx, Emys.

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