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Antiquity of Man: Lower

Man's range, generally admitted. 1. Recent 2. Post. Glacial 3. Pleistocene or Quaternary (including Glacial Post Tertiary) formation) 4. Newer Pliocene Pliocene 5. Older Pliocene 6. Upper Miocene Miocene 7. Lower Miocene 8. Upper Eocene 9. Middle do. Eocene 10. Lower do.

Many shells abundant, such as Crag PLIOCENE.

Camelopardalis
Camelopardalis

Norwich BRITAIN.

Sand loam and gravel Marine, land, and fresh-water shells Fusus striatus دو antiquus Tunitella communis Cardium edule, still existing in adjacent sea.

Norwich Crag.

Red, White, or Coralline Tertiary or Cainozoic.

UPPER MIOCENE.

LOWER MIOCENE.

MIOCENE.

BRITAIN.

FRANCE.

White river group in North downs.

INDIA.

Astarte pyrula with other shells common to the Crag.

indicative of an elevated tem- Hipparion
indicative of an elevated tem- Hipparion
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