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CHAP. III.]
THE MEIOCENE PERIOD.
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Table of Meiocene Classification.

Britain. Switzerland.
(Heer). 		France and
Germany.
(Gaudry). 		Italy.
(Forsyth Major).
Upper. Freshwater
molasse
=Πningian
zone. 		Léberonian of
Mont Léberon.
Eppelsheimian
of Eppelsheim. 		Lignites of
Casino, near
Sienna.
Middle. Marine
molasse
=Helvetian
zone. 		Simorrian of
Simorre.
Sansanian of
Sansan.
Orléanaisian of
the Orléanais. 		Lignites of
Monte Bamboli.
Lower. Lignites of
Bovey Tracey. 		Freshwater
molasse=Grey
molasse zone. 		Fauna of the
Allier (in part)
=Zone of the
Calcaire de
Beauce.
Vegetable
accumulation
under lava in
Hebrides and
North of
Ireland.
The Hempstead
beds. 		Lower brown
coal=
Aquitanian
zone.
Tongrian zone
(marine). 		Sables de
Fontainbleau. 		Lignites of
Cadibona.

Genera of Meiocene Mammalia now living.

The living genera of land mammalia which appear in Europe in the Meiocene age are represented in the following table, based upon the lists given in Appendix II. In it the reader will see that, with the exception of the insectivores, the squirrels, and the tapirs, no living

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