. The ancient life-history of the earth; a comprehensive outline of the principles and leading facts of palæontological science. Paleontology. THE PLIOCENE PERIOD. 323 which case it must have possessed a long tail. The Mesopi- thecus of the Upper Miocene of Greece is also one of the lower. Fig:. 248—l^o\ver]s.\v oi PlioJ>itIiecns afttiqnus. Upper Miocene, France. Monkeys, as it is most closely allied to the existing Macaques. On the other hand, the Dryopithecus of the French Upper Miocene is referable to the group of the "Anthropoid Apes," and is most nearly related to the Gibbons
. The ancient life-history of the earth; a comprehensive outline of the principles and leading facts of palæontological science. Paleontology. THE PLIOCENE PERIOD. 323 which case it must have possessed a long tail. The Mesopi- thecus of the Upper Miocene of Greece is also one of the lower. Fig:. 248—l^o\ver]s.\v oi PlioJ>itIiecns afttiqnus. Upper Miocene, France. Monkeys, as it is most closely allied to the existing Macaques. On the other hand, the Dryopithecus of the French Upper Miocene is referable to the group of the "Anthropoid Apes," and is most nearly related to the Gibbons of the present day, in which the tail is rudimentary and there are no cheek- pouches. Dryopithecus was, also, of large size, equalling Man in stature, and apparently living amongst the trees and feed- ing upon fruits. CHAPTER XX. THE PLIOCENE PERIOD. The highest division of the Tertiary deposits is termed the Pliocene formation, in accordance with the classification pro- posed by Sir Charles Lyell. The Pliocene formations contaie from 40 to 95 per cent of existing species oi Moll 11 sea, the re- mainder belonging to extinct species. divided by Sir Charles Lyell into two divisions, the Older Pliocene and Newer Phocene. The Pliocene deposits of Britain occur in Suffolk, and are known by the name of " Crags," this being a local term used for certain shelly sands, which are employed in agriculture. Two of these Crags are referable to the Older Pliocene, viz.,. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Nicholson, Henry Alleyne, 1844-1899. Edinburgh, London, Blackwood
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