. Outlines of natural theology for the use of the Canadian student [microform] : selected and arranged from the most authentic sources. Natural history; Natural theology; Sciences naturelles; Théologie naturelle. 842. pptoession of the sea with the fishes, in its cetaceans its se^^l^, ^nd its sea-lions ; and of the air, with its birds, in its numerous genera of the bat family. Further, not until the great maminaliierous period is fairly ushered in, do either the bats or the whales make their appearance in creation. Remains of oolitic reptiles have been mistaken in more than one instance for th
. Outlines of natural theology for the use of the Canadian student [microform] : selected and arranged from the most authentic sources. Natural history; Natural theology; Sciences naturelles; Théologie naturelle. 842. pptoession of the sea with the fishes, in its cetaceans its se^^l^, ^nd its sea-lions ; and of the air, with its birds, in its numerous genera of the bat family. Further, not until the great maminaliierous period is fairly ushered in, do either the bats or the whales make their appearance in creation. Remains of oolitic reptiles have been mistaken in more than one instance for those of cetacean ; but it is now gener- ally held that the earliest known specimens of the family belong to the tertiary ages, while those of the oldest bats occur in the eocene of the Paris basin, associated with the bones of dolphins, lamantines, and morses. Birds make their first appearance in a red sandstone deposit of the United States, at least not older than the times of the lias. No fragments of tlK' skeletons have yet been discovered in forma- tiors older than the chalk. The Connecticut remains are those of foot-prints exclusively; and yet they tell their extraordinary story, so far as it extends, with precision and distinctness. With the Stone- field slates—a deposit which lies above what is known, as the inferior oolite—the remains of the mammiferous animals first appear. As, however, no other mammalian remains occur until after the close of the great secondary division, and as certain marked peculiarities attach to the oolitic ones, it may be well to. enquire whether their place, so far in advance of their fellows, may not be indicative of ? Cete, a 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 Bovell, James, 1817-1880. [Toronto? : s. n. ]
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