. The Bible and science. Fig. 141.—Skeleton of Ichtliyosaunis. ,5-jBsffini2^. Fig. Ii2.—Skeleton of Plesiosaurus. a lizard than any bird of modern days. In this forma-tion we again find the remains of mammals, but onlythose belonging to the low order of marsupials. Bothplants and mammals which then inhabited Britainappear at that time to have been more like those ofAustralia now than of any other country. The next formation is the Cretaceous or Chalk,of which the southern English coast is formed. Enor- 282 MESOZOIC FOSSILS—CHALK. mous as its cliffs are, they consist almost entirelyof shells of
. The Bible and science. Fig. 141.—Skeleton of Ichtliyosaunis. ,5-jBsffini2^. Fig. Ii2.—Skeleton of Plesiosaurus. a lizard than any bird of modern days. In this forma-tion we again find the remains of mammals, but onlythose belonging to the low order of marsupials. Bothplants and mammals which then inhabited Britainappear at that time to have been more like those ofAustralia now than of any other country. The next formation is the Cretaceous or Chalk,of which the southern English coast is formed. Enor- 282 MESOZOIC FOSSILS—CHALK. mous as its cliffs are, they consist almost entirelyof shells of very minute species of foraminifera, and
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