. Elements of geology : a text-book for colleges and for the general reader. Geology. TERTIARY ANIMALS. 523 of the Tertiary the mammalian fauna change completely many times. The Tertiary mammals are of so great interest, from the evolution point of view, that we must dwell upon them somewhat in detail. But. Fig. 890.—Tapir us ludicus. it seems impossible to present selections from the immense mass of material at hand in an interesting manner, except by taking a few clas- sic localities from different epochs and different countries, and briefly describing what has been found in each. We will co
. Elements of geology : a text-book for colleges and for the general reader. Geology. TERTIARY ANIMALS. 523 of the Tertiary the mammalian fauna change completely many times. The Tertiary mammals are of so great interest, from the evolution point of view, that we must dwell upon them somewhat in detail. But. Fig. 890.—Tapir us ludicus. it seems impossible to present selections from the immense mass of material at hand in an interesting manner, except by taking a few clas- sic localities from different epochs and different countries, and briefly describing what has been found in each. We will commence with some foreign localities, because these were first discovered : 1. Eocene Basin of Paris.—This basin has been made celebrated by the labors of the immortal Cuvier. The discovery in the early portion of the present century of the rich treasures imbedded in the strata of. 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 LeConte, Joseph, 1823-1901. New York : D. Appleton and Co.
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