. The Bible and science. 144 —Microscopic section of chalkfrom Sussex. Magnified about 220iliauieters. Fig. 145.—Atlantic ooze from a depthof 2,250 fathoms. Magnified about220 diameters. (jr example, it has been said that we are still living inthe cretaceous period, but this is not correct, for thoughthese chalky animalculse or globigerinse still exist, yetother forms of life with which they were associatedduring the cretaceous epoch have entirely , in the cretaceous seas, ammonites were still plenti-ful, the ichthyosaurus and plesiosaurus still swam aboutin their waters, and huge
. The Bible and science. 144 —Microscopic section of chalkfrom Sussex. Magnified about 220iliauieters. Fig. 145.—Atlantic ooze from a depthof 2,250 fathoms. Magnified about220 diameters. (jr example, it has been said that we are still living inthe cretaceous period, but this is not correct, for thoughthese chalky animalculse or globigerinse still exist, yetother forms of life with which they were associatedduring the cretaceous epoch have entirely , in the cretaceous seas, ammonites were still plenti-ful, the ichthyosaurus and plesiosaurus still swam aboutin their waters, and huge lizards, like the Iguanodon,bird-like reptiles like the Compsognathus, or reptilianbirds like the Hesperornis, still walked about on the 284 SECONDARY AND TERTIARY EPOCHS. shores. Pterodactyls, also, still flew about, but manyshells, somewhat resemblmg those of our present seas,began to appear, and the myrtle, fig, walnut, and oakbegan to grow side by side with Banksias and otherplants resembling those of Fig. 146.—Compsognathus longipes, a reptile resembling a bird in its long neck,small head, and partially-erect posture. With the chalk closes the secondary, or mesozoicperiod, and between it and the tertiary a long breakoccurs. The first formation in the Tertiary is theEocene. During this period an enormous ocean stretched fromthe Pyrenees to the borders of China, and we find thelarge, coin-shaped foraminifera, or nummulites, of which CAMOZOIC OR TERTIARY FOSSILS—EOCENE. 285 we have already spoken, in the Egyptian hills and thepeaks of the Alps and Himalayas. In these seas fisheswere numerous, and amongst the American fossils of
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