The foraminifera: an introduction to the study of the protozoa . Fig. o4.—Nummulitic Limestone ; Eocene, , Sinai, x 1G. of Asia. In India the nummulites and other Forami-nifera form massive beds of limestone, often con-stituting the greater part of some of the mountainranges. By a process of folding and crumpling thesebeds of limestone have been elevated, so as to formsome of the highest mountain crests, attaining insome cases an altitude of 16,000 feet. The lower partof the Nummulitic Series in Sind is represented by T 274 THE FOEAMINIPERA the Eanikot beds, containing NiiniiiiiiHte
The foraminifera: an introduction to the study of the protozoa . Fig. o4.—Nummulitic Limestone ; Eocene, , Sinai, x 1G. of Asia. In India the nummulites and other Forami-nifera form massive beds of limestone, often con-stituting the greater part of some of the mountainranges. By a process of folding and crumpling thesebeds of limestone have been elevated, so as to formsome of the highest mountain crests, attaining insome cases an altitude of 16,000 feet. The lower partof the Nummulitic Series in Sind is represented by T 274 THE FOEAMINIPERA the Eanikot beds, containing NiiniiiiiiHte.^ sjiira, , and N. Le/jmeriei; and tliis is followedby the Kirthar Gronp, with N. Gai-aiineih^U^ also aEuropean species, and N. siih-hcrigata, apparentlyconfined to India. The nnmmulites are here asso-ciated with large species of Alveoliua and the Oligocene strata in Germany the beds areoften richly foraminiferal, and the Septarian Clay. Fig. o5.—Okbitoides Limestone ; LowekMiocene, Christmas Island, x 10. of Hermsdorf and other localities has yielded aprolific fauna. In this country the Oligocene isnot so productive, since the beds are for the inainpart of fresh-water or fluvio-niarine the Isle of Wight a small series, chiefly re-presented by Miliolina and Pohjinuvjihiiia, has beenobtained by the writer. The Malta tertiary beds arein part of Oligocene age, and many of the beds there GEOLOGICAL EANGE 275 as well as in Jamaica, in the West Indies, containan abundance of Orbitoides. The Miocene System in the Vienna Basin is veryproductive of Foraminifera, and a rich assemblage hasbeen described by DOrbigny, and later by Miocene Clays and sands of Muddy Creek andMount Gambier, in Victoria, Australia, have yieldedan abundant fauna, and the specimens are well
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