. Elements of geology : a text-book for colleges and for the general reader. Geology. 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 presen
. Elements of geology : a text-book for colleges and for the general reader. Geology. 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. after Gaudry). this basin, and the consummate skill with which they were worked up by Cuvier, gave an incredible impulse to geology. Fifty species of mammals, of which forty species were tapir-like; ten species of birds,. 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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