 Lyell has given to the divisions of the tertiary strata the appellations pleiocene, meiocene, eocene, accordingly as they contain a majority of recent species of shells, a minority of such species, or a small proportion of living species, which may be...  The Lithology of Edinburgh - Page 46by John Fleming - 1859 - 102 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Whewell - 1837 - 646 pages
...accordingly as they contain a majority of recent species of shells, a minority of such species, or a small proportion of living species, which may be looked...as indicating the dawn of the existing state of the animate creation. But in this case, he wisely treats his distinctions, not as definitions, but as the... | |
 | William Whewell - 1837 - 1046 pages
...accordingly as they contain a majority of recent species of shells, a minority of such species, or a small proportion of living species, which may be looked...as indicating the dawn of the existing state of the animate creation. But in this case, he wisely treats his distinctions, not as definitions, but as the... | |
 | Sir Charles Lyell - 1838 - 606 pages
...Newer Pliocene. The first of the above terms, Eocene, is derived from ijcoj, eos, dawn, and xaivoj, cainos, recent, because the fossil shells of this...which may be looked upon as indicating the dawn of the recent or existing state of the testaceous fauna. The other terms, Miocene and Pliocene, are comparative;... | |
 | William MacGillivray - 1840 - 266 pages
...fourth NEWER PLIOCENE. The first of the above terms, Eocene, is derived from mas, eos, dawn, and xxiyas, cainos, recent, because the fossil shells of this...which may be looked upon as indicating the dawn of the recent or existing state of the testaceous fauna. The other terms, Miocene and Pliocene, are comparative... | |
 | Richard Owen - 1843 - 408 pages
...Mollusca have been identified with species now living. From this striking fact, which Mr. Lyell looks upon as indicating the dawn of the existing state of the testaceous fanna, he has proposed the term ' eocene' for these strata. In the next, or ' miocene * tertiary period,... | |
 | William Whewell - 1847 - 740 pages
...accordingly as they contain a majority of recent species of shells, a minority of such species, or a small proportion of living species, which may be looked upon as indicating the damn of the existing state of the animate creation. But in this case, he wisely treats his distinctions,... | |
 | William Whewell - 1857 - 600 pages
...of recent species of shells, a minority of such species, or a small proportion of living iSpecies, which may be looked upon as indicating the dawn of the existing state of the animate creation. But in this case, he wisely treats his distinctions, not as definitions, but as the... | |
 | William Whewell - 1858 - 682 pages
...accordingly as they contain a majority of recent species of shells, a minority of such species, or a small proportion of living species, which may be looked...as indicating the dawn of the existing state of the animate creation. But in this case, he wisely treats his distinctions, not as definitions, but as the... | |
 | Sir Charles Lyell - 1860 - 718 pages
...Geol. vol. iii. 1st ed. 116 FOURFOLD DIVISION OF TERTIARY FORMATIONS. [Cn. X. this period contain au extremely small proportion of living species, which...upon as indicating the dawn of the existing state of th« testaceous fauna, no recent species having been detected in the older or secondary rocks. The... | |
 | Sir Charles Lyell - 1911 - 750 pages
...Newer Pliocene. The first of the above terms, Eocene, is derived from ij<as , eos, daivn, and raii/dc, cainos, recent, because the fossil shells of this...as indicating the dawn of the existing state of the molluscan fauna, no recent species (with one or two exceptions) having been detected in the older or... | |
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