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Note 54 — SECONDARY EPOCH.

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“The Physical Geography and Geology of Great Britain,” 2nd ed., p. 60.

[55] A. C. Ramsay, Quart. Jour. Geol. Soc., vol. 27, p. 191.

[56] See A. C. Ramsay, “On the Physical Relations of the New Red Marl, Rhætic Beds, and Lower Lias,” Quart. Jour. Geol. Soc., vol. 27, p. 189.

[57] Quart. Jour. Geol. Soc., vol. xx., p. 396.

[58] Ibid, vol. xvii., p. 483.

[59] Ibid, vol. xvi., p. 374.

[60] Ibid, vol. xx., p. 103.

[61] Lyell, “Elements of Geology,” p. 413.

[62] De la Beche’s “Geological Manual,” 3rd ed., p. 447.

[63] “Geological Manual,” by H. T. De la Beche, 3rd ed., p. 346.

[64] Professor Buckland on the Pterodactylus. “Trans. Geol. Soc.,” 2nd series, vol. iii., p. 217.

[65] “Elements of Geology,” p. 399.

[66] See Bristow in Descriptive Catalogue of Rocks, in Mus. Pract. Geol., p. 134.

[67] President’s Address, by Professor A. C. Ramsay. Quart. Jour. Geol. Soc., 1864, vol. xx., p. 4.

[68] “Elements of Geology,” p. 400.

[69] For a full account of the Ceteosaurus, see “The Geology of the Thames Valley,” by Prof. John Phillips, F.R.S. 1871.

[70] “Elements of Geology,” p. 393.

[71] For details respecting these strata the reader may consult, with advantage, the useful handbook to the geology of Weymouth and Portland, by Robert Damon.

[72] See Bristow and Whitaker “On the Chesil Bank,” Geol. Mag., vol. vi., p. 433.

[73] “Elements of Geology,” p. 389.

[74] Ibid, p. 391.

[75] “Elements of Geology,” p. 349.

[76] Ibid, p. 350.

[77] “The Physical Geology and Geography of Great Britain,” by A. C. Ramsay, F.R.S., p. 64.

[78] Lyell’s “Elements of Geology,” p. 349.

[79] Ibid, p. 340.

[80] Lyell’s “Elements of Geology,” p. 333.

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