A Manual of Elementary Geology or, The Ancient Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants as Illustrated by Geological Monuments

CHAPTER XXIII.

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PERMIAN OR MAGNESIAN LIMESTONE GROUP.

Fossils of Magnesian Limestone and Lower New Red distinct from the Triassic--Term Permian--English and German equivalents--Marine shells and corals of English Magnesian limestone--Palaeoniscus and other fish of the marl slate--Thecodont Saurians of dolomitic conglomerate of Bristol--Zechstein and Rothliegendes of Thuringia--Permian Flora--Its generic affinity to the carboniferous--Psaronites or tree-ferns 301