TABULAR VIEW

OF

The Classes, Orders, or Families, of Animals, occurring in a Living and Fossil State, with their Geognostical Distribution.

Number of Genera which are foundNumber of Species.
Names of
Classes, Orders,
or Families.
In the living state only.Living, and Fossil.In the Fossil state only.In the Strata anterior to the Chalk.In the Strata of the Chalk.In the Strata posterior to the Chalk.Total number of Genera.In the living State.In the fossil State.
Polyparia,233052471936105527414
Stellaridæ,4244764
Echinidæ,2637851195112
Annulosa,2111231729
Serpulacea,23133363669
Cirripeda,8212105017
Tubicolæ,132561116
Pholadaria,222124
Bivalve shells,18612444255110310091104
Univalve shells,33872827169314819451544
Genera little known,43145
Crustacea,2155292854
Pisces,5461125560183
Mammifera & Cetacea,2412363689
Aves,(a)3333
Reptilia,44324823
Insecta,141414
Vegetabilia,14101211524

(a) The fossil remains of birds being very difficult to be recognized, the number of genera in that state is undoubtably much more considerable.

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