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Placentalia
| Placentalia | ||||||||||
| ├ | ─Villiplacentalia | |||||||||
| │ | ├ | ─Edentata | ||||||||
| │ | ├ | ─Ungulata | ||||||||
| │ | │ | ├ | ─Solidungula | |||||||
| │ | │ | ├ | ─Ruminantia | |||||||
| │ | │ | └ | ─Pachydermata | |||||||
| │ | └ | ─Cetacea | ||||||||
| ┠ | ─Zenoplacentalia Carnaria | |||||||||
| │ | ├ | ─Carnivora | ||||||||
| │ | └ | ─Pinnipedia | ||||||||
| └ | ─Discoplacentalia Prosimiæ | |||||||||
| ├ | ─Prosimiæ (Lemurs) | |||||||||
| ├ | ─Insectivora | |||||||||
| ├ | ─Rodentia | |||||||||
| ├ | ─Cheiroptera | |||||||||
| └ | ─Simiæ (Apes) | |||||||||
| ├ | ─Platyrrhini | |||||||||
| └ | ─Catarrhini Menocerca | |||||||||
| ├ | ─Tailed Baboons + Macaques | |||||||||
| └ | ─Anthropoidæ Man─like Apes | |||||||||
| ├ | ─Gibbon + Orang | |||||||||
| ├ | ─Chimpanzee + Gorilla | |||||||||
| └ | ─Alali (Ape─like Men) | |||||||||
| ├ | ─Woolly─haired Alali | |||||||||
| │ | ├ | ─Papuan | ||||||||
| │ | ├ | ─Hottentot | ||||||||
| │ | ├ | ─Negro | ||||||||
| │ | └ | ─Caffre | ||||||||
| └ | ─Straight─haired Alali | |||||||||
| ├ | ─Australian | |||||||||
| └ | ─Polynesian or Malay | |||||||||
| ├ | ─Caucasian or Iranian | |||||||||
| │ | ├ | ─Aryan or Indo─European | ||||||||
| │ | └ | ─Semitic | ||||||||
| └ | ─Mongolian or Turanian | |||||||||
| ├ | ─Mongols of China | |||||||||
| └ | ─Mongols of America | |||||||||
SECTION OF EARTH’S CRUST
Showing the different Geological Strata and Biological Ascent
| KAINOZOIC OR TERTIARY | RECENT | IRON AGE | Strata Deposits | Fossils, Bones, etc Found | Man’s Ascent |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Recent Earth Deposits | Historic Era; Manufacture of Iron Articles | Homo Sapiens | |||
| BRONZE AGE | Recent Earth Deposits | Considerable advance in civilization. Manufactureof Bronze implements. | Homo Cultus | ||
| POST-PLEIOCENE QUATERNARYOR PLEISTOCENE | NEOLITHIC | Glacial Deposits | Remains of Lake Dwellings. Manufactureof Pottery. | Homo Semi-ferox | |
| PALÆOLITHIC | Glacial Deposits | Fossil Cave-men, Stone, bone, + horn implements.Mammoth Reindeer, Hyœna, etc. | Homo Ferox | ||
| PLEIOCENE | White and Red Crags of Britain | Apes, Bears & Hyœnas | Alali Anthropœdæ | ||
| MEIOCENE | Arctic Coal, Limestone, Sands,Clays, and Lignites | Marsupials, Squirrels, Mastodon, Rhinoceros,Anthropomorphous Apes | Menocerca Simiæ | ||
| EOCENE | Sandstone, Limestone, Sands, Clays, Marls,Lignites, Coral, Rag | Equine forms, Bats, Lemurs, Marsupials | Prosimiæ Placentalia | ||
| MESOZOIC OR SECONDARY | CRETACEOUS | Clays, Sands, SoftLimestones, Lignites | Birds, Reptiles and Marsupials | Marsupialia | |
| JURASSIC OR OÖLITIC | Limestones, Coral rags,Lignites, Clays, Marls, Coal Lies at base | Bird-reptiles, several Marsupial species | Marsupialia | ||
| TRIASSIC | Sandstones, Limestones, Clays | Gigantic Reptiles, Small Marsupials | Promammalia | ||
| PALÆOZOIC OR PRIMARY | PERMIAN | Marls, Magnesianlimestones, Conglomerates. | Reptiles | Protamnia | |
| CARBONIFEROUS | Carboniferous limestone,Coal, Ironstone, Sandstone, Clay, Shales | Scorpions, Spiders, Beetles, Flies, Amphibia | Urodela Sozobranchii | ||
| DEVONIAN | Old Red Sandstone,Shales, Coralline Limestone | Fossil land plants, Fishes,First fossil insect | Dipnoi Selachii | ||
| SILURIAN | Slates, Limestone, Conglomerates, Shales,Sandstones | Corals, Spiral Shells, King-Crabs,Plates & Scales of Fishes, Annelides (sea-worms) | Monorrhini Acrania | ||
| CAMBRIAN | Slates, Limestone, Conglomerates | Sea-weeds, Sponges, Star-fishes Sea-lilies,Shell-fish, First land plant | Himatega Turbellaria Gastrœada | ||
| HURONIAN | Partially Metamorphosed Limestone, Sandstone,Slates, and Conglomerates | Lowly organized Molluscs | Ciliata Synamœbæ Amœbæ | ||
| LAURENTIAN | Highly Metamorphosed Limestone | Fossil Foraminifera (Protozoa) | Monera (Bioplasm) | ||
| AZOIC | PLUTONIC | Molten Granite & QuartzPartially or Wholly Igneous. Base of all rocks | No life remains | No life remains | |