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[Pg 11], 'silicicified' replaced by 'silicified'.
[Pg 39], '1-20th' replaced by '1/20th' for consistency.
[Pg 42] Footnote [8], 'I split' replaced by 'a split'.
[Pg 73] Illustration, 'Fg. 61' replaced by 'Fig. 61'.
[Pg 79], 'aborescent' replaced by 'arborescent'.
[Pg 102], 'to difficult' replaced by 'too difficult'.
[Pg 105], '29. The Pliocene' replaced by '28. The Pliocene'.
[Pg 111], 'Erom the Gault' replaced by 'From the Gault'.