The Geographical Distribution of Animals: With a Study of the Relations of Living and Extinct Faunas as Elucidating the Past Changes of the Earth's Surface, 2. köideHarper and Brothers, 1876 |
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Page 156
... Miocene , yet many of the tropical , and especially the Australian types , such as Hakea and Dryandra , are absent . Owing to the recent discovery of a rich Cretaceous flora in North America , pro- bably of the same age as that of Aix ...
... Miocene , yet many of the tropical , and especially the Australian types , such as Hakea and Dryandra , are absent . Owing to the recent discovery of a rich Cretaceous flora in North America , pro- bably of the same age as that of Aix ...
Page 157
... Miocene period , was well represented in Europe ; and it is such as now flourishes best in the warmer parts of the United States . But whatever conclusion we may arrive at on the question of climate , there can be no doubt as to the ...
... Miocene period , was well represented in Europe ; and it is such as now flourishes best in the warmer parts of the United States . But whatever conclusion we may arrive at on the question of climate , there can be no doubt as to the ...
Page 158
... Miocene period , when a subtropical climate pre- vailed over much of Europe and Central Asia , there would be no such marked contrast as now prevails between temperate and tropical zones ; and at this time much of our Oriental region ...
... Miocene period , when a subtropical climate pre- vailed over much of Europe and Central Asia , there would be no such marked contrast as now prevails between temperate and tropical zones ; and at this time much of our Oriental region ...
Page 178
... Miocene of Greece , and others in the Siwalik Hills of N. W. India , also of Upper Miocene age . An allied form also occurs in the Miocene of Wurtemburg . Mesopithecus from Greece is somewhat intermediate between Semnopithecus and ...
... Miocene of Greece , and others in the Siwalik Hills of N. W. India , also of Upper Miocene age . An allied form also occurs in the Miocene of Wurtemburg . Mesopithecus from Greece is somewhat intermediate between Semnopithecus and ...
Page 179
... Miocene are believed to be intermediate between these and the Cebidæ , -a most interesting and suggestive affinity , if well founded . For the genera of these American Lemuroidea , see vol . i . , p . 133 . General Remarks on the ...
... Miocene are believed to be intermediate between these and the Cebidæ , -a most interesting and suggestive affinity , if well founded . For the genera of these American Lemuroidea , see vol . i . , p . 133 . General Remarks on the ...
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9 sp abundant affinities allied animals Antilles Arctic Asia AUSTRALIAN NEOTROPICAL NEARCTIC Australian region belonging birds Bolivia Borneo Brazil California Canada carnivorous Celebes Ceylon characteristic Chili China coast Columbia confined Costa Rica Cuba DISTRIBUTION.-The East Eastern Ecuador Eocene ETHIOPIAN ORIENTAL AUSTRALIAN Ethiopian region extending extinct fauna Fresh-water fishes genera genus globe Guatemala Guiana Guinea Hayti Himalayas India inhabits insects Jamaica Japan Java Madagascar Malay Mammalia Marine fishes Mexico Miocene Moluccas NEARCTIC PALEARCTIC ETHIOPIAN Nearctic region NEOTROPICAL NEARCTIC PALEARCTIC NEOTROPICAL NEARCTIC SUB-REGIONS Neotropical region northern number of species occur Ocean Old World ORIENTAL AUSTRALIAN NEOTROPICAL ORIENTAL AUSTRALIAN SUB-REGIONS Oriental region Pacific PALEARCTIC ETHIOPIAN ORIENTAL PALEARCTIC ETHIOPIAN SUB-REGIONS Palearctic region Paraguay Patagonia peculiar genera Peru Plata Plate Pliocene possesses range remarkable seas single species South America South Europe South Temperate Southern Sub-family Sumatra Tasmania Tropical America Tropical and South tropical regions Venezuela West Africa West Indian islands Zealand