Chapter XIV—MIOCENE PERIOD.—UPPER MIOCENE.

Upper Miocene Strata of France. — Faluns of Touraine. — Tropical

Climate implied by Testacea. — Proportion of recent Species of Shells.

— faluns more ancient than the Suffolk Crag. — Upper Miocene of

Bordeaux and the South of France. — Upper Miocene of Oeningen, in

Switzerland. — Plants of the Upper Fresh-water Molasse. — Fossil Fruit

and Flowers as well as Leaves. — Insects of the Upper Molasse. — Middle

or Marine Molasse of Switzerland. — Upper Miocene Beds of the

Bolderberg, in Belgium. — Vienna Basin. — Upper Miocene of Italy and

Greece. — Upper Miocene of India; Siwalik Hills. — Older Pliocene and

Miocene of the United States.

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