Chapter XXI—TRIAS, OR NEW RED SANDSTONE GROUP.

Beds of Passage between the Lias and Trias, Rhætic Beds. — Triassic

Mammifer. — Triple Division of the Trias. — Keuper, or Upper Trias of

England. — Reptiles of the Upper Trias. — Foot-prints in the Bunter

formation in England. — Dolomitic Conglomerate of Bristol. — Origin of

Red Sandstone and Rock-salt. — Precipitation of Salt from inland Lakes

and Lagoons. — Trias of Germany. — Keuper. — St. Cassian and Hallstadt

Beds. — Peculiarity of their Fauna. — Muschelkalk and its Fossils. —

Trias of the United States. — Fossil Foot-prints of Birds and Reptiles

in the Valley of the Connecticut. — Triassic Mammifer of North

Carolina. — Triassic Coal-field of Richmond, Virginia. — Low Grade of

early Mammals favourable to the Theory of Progressive Development.

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