Table of Contents:
  • Detailed Outline of the Text
  • List of Maps
  • Introduction: Rocks, Fossils, Events, Ages
  • Part 1. The Paleozoic
  • The Paleozoic
  • Part 2. The Mesozoic
  • The Triassic
  • The Jurassic
  • The Cretaceous
  • Part 3. The Cenozoic
  • The Paleocene and Eocene
  • The Oligocene
  • The Early and Middle Miocene
  • The Late Miocene
  • The Pliocene
  • The Pleistocene
  • Part 4. Museums and Collections
  • Museums and Collections
  • Epilogue
  • Glossary.