Excerpt from Sketch of the Geology of Alabama

The five great divisions, based upon the peculiarities of the organic life of each, into which, according to Professor Gekiei, the geological record has been classified are: (1) the Arch?an, sometimes called the Azoic (lifeless) or Eozoic (dawn of life); (2) the Paleozoic (ancient life) or Primary; (3) the Mesozoic (middle life) or Secondary; (4) the Cenozoic (recent life) or Tertiary, and (5) the Post-Tertiary or Quaternary.

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