—manyofthemsocloselyastosuggestanabsolutecontinuity—, thoughlessspecially, oftheearliertertiaryandofthelatersecondary; butthereislessandlesslocalizationofformsaswerecede, -separatedpartsoftheworld,inthetertiaryepoch, onthecontrary, alongwiththeincreasingspecializationofclimatesandtheirapproximationtothepresentstate, wefindabundantevidenceofincreasinglocalizationoforders, generaandspecies, andthislocalizationstrikinglyaccordswiththepresentgeographicaldistributionofthesamegroupsofspeciesWheretheimputedforefatherslivedtheirrelativesandsupposeddescendantsnowflourishAlltheactualclassesoftheanimalandvegetablekingdomswererepresentedinthetertiaryfaunasandflorasandinnearlythesameproportionsandthesamediversitiesasatpresentThefaunasofwhatisnowEurope, AsiaAmericaandAustralia, differedfromeachothermuchastheynowdiffer: infact—accordingtoAdolpheBrongniart, whosestatementsweherecondense—theinhabitantsofthesedifferentregionsappearforthemostparttohaveacquired,beforethecloseofthetertiaryperiod, , asnow, itsgreatpachyderms, elephants, rhinoceros, hippopotamus;SouthAmerica, itsarmadillos, sloths, andanteaters;Australia, acrowdofmarsupials; andtheverystrangebirdsofNewZealandhadpredecessorsofsimilarstrangeness.
