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RECORD: Darwin, C. R. 1846.02. Murchison says Permian plants very close to Carboniferous. CUL-DAR205.9.214. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)

REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 9.2021. RN1

NOTE: See record in the Darwin Online manuscript catalogue, enter its Identifier here. Reproduced with permission of the Syndics of Cambridge University Library and William Huxley Darwin. The volume CUL-DAR205.9 contains notes on palaeontology and geology [regarding theory of evolution].

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Feb. 46 - Murchison says Permian plants very close to Carboniferous: & Horner in Assoc. address says same plants found in Oolitic series (C latter known only be Belemnite) - if so plants long duration - important in Distribution view. On other hand (v Bowerbank) Eocene plants very distinct; but there climate was Tropical - in Chile not Tropical; almost certain not same amount of change in equal times. - Also per [illeg] . Beech-leaves of Fuegia & of Van Diemen's Land (v Strzelecki an account of same permanence of same form in different districts.

N. B. Forbes thinks Europe & Africa united in Miocene period. = What evidence? =

Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)