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.
