In _Austria_, Miocene strata are largely developed, marine beds
belonging to both the Lower and Upper division of the formation
occurring extensively in the Vienna basin. The well-known Brown
Coals of Radaboj, in Croatia, with numerous plants and insects,
are also of Lower Miocene age.
In _Germany_, deposits belonging to both the Lower and Upper
division of the Miocene formation are extensively developed.
To the former belong the marine strata of the Mayence basin,
and the marine _Rupelian Clay_ near Berlin; whilst a celebrated
group of strata belonging to the Upper Miocene occurs near
Epplesheim, in Hesse-Darmstadt, and is well known for the number
of its Mammalian remains.
In _Greece_, at Pikerme, near Athens, there occurs a celebrated
deposit of Upper Miocene age, well known to palaeontologists through
the researches of M. M. Wagner, Roth, and Gaudry upon the numerous
Mammalia which it contains. In _Italy_, also, strata of both Lower
and Upper Miocene age are well developed in the neighbourhood
of Turin.
In the _Siwalik Hills_, in India, at the southern foot of the
Himalayas, occurs a series of Upper Miocene strata, which have
become widely celebrated through the researches of Dr Falconer
and Sir Proby Cautley upon the numerous remains of Mammals and
Reptiles which they contain. Beds of corresponding age, with
similar fossils, are known to occur in the island of Perim in
the Gulf of Cambay.
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