But while observing these different specimens of marine fauna, I didn't stop examining the long plains of Atlantis.

但是，就在观察这些海洋动物的不同品种的时候，我也不停地看那大西洋洲的辽阔平原。

This way, they get in contact with the marine fauna.

通过这种方式，他们可以与海洋动物群接触。

Along the whole west coast, which is inhabited by a peculiar marine fauna, tertiary beds are so poorly developed that no record of several successive and peculiar marine faunas will probably be preserved to a distant age.

沿着整个西海岸， 栖息着一种特殊的海洋动物群，第三层床非常不发育， 以至于没有几个连续的和特殊的海洋动物群的记录可以保存到遥远的时代。