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Geology of the Provinces of Canterbury and Westland, New Zealand : a report comprising the results of official explorations

Principal Fossil Contents

Principal Fossil Contents.

The following fossils have been collected in this formation. Some of the localities are given:—

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  • Mammalia.—Portions of cetacean bones.
  • Aves.—Palkeudyptes antarcticus (Huxley), Curiosity Shop, Broken River.
  • Reptilia.—Teeth of Crocodilus, sp. Waihao.
  • Pisces.—Teeth of Garcharias, Notidanus, Myliobatis, Lamna, Oxyrhina, Zygobatis, Carcharodon, Pycnodus, Pristis, Sargus, and some other genera.
Mollusca.—Class Pteropoda.
Fossils. Authority. Localities.
Dentalium conicum Hutton Broken River.
Dentalium conicum var. Hutton Waihao.
Dentalium tenuis Hutton Waihao.
Dentalium giganteum Sowerby Waitaki, Waipara.
Class Gasteropoda.
Fossils. Authority. Localites.
Pleurotoma sulcata Hutton Broken River.
Pleurotoma hebes Hutton Waitaki.
Pleurotoma latescens Hutton Mount Brown.
Pleurotoma Buchanani Hutton Waihao.
Pleurotoma Awamoensis variety Hutton Waihao.
Triton minimus Hutton Broken River.
Ancillaria hebera. Hutton Broken River, Waihao.
Ancillaria Australia (?) Quoy Waihao.
Voluta pacifica, var. C Lamark Waipara.
Voluta pacifica, elongate Hutton Broken River, Waihao.
Voluta pacifica, Kirki Hutton Broken River
Mitra Enysii Hutton Waihao.
Marginella dubia Hutton Broken River.
Marginella ventricosa Hutton Broken River.
Natica solida Sowerby Common.
Natica solida Zealandica (?) Quoy Waihao.
Natica ovata Hntton Common.
Lunatia sutularis Hntton Waihao.
Scalaria Browni Zittel Common.
Scalaria lyrata Zittel Common.
Struthiolaria senex Hutton Common.
Struthiolaria sp. Hutton Kakahu.
Turritella gigantea Hutton Common.
Turritella ambulacrum Hutton Common.
Cladopoda directa Hutton Waihao.
Calyptræa maculata Hutton Broken River, Waihao.
Crypta striata Hutton Broken River, Waihao.
Cylichna Enysi Hutton Broken River
Turbo superbus Zittel Broken
Gribbula nitida Adams Broken River
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Class Lamellibranchiata.
Fossils. Authority. Localities.
Panopæa plicata Hutton Common.
Panopæa Worthingtoni Hutton Common.
Mactra attenuata Hutton Broken River.
Cytheria Enysi Hutton Broken River, Lake Heron.
Dosinia subrosea Gray Broken River, Lake Heron.
Dosinia magna Hutton Broken River, Lake Heron.
Tapes curta Hutton Broken River, Lake Heron.
Cardium patulum Hutton Waipara, Broken River.
Hemicardia sp. Acheron
Protocardium serum Hutton Broken River.
Venericardia media Hutton Weka Pass, Waitaki, Acheron.
Lucina divaricata Lamark Broken River.
Astarte Australia Hutton Kakahu.
Crenella elongata Hutton Broken River.
Modiola albicostata Lamark Broken River.
Pinna distans (?) Hutton Waihao.
Cucullæa Worthingtoni Hutton Common.
Cucullæa alta Sowerby Common.
Cucullæa attenuata Hutton Waihao.
Pectunculus globosus Hutton Broken River.
Pectunculus laticostatus Quoy Broken River
Leda semiteres Hutton Broken River
Limopsis insolita Sowerby Broken River
Pecten Williamsonii Zittel Common.
Pecten Chathamensis Hutton Broken River.
Pecten Fischeri Zittel Common.
Pecten venosum Hutton Waihao.
Pecten Hochstetteri Zittel Common.
Pecten Hectori Hutton Broken River.
Pecten Hutchinsonii Hutton Common.
Pecten Beethami var. B Hutton Waihao.
Pecten athleta Zittel Common.
Pecten multiradiata Hutton Curiosity Shop.
Lima paleata Hutton Curiosity Shop.
Lima paleata bullata Born Broken River.
Lima paleata lævigata Hutton Opuha.
Placunanomia incisura Hutton Rangitata, Mount Brown.
Class Brachiopoda
Fossils. Authority. Localities.
Waldheimia lenticularis Desh. Common.
Waldheimia concentrica Hutton Broken River, Rangitata.
Waldheimia triangulare Hutton Waitaki.
Waldheimia sinuata Hutton Common.
Waldheimia patagonica Sowerby Broken River.
Waldheimia gravida Suess Common.
Terebratella Gaulteri Morris Curiosity Shop.
Terebratella Suessii Hutton Common.
Rhynchonella nigricans Sowerby Common.
Rhynchonella squamosa Hutton Broken River.
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Class Echinodermata.
Fossils. Authority. Localities.
Pentacrinus stellatus Hutton Curiosity Shop.
Cidaris, several species fragmentary Common
Echinus Enysi Hutton Broken River.
Caratomus nuperus Hutton The Deans, Waipara.
Hemipatagus formosus Zittel Curiosity Shop.
Hemipatagus tuberculatus Zittel Curiosity Shop.
Amphidotus sulcatus Hutton Waihao.
Brissiopsis alta Hutton Waitaki.
Hemiaster posita Hutton Curiosity Shop, Mt. Somers.
Meoma Crawfordi Hutton Common.
Meoma tuberculata Hutton Broken River.
Schizaster rotundatus Zittel Waitaki, Curiosity Shop.
Crustacea.
Fossils. Authority. Localities.
Harpactocarcinus tumidus H. Woodward Double Corner.