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. |