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CGI als, Orthis resupinata, Martin, Fucoid remains, and fragments 

 of Spiri/era, Loxoriema, Flatyscliisma, kc. In the Lake's Creek 

 beds, four miles down the north bank of the Fitzroy River, the 

 author refers to an indui'ated pyritous shale containing large 

 Producti, Aviculopecten Dndtiradiatiis, Protoretppora ampJa, 

 Lonsd., Fenestfi/la fossnJa, Lonsd., with numerous Brachiopods 

 and other shells. This is the great fossil producing series of the 

 district. 



At Neerkol, in the Stanwell district, similar Ijeds occur teeming 

 with an extraordinery abundance of Polyzoa, chiefly Proforetepora 

 and Fenestella. 



The Lower Training Wall quarries, about ten miles from Rock- 

 hampton, on the Fitzroy River have yielded Euomphalus, Gon- 

 iatites striatns, Sby., and traces of corals. The shales here are 

 much hardened and indurated. At Gracemere Ridges, six miles 

 west of Rockhampton, Orthis resupinata, Martin, Strophomena 

 depressa., kc, have been met with. Blaenavon, near Lilymere, 

 yields fine crinoidal marble, which is distinguished by Myriolith>-s 

 qtieeiislandensis, Retzia lilymerensis, Plenrotomaria Strzeleckiana, 

 and Polyzoa. 



One of the most impoi'tant localities, from the number of 

 recognisable species found there is Encrinite Creek, and con- 

 tiguous localities, thirteen miles west of Rockhampton. Here 

 have been obtained Poteriocrinus Sniithii, Poteriocriims crassus ? 

 Protoretepora ampla, Rhomhopora laxa, Fenestella internata, 

 Polypora ? Smithii, Prodnctiis brachytho'rus, Chonetes, and others. 

 The polyzoa are very marked and exemplify the abundance with 

 which this class occur in the Queensland series. The Building- 

 Stone Quarry, at Stanwell, may be noted as yielding some 

 peculiar vertical pipings resembling the genus Arenicolites. 



Other localities yielding fossils of Permo-Carboniferous age are 

 Stanwell Creek, from Fairy Bowei" to Mount Gordon the fossils 

 being contained in boulders; Kooingal; and lastly the Mount 

 Morgan district. The fossils from the latter, although not fully 

 determined, evidently show that at least some of the surrounding 

 rocks are of Permo-Carboniferous age. Fossil wood is found in 

 the Stanwell building stone, and at Mount Sanderson, Stanwell. 



Mesozoic — Mr. Smith records two localities in the Rockhampton 

 district yielding Mesozoic plants. Wycarbah, twenty-four miles 

 west of Rockhampton, and Stewart's Creek, Stanwell. In the 

 much altered rock at the former the leaves of a Cycad, Plilo- 

 ])hylhim ohiiyoneurKm are plentifully met with. At the latter 

 locality, an earthy ironstone contains plentiful remains of l^ceniop- 

 teris and other ferns. 



Post-Tertiary — ^The paper concluded ])y a brief description of 

 Olsen's Caves, and a long list of fossils from the stalagmite is 

 given, including the shells of Helix, Pupa, Bulimns, and the 

 bones of Marsupials. 



