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will be made presently, Is the occurrence of transported boulders,' apparently 

 broutflit thither by the action of ice. 



Similar boulders have been observed in certain sandstones in Victoria known 

 as the Bacchus Marsh hods. From these beds two species of Cr(mgamopferi< have 

 b>en described by Mc(.'oy. (lanrjamopferiK, it should bo recollected, is a j^enus 

 of ferns closely allied to G/ossopterin and abundant in the Damuda and still more 

 .«o in the Karharbi'iri beds of the lower Gnmlwanas in India. 



5. Winnnmnttti IMs. — These are the highest portion of the whole system in 

 Xew South Wales, They contain the following organic remains : — 



ANIMALS. 



Pisces. — VaUconiscus antipodcu.v, Clithrolrpis gramdatus, 



PLANTS. 



FlMCES. — Thinnfvldin {T'ccapfcris) odontopfer aides, d onf opt e )■!■'> microphiiUa ^ 



Pvcoptrrh tinuifoita, TccnidptcriK rcianamattce, 

 T.QX 1 sETACE.i;. — 1 'hijllothcca hooheri. 



The fish from the Wianamatta, Ilawkosburv, and Newcastle beds, four in 

 number, wi've (•onsid(Ted as a whole by Sir 1*. l-lgerton to l)e most nearly allied tu 

 the Permian fauna of Europe. 



The Wianamatta plants, like those in the lower beds, are classed as .Tuvassif. 



0. Jligher Meaicnic Beds. — These, wliicli do not appear to have been traced ii.to 

 connection with the Wianamatta and Ilawkesbury beds, occur in v.idely separated 

 locaUties, from Queensland to Tasmania. The correlation of thes(> widely scattered 

 deposits, and the assignment of them collectively to a ])Osition above that of the 

 Wianamatta beds, appear solely founded upon the fossil flora, and it would ])!• 

 satisfactory to have in addition some geological evidence or some palieontological 

 (lata derived from marine fossils. The Queensland flora is said to occur in be;ls 

 (lYerlying marine strata of Miildle .Jurassic age. 



The following plants are recorded from these 



Higher beds : 



CycADEACEJi:. — Zamites {Podozmnifes), o sp. ; Otozmnites, 1. 

 FiLRES. — Sphenoptcris, 1 ; Thiimfeldiit, 1 ; Ci/clopferis, 1 



Tceniopteris, 1 ; 'Siu/eiiopfen's, 1. 

 Eqcisetacejc. — rinjllotheea, 1 . 



AletJiopterls, 



Tabulating, as in the case of the Indian Gondwiuia system, the age of the 

 different Australian subdivisions as determined by their fossil plants and animals oii 

 purely palieontological ground-^, we have tlie following result : — 



Plants 



Aiiiniiils 



G. Higher Jlcsozoic beds 

 5. \Vi;inamatta beds . 

 4. Hawkcsbury beds . 

 .'I. Newc.'istlc beds 

 li. Lower Coal-Measures 



Jurassic 

 .lurasr-ic; 

 Jurassic 

 Jiu'assie 

 Jurassic 



1. Lower Carboniferous beds . Lower Carboniferous 



.Furashic (marine) 

 I'eriniiui 

 Permian 

 Permian 



Li)Wi>r Carboi.ifero.i; 

 (marine) 



South Africa. — In C(mnection with the later I'al.ieozoic and older Mesozolc 

 rocks of Australia and India it is of importance to mention briefly the correspond- 

 ing fresh-water or subaerial formations of .'Southern Africa, althougli in tliat 

 fountry there are not .such marked discrepancies in the pahTontological evidence, 



« Wilkinson, quoted by Fcistmantcl, Rcc. Gad. Star. I ml. 1880, p, 257. 



