Capt. F. W. Hutton — Table of Strata, New Zealand. 515 

 III. — Geology of New Zealand. 



TABLE OF THE SEDIMENTARY ROCKS OF NEW ZEALAND. 

 By Capt. F. W. Hutton, F.G.S. 



Probable Age. 



Formations. 



Characteristic Fossils. 



Pleistocene 



Newer \ 



Pliocene j 



Upper 

 Miocene 



Alluvial Deposits O 



Wanganui Formation O 



Lower 

 Miocene 



NE ] 



Upper 

 Eocene 



Upper \ 

 Cretaceous j 



Middle 

 Jurassic 



Lower . 

 Jurassic 



Triassic 



Paleozoic -^ 



PareoraFormation O = 



Ahuriri Formation Q 



OamaruFormation Q = 



WaiparaFormationO = 



PutatakaFormation = 



Maitai Formation O 

 Wairoa Formation (?) 



Kaikoura Formation 



Tuamarina Formation 

 Wanaka Formation 

 Manipori Formation 



Dinornis, etc., Macfra riidis. 



K Pleurotoina Wangamiieitsis, Chione 

 \ assimilis. 



iBuccinuni Robinsom, Struthiolaria, 

 Cerithmm rugatum. 

 Corbula diibia, Turritella bicmcia, 

 Chione vellicata, Solenella aiistralis. 

 ! Struthiolaria tuberculata. Turbo su- 

 pe7'biis, Cardiimi spatiosum. 

 Crassatella ampla, Pecten Triphooki, 

 Ostrea ingens. 

 { Pleurotoma hebes, Scalaria rotunda, 

 I Stncthiolaria senex. 

 I Panopcea plicata, Pecten Hochstetteri, 

 \ Pecten Hutchinsoni. 

 I Waldheiniia gravida, Terebratella 

 Ganeteri, Hemipatagus formosus, 

 \ Meoma Crawfordi, Schizaster rotun- 

 L datus. 

 ( Plesiosaurus, etc. 



1 Belemniiella, Conchothyra parasitica, 

 \ Trigonia, l7toceramus Haastii. 

 I Apo7'rhais, Dosinia, Dicotyledonozis 

 [_ plants. Dammara. 



iBelemnites Auclandica, Astarte Wal- 

 himbillaensis . 

 Polypodium Hochstetteri, Tceniopteris, 

 Alcthropteris . 

 Ichthyosaurus, Inoceramus, Spirifera. 



Monotis salinaria. Halobia lomelli. 



Orthis. Corals, etc. 



Orthoceras, etc. 



Composed entirely of Crystalline 

 Schists. 



O Contemporaneous eruptive rocks occur in these formations. 

 = Coal is found in these formations. 



