ISl 



Eossils of this age arc not common in New South "Wales. A Cretaceous, 

 few opalised shells, belemnites, &c., will be found in case 48. 



For comparison, Ammonites from India, casts of portions of 

 the gigantic extinct reptile, Icthyosaurus from Queensland, and 

 other Cretaceous and Jurassic fossils, have been placed in case 

 38. 



Cases 36, 37. — Eones of marsupials — some extinct — from the Tertiary, 

 T • J. n. Pleistocene, 



Limestone Caves. and Recent. 



Case 35. — Leaves and fruits from the deep leads. 



Cases 47, 130. — Remains of the extinct Diprotodon and 

 Mototherium. These animals were allied to the kangaroo and the 

 ■wombat, but were of gigantic size; the former rivalling in this 

 respect the rhinoceros, the latter the horse. The skull of dipro- 

 todon reached three feet in length. In case ISO some of these 

 remains have been mounted in a natural position. 



Case 37. — The extinct gigantic horned turtle (meiolania) of 

 Lord Howe Island. 



Cases 44 and 45 contain large specimens of various fossils. 



