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PREVIOUS RECORDS. 
This interesting occurrence of fossils was first discovered by Mr. Arthur 
Lowe, of Wilbetree, and collections were made from the locality by Mr. C. 
Cullen. 1 
A preliminary examination of the plants was made by the late R. 
Etheridge, junior, who stated 2 : “ The most conspicuous plant is a Tceniopteris, 
which Professor McCoy is unable to distinguish from his T. Daintreei, so 
characteristic of the Victorian Mesozoic deposit.” He also drew attention to 
the importance of the plants as indicating an alliance of the rocks with the 
Clarence Series of New South Wales, the Ipswich Series of Queensland, and 
the Wannon and Bellarine beds in Victoria. 
The fossil fishes from Talbragar were described by Dr. A. S. Woodward, 3 
a note on the stratigraphical relations of the beds being contributed by 
Professor T. W. E. David and Mr. E. F. Pittman. In this note on the 
stratigraphy, the occurrence of fossil plants is recorded, not only from the 
Talbragar Beds, but also from a bed of hard red ferruginous shale about a foot 
thick, some 3 miles south-east of Cockabutta Mountain, and only a short 
distance north-west of the Talbragar Beds. This bed of shale was believed 
by Professor David and Mr. Pittman to belong to the Hawkesbury Series, 
which immediately underlies the Talbragar Fish and FI ant Beds. From the 
shale bed the following list of plants was recorded, the determinations having 
been made by Mr. W. S. Dun. 4 . 
T ceniopteris ? 
Alethopteris australis, Morris. 
Thinnf eldia odontopteroides, Morris. 
Thinnfeldia sp. 
Phyllopteris Feistmanteli, Eth. fil. (?). 
Sphenopteris sp. 
Detached leaves referable to Baiera or an allied plant 
•most probably. 
Attention was directed to the “ goffered ” margin of the T ceniopteris 
(?), as being quite distinct from any known specimens of T. Daintreei, which 
was common in the Talbragar Beds. 
1 See Mem. Geol. Surv. N.S.W., Pal. No. 9, 1895, p. vii. 
2 Ann. Rept. Dept. Mines, N.S.W., 1889 (1890), p. 237. 
3 Loc. cit. ' 
* Op. cit., p. x. 
