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The Jurassic Plant-beds of the Mataura (Estuarine) 
series contain many types common also to Australia. 
Amongst the notable kinds are the Horse-tail 
(Equisetites) ; Ferns, as Coniopteris, Dictyo- 
phyllum and Cladophlebis ; the primitive seed- 
bearing plant, Taeniopteris ; the Cycad, Ptero- 
phyllum ; and the Conifers, Palissya and 
Taxites. 
Fig. 36. A New Zealand Fossil Fern-palm — Pterophyllum 
matauriensis Hector. 
Jurassic. Mitaura Falls, Otago. 
Case 50. The Upper Triassic (Otapiri) fauna is represented by 
the handsome bivalved shell, Pseudomonotis 
richmondiana . Lower Triassic fossils of the Wairoa 
series are the interesting Mount Torlesse Annelid 
