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FOSSILS OF NEW ZEALAND. 
(Exhibited in the East Gallery.) 
The Newer Tertiary series (Wanganui System) is repre- Cases 46, 47. 
sented by a good collection of Molluscan shells, 
(including Glycymeris, Ostrea, Pecten, Lucina, 
and Struthiolaria). 
The Older Tertiary fossils of the Oamaru System are Cases 47, 48. 
well shown by a series of Echinoids (Cidaris, Lovenia, 
Linthia) and large specimens of Magellania, 
Cucullaea, Chlamys, and Dentalium. The type 
of Volutospina huttoni , var. rarispina , McCoy, 
is also to be seen here. Aturia australis , McCoy, 
a nautiloid shell also occurring in Victoria, shows 
the relationship of the Australian and New Zealand 
Tertiary faunas. 
The plant fossils of the Brown Coal Measures of the Case 48. 
Lower Oamaru Series (Oligocene) are represented 
by leaves referred to the genera Podocarpium 
(Coniferous) and Phyllites (Dicotyledonous). 
In the same case are exhibited a typical series of 
the Amuri System, recently acquired for the Museum 
from the New Zealand Geological Survey. Amongst 
these are the curiously twisted shells of Conchothyra 
parasitica , a unique type of shell related to the 
Strombids ; and also a fine series of fish teeth, 
including those of the Goblin Shark (Scapanorhyn- 
chus). 
The marine Jurassic (Putataka) Series of the Hokonui Case 49. 
Panges comprise genera such as Inoceramus, 
Maccoyella, Mytilus, Pholadomya, and 
Belemnites. 
