The Victorian naturalist . Fig. 2. Lateral viewof right mandible ofZygomaturus the BatesfordQuarry of AustralianPortland CementLtd near Geelong,Victoria. cm September/October 199 it survived the action of the earth-moving equipment at all was an in-credible bit of good luck. Unfortu-nately, this displacement means thatthe original location of the specimencan never be established with certainty. However, circumstantial evidencestrongly suggests that it came from afissure in the Batesford such fissures have been un-covered over the years in
The Victorian naturalist . Fig. 2. Lateral viewof right mandible ofZygomaturus the BatesfordQuarry of AustralianPortland CementLtd near Geelong,Victoria. cm September/October 199 it survived the action of the earth-moving equipment at all was an in-credible bit of good luck. Unfortu-nately, this displacement means thatthe original location of the specimencan never be established with certainty. However, circumstantial evidencestrongly suggests that it came from afissure in the Batesford such fissures have been un-covered over the years in the processof excavating the Batesford Limestonefor cement. Blocks from that unit arefound in the fissures, together withlarge contorted slabs from the over-lying Fyansford Formation, and athird hthology seen nowhere else inthe quarry but the fissures. This third Hthology is a black, siltyclay distinguished from similar htho-logy in the Fyansford Formation by astrong sulphur odour and the absenceof finely comminuted marine the Fyansford Clay ischaracterized in its lower part as hav-ing sulphur present, no sample hasbeen found that is as strongly odori-ferous as this bla
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