. The geology of the Oamaru district, North Otago (Eastern Otago division). maru stone. The faunas below and above theOamaru stone were long recognized to contain many features in common, and were bysome thought to be the .same. We now know that they differ, though related in manyfeatures, the inter-Ototaran fauna forming the connecting-lmk. * Quart. .Tour. Oeol. Soc. Lond., vol. vi, 1850, p. 325. t LfX- cit, p. 492. 5*—Oamaru. 68 Besides many molluscs, brachiopods are numerous, as well as corals, bryozoans,and Foraminifera. The remains of a whale, probably Kekenodon, and the teeth ofCarcharod
. The geology of the Oamaru district, North Otago (Eastern Otago division). maru stone. The faunas below and above theOamaru stone were long recognized to contain many features in common, and were bysome thought to be the .same. We now know that they differ, though related in manyfeatures, the inter-Ototaran fauna forming the connecting-lmk. * Quart. .Tour. Oeol. Soc. Lond., vol. vi, 1850, p. 325. t LfX- cit, p. 492. 5*—Oamaru. 68 Besides many molluscs, brachiopods are numerous, as well as corals, bryozoans,and Foraminifera. The remains of a whale, probably Kekenodon, and the teeth ofCarcharodon and Lamna, are also found in these fragmental volcanic rocks. Section, Kakanui Lime-qviarry to the Sea. From Kakanui Quarry the outcrop of the Kakanui limestone and underlying tuffsruns north to Trig. L, a distance of three-quarters of a mile. The dip of the limestoneis east—that is, towards the sea. From the quarry northward half a mile the limestoneforms the sea-cliffs, the trend of the coast in this stretch running parallel with the strike. Rocbdj Oldj Qu,ajrry. Fig. 29.—Section from near Kakanui Qiarry Northward to the Sea n. Kakanui tuffs and breccias, consisting of red and brown ash. h. Hard calcareous breccia, 4^ ft. thick ; in upper portion passes into an impure limestone; fossiliferous,with Liothyrella hoehmi Thomson, &c. c. Thin-bedded bluish-grey clays and fine sandstones ; tufaceous throughout; 17 ft. thick; thins out to the westward. d. Yellowish-brown polyzoan hmestone, the upper band of Oamaru stone, 2 ft. to 4 ft. thick. e. Kakanui limestone, hard, semi-crystalline, crowded with fossils. From bed h,molluscs— which forms a projecting ledge on the sea-face, were collected the Aturia australis McCoy. Emarginula wdnnonensis Solariella sulcatina ^Astrma heliotropium (Mart.).-^Siphonium planatum Sut. Turritella semiconcava Sut. (= mur-rayana of hand-list). Capulus australis (Lamk.). Ampullina suturalis (Hutt.). Colubraria n. sp. (also loc. 642
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