. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand . J& Wellington Philosophical Society. 435 Among the fossil Cetacea referred to is a skull of a whale, closely allied to Balam-optera, from the middle miocene formation on the West Coast of the South Island. Thematrix which encloses this fossil, is so hard that it is as yet only imperfectly displayed,but it comprises the occipital parietal and frontal bones. The teeth and bone fragments of a Zenglodont—recently determined from a col-lection of fossils made by Mr. McKay, during the progress of the Geological Survey in thepresent season—
. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand . J& Wellington Philosophical Society. 435 Among the fossil Cetacea referred to is a skull of a whale, closely allied to Balam-optera, from the middle miocene formation on the West Coast of the South Island. Thematrix which encloses this fossil, is so hard that it is as yet only imperfectly displayed,but it comprises the occipital parietal and frontal bones. The teeth and bone fragments of a Zenglodont—recently determined from a col-lection of fossils made by Mr. McKay, during the progress of the Geological Survey in thepresent season—forms an interesting addition to New Zealand Palaeontology. Unfortu-nately the form of the skull cannot be determined, but the crowns of the teeth agreewith that of the great American fossil. They were obtained from the upper eocene strataof the Waitaki valley, in Otago. Fragments of the lower jaw and some ten teeth arepreserved, but only a few of the latter are perfect. The teeth are of two kinds, incisorsand molars. The largest incisors,
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