Andrew -
NZ - are there any reefs atop the mountain ridges there ?  I know about
the hiking path
and was wandering if you have reef limestone still existing (if it ever
did) after the great uplift!
Might be some NZ Fossils thereabouts.

Reefs exist all over the western states high mountains from the long
gone inland sea.
There is 400feet - 120 meters more or less of limestone in a layer under
Texas.
It is deep in Dallas and surfaces near Austin /  San Antonio who have
the great geysers from artesian wells.
Naturally they are world wide in nature.

Martin


Andrew Grebneff wrote:
> <snip>
>
> My own collection is split into sections thus:
> New Zealand Recent
> NonNZ Recent
> Fossil (but nonNZ fossils ought to be separated out).
>
> Within these major groupings the specimens are arranged taxonomically
> by class and family. Families with numerous species are arranged
> alphabetically by genus and species. Families with fewer species are
> arranged just by genus.
>
> There are sections with each class for unidentifieds, but such
> specimens only occur when they are very poorly-preserved fossils.
>
> As I use map cabinets, there are specimens which just won't fit into
> the shallow drawers, and these must be housed elsewhere, generally in
> no order at all if they're in glass cases.
>
> --
> Regards
> Andrew Grebneff
> Dunedin
> New Zealand
> Fossil preparator
> Mollusc, Toyota & VW van fan
>
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