Old shark’s tooth
An ancient shark’s tooth, its serrated knife edge in perfect condition after millions of years buried in limestone, is among the fossils found during excavations at the Victory Lime Company’s workings at Mount Somers.
The whole of this district was once under the sea, and in his book “Geology of the Mount Somers District,” Professor R. Speight says that the lime deposits there are of the Duntroonian stage of New Zealand's formation. The deposits began forming
under the sea and were later broken up into isolated outcrops by normal faulting and folding of the earth’s crust. Evidence of the submarine formation can be found in the shells and fossils found in the Victory Company’s quarry.
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Press, Volume CXI, Issue 32749, 28 October 1971, Page 10
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