PREHISTORIC ANIWIAL
OAN'TEIvEUIvY DISCOVERY Embedded in the face of a cliff on a hillside high above the Waipara River in North Canterbury is the skeleton of a hugh marine creature of prehistoric times. Its vertebrae and ribs, petrified and harder than the surrounding rocks, can be traced for a distance of nearly 3011. These remains, discovered by Mr. F. W. Inwood, of Christchurch, during a shooting expedition, have aroused great interest, for fossil remains have previously been found in the Waipara region.
Dr. R. S. Allan, lecturer in geology at Canterbury University College, examined the petrified bones at the Canterbury Museum, in company with Mr. R. A. Falla, curator of the museum. From the place where they were found and the nature of the stone, said Dr. Allan, the remains were probably those of a prehistoric whale.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 19667, 27 June 1938, Page 4
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