Some fossils are recorded from hitherto undifferentiated Permian-Triassic-Jurassic greywacke sandstones and argillites near Auckland.Incceramuscf.galoiandBuchia ?malayamaoricafrom the Hunua Ranges andI.cf.galoifrom Ponui Island indicate an Upper Jurassic age for these rocks; a pelecypod resembling a PermianAtomodesmaor a JurassicInoceramusis recorded from Kawau Island.