INTERESTING DISCOVERY
IN LIMESTONE QUARRY
Te Kuiti, September 18,
During operations on the Ilangai iki Lime Company’s property, the workmen discovered in the limestone the impression of a huge foot, believed to be that of an enormous pre-historic animal, larger and disi inct from the moa. The impression is of an elongated foot, with four iocs almost parallel, and thumb-like. The toes have been likened to a human foot with the toes spread. A further discovery was made of a large imprint, resembling a cat’s foot. Unfortunately this was badly broken in excavation, and rendered valueless. A little distance from the last discovery, the skeleton of a moa was discovered, but unfortunately the bones were carbonised, and the specimen crumbled.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 2331, 20 September 1921, Page 2
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120INTERESTING DISCOVERY Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 2331, 20 September 1921, Page 2
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