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James Crampton collecting fossils

James Crampton collecting fossils by the Puketoro Stream, NZ

James visited these rocks by the Puketoro Stream, East Cape, to collect microfossils used for refining the New Zealand geological timescale.

Photograph by Poul Schioler

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