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Kōrero: Collections of plants and animals

Fossil collection

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Fossil collection

New Zealand’s largest fossil collection is held in the paleontological collections of GNS Science, in Lower Hutt. Geologist Graeme Stevens holds up his monograph on fossil ammonites, largely based on fossils from the collection.

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GNS Science

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Simon Nathan, Collections of plants and animals – Types of collections, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/12142/fossil-collection (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Simon Nathan, i tāngia i te 1 March 2009.