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  • Fossils in Canowindra, NSW
    https://australianmuseum.net.au/learn/australia-over-time/fossils/sites/canowindra/

    The Canowindra fossil fauna is a very rich Late Devonian fish fauna and is listed as part of Australia's National Heritage.

    Published 20 March 2012
    fossil Palaeontology fossils
  • Fossil sites near Sydney
    https://australianmuseum.net.au/learn/australia-over-time/fossils/sites/fossil-sites-near-sydney/

    Fossils have been found at many sites near Sydney. Some of these are no longer accessible but coastal exposures still give the amateur collector ample chance of finding good fossils.

    Published 03 December 2009
    fossil Sydney Palaeontology fossils
  • Fossils in Alcoota, NT
    https://australianmuseum.net.au/learn/australia-over-time/fossils/sites/alcoota/

    The grass-covered plains at Alcoota Station form a thin veneer over an enormous bed of fossil bones that are around eight million years old.

    Published 20 March 2012
    NT fossil Palaeontology fossils
  • Predator and prey: The Winton Trackway
    https://australianmuseum.net.au/learn/australia-over-time/fossils/sites/predator-and-prey-the-winton-trackway/

    We can never witness the awesome reality of a dinosaur stalking and attacking its prey. However, one fossil trackway near Winton in Queensland gives us the rare opportunity to reconstruct such a moment, to 're-live' the movement, reactions, fear and panic.

    Published 22 December 2010
    fossil expedition Palaeontology fossils
  • Fossils in Lightning Ridge, NSW
    https://australianmuseum.net.au/learn/australia-over-time/fossils/sites/lightning-ridge/

    Deposits at Lightning Ridge yield some of the rarest, most beautiful and precious fossils in the world.

    Published 26 October 2015
    fossil Palaeontology fossils NSW
  • Fossils in Naracoorte, SA
    https://australianmuseum.net.au/learn/australia-over-time/fossils/sites/naracoorte/

    Pleistocene fossil vertebrate deposits of Victoria Fossil Cave at Naracoorte are considered to be Australia's largest and best preserved.

    Published 25 September 2015
    fossil Palaeontology fossils
  • Fossils in Riversleigh, QLD
    https://australianmuseum.net.au/learn/australia-over-time/fossils/sites/riversleigh/

    Fossil fauna from the Riversleigh site have altered our understanding about Australia's mid-Cainozoic vertebrate diversity.

    Published 25 September 2015
    fossil Palaeontology fossils
  • Fossils in Bluff Downs, QLD
    https://australianmuseum.net.au/learn/australia-over-time/fossils/sites/bluff-downs/

    Bluff Downs is recognised to be one of the most significant fossil sites of Pliocene age in Australia.

    Published 20 March 2012
    fossil Palaeontology fossils QLD
  • Fossils in Grenfell, NSW
    https://australianmuseum.net.au/learn/australia-over-time/fossils/sites/grenfell/

    The Grenfell fossil fauna represents the youngest Devonian locality in New South Wales, and includes a wide variety of placoderm, acanthodian and sarcopterygian fishes.

    Published 20 March 2012
    fossil Palaeontology fossils
  • How are fossils formed?
    https://australianmuseum.net.au/learn/australia-over-time/fossils/how-are-fossils-formed/

    For a plant or animal to become a fossil, a series of events must occur...

    Published 30 October 2015
    fossil Palaeontology fossils
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