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What are conodonts?
https://australianmuseum.net.au/learn/australia-over-time/fossils/what-are-conodonts/What conodonts were remained a mystery for many years. These microfossils were variously thought to belong to annelid worms, arthropods, molluscs, chaetognaths (marine worms), fish (as teeth), and even plants. The discovery of an articulated 'conodont animal' was a significant breakthrough.
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Preparing fossils, reconstructing the past
https://australianmuseum.net.au/learn/australia-over-time/fossils/preparing-fossils-reconstructing-the-past/The very early stages of piecing together the animals and plants of the past involve removing their fossils from the rock and preserving them for study.
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Dating dinosaurs and other fossils
https://australianmuseum.net.au/learn/australia-over-time/fossils/dating-dinosaurs-and-other-fossils/Fossils themselves, and the sedimentary rocks they are found in, are very difficult to date directly.
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How are fossils found and excavated?
https://australianmuseum.net.au/learn/australia-over-time/fossils/how-are-fossils-found/Finding fossils is a combination of hard work, chance and knowing where to look! Fossils are mostly found where sedimentary rocks of the right age are exposed, such as river valleys, cliffs and hillsides, and human-made exposures such as quarries and road cuttings.
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Fossils
https://australianmuseum.net.au/learn/australia-over-time/fossils/The word ‘palaeontology’ refers to the study of ancient life. It is derived from the Greek words palaios (ancient) and logos (study). Fossils form the basis of this science.
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Fossils in Murgon, QLD
https://australianmuseum.net.au/learn/australia-over-time/fossils/sites/murgon/Murgon is significant as the only site in Australia that records a diverse vertebrate fauna dating from the early Tertiary Period (55 million years ago), approximately ten million years after the extinction of the dinosaurs.
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Fossils in Talbragar, NSW
https://australianmuseum.net.au/learn/australia-over-time/fossils/sites/talbragar/Talbragar is a well-known fossil site in Australia and contains one of the most significant Jurassic terrestrial fossil deposits in Australia. It is also the only Jurassic fish site found in New South Wales.
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Common Fossils of the Sydney Basin
https://australianmuseum.net.au/learn/australia-over-time/fossils/sites/common-fossils-of-the-sydney-basin/The Sydney region, extending from Wollongong to Newcastle and Lithgow, is part of a large geological feature called the Sydney Basin.
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World’s oldest fossil of the magpie family discovered in Queensland
https://australianmuseum.net.au/learn/news/blog/amri-worlds-oldest-fossil-of-the-magpie-family-discovered-in-north-western-queensland/A new genus and species of a songbird related to magpies and currawongs sheds light on the evolution of these birds in Australia.
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Wollemi pine on display
https://australianmuseum.net.au/learn/news/blog/wollemi-pine-on-display/Discovered as recently as 1994, the Wollemi Pine has been referred to as the 'botanical find of the 20th Century' and 'the equivalent of finding a small living dinosaur on Earth'.