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Fossils in Grenfell, NSW
https://australian.museum/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.
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Fossils in Alcoota, NT
https://australian.museum/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.
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Fossils in Naracoorte, SA
https://australian.museum/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.
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Fossils in Lightning Ridge, NSW
https://australian.museum/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.
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Fossils in Bluff Downs, QLD
https://australian.museum/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.
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How do fossils form?
https://australian.museum/learn/australia-over-time/fossils/how-do-fossils-form/For a plant or animal to become a fossil, a series of events must occur...
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Extremely rare fossils of ancient sea life found in Tasmania
https://australian.museum/about/organisation/media-centre/rare-trilobite-fossil-found-tasmania/Australian scientists, Dr. Patrick M. Smith, Australian Museum (AM) and Dr. Malte C.Ebach , University of NSW (UNSW), have named a newly discovered trilobite after the actor Tom Baker, aka Doctor Who.
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What are fossils?
https://australian.museum/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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Earth science
https://australian.museum/learn/minerals/The Mineralogy and Palaeontology collections include rocks, minerals, gemstones and fossils, and reveal how the earth was formed.
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Collection objects in 3D
https://australian.museum/inside-out/collections-in-3d/See some of our rare and unique natural science and cultural collection objects in 3D.
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