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Dating dinosaurs and other fossils
https://australian.museum/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://australian.museum/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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Wave Rock
https://australian.museum/learn/australia-over-time/evolving-landscape/wave-rock/Wave Rock is in the wheat belt region of Western Australia, 350 km south-east of Perth.
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Palorchestes: A tale of misidentification
https://australian.museum/learn/australia-over-time/extinct-animals/palaeontology-collection-palorchestes/The genus Palorchestes is known from fossils from various parts of Australia. The most recent species in the genus probably became extinct between 20,000 and 40,000 years ago.
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Pyroclastic processes and materials
https://australian.museum/learn/dinosaurs/pyroclastic-processes-and-materials/Pyroclastic means 'fire broken' and is the term for rocks formed from fragments produced by volcanic explosions.
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Herbivore teeth and diet
https://australian.museum/learn/dinosaurs/plant-eating-dinosaurs/Plant-eating dinosaurs dominated the landscape, far outnumbering their carnivorous counterparts. From fancy headgear and armour, to herding and enormous size, their extreme appearances and innovative survival strategies are unrivalled in the animal kingdom.
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Dinosaurs living together
https://australian.museum/learn/dinosaurs/dinosaurs-living-together/Did dinosaurs live on their own or in groups? There is good evidence that many did form social groups. Plant-eaters would have found safety in numbers, while predators may have hunted in packs and benefited from co-operation.
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Herbivorous heavyweights
https://australian.museum/learn/dinosaurs/the-dinosaur-giants-club/One group of plant-eaters grew to become the biggest land animals ever. These were the sauropods - impressive long-necked, four-legged giants.
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Dinosaurs on the attack
https://australian.museum/learn/dinosaurs/dinosaurs-on-the-attack/The ability to overpower another animal requires a combination of strength, speed, balance and weaponry. Most theropods relied on such skills and assets to find food, although some appeared to have adapted to life as filter-feeders or plant-eaters.
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Carnivore teeth and diet
https://australian.museum/learn/dinosaurs/meat-eating-dinosaurs/These are the sharp-toothed, ferocious meat-eating dinosaurs of popular imagination - the ultimate predators built purely to kill. Or are they? Collectively known as theropods, they range from bus-sized to chicken-sized.
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