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Palaeontology
https://australian.museum/learn/collections/natural-science/palaeontology/Palaeontology is the study of fossils. Fossils are the remains or traces of prehistoric living things and are preserved in substances such as sediments, coal, tar, oil, amber or volcanic ash, or frozen in ice or naturally mummified.
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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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Fossil sites of Australia
https://australian.museum/learn/australia-over-time/fossils/sites/Fossils are a part of our natural heritage and while the vast majority of fossils found by amateur collectors are worth very little in monetary terms, they may be important scientifically.
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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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Australia over time
https://australian.museum/learn/australia-over-time/Learn about our evolving landscape, Australian megafauna and other extinct animals and how we use fossils to relate the animals of the past with those of today.
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Date a Fossil
https://australian.museum/get-involved/citizen-science/date-a-fossil/Become a palaeontologist from home and help us to reveal new information about ancient ecosystems
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Fossils in Canowindra, NSW
https://australian.museum/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.
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Fossil sites near Sydney
https://australian.museum/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.
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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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Predator and prey: The Winton Trackway
https://australian.museum/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.
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Jurassic World by Brickman
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