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Learn how to classify fossils
https://australian.museum/learn/teachers/learning/fossil-classification/Learn the difference between impression, mineralised and trace fossils and begin to classify your specimens.
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Learn how to classify rocks
https://australian.museum/learn/teachers/learning/rock-classification/Can you tell the difference between sedimentary, igneous and metamorphic rocks? Use this series of posters to learn how to classify rocks and tell the difference between them!
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Fossils in Wellington Caves, NSW
https://australian.museum/learn/australia-over-time/fossils/sites/wellington-caves/The Wellington Caves are renowned for the diversity of fossils across a long period of time including mainland Thylacines.
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Fossils in Riversleigh, QLD
https://australian.museum/learn/australia-over-time/fossils/sites/riversleigh/Fossil fauna from the Riversleigh site have altered our understanding about Australia's mid-Cainozoic vertebrate diversity.
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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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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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Fishing in Permian seas – a fossil fish donation from Blackwater, Queensland
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/fossil-fish-donation-blackwater-queensland/Our Palaeontology section has just received a very welcome Cultural Gifts Program donation of fossil fish from Blackwater, Queensland.
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A National Treasure
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/a-national-treasure/How 'Eric' the opalised pliosaur made his way into the Australian Museum hall of fame.
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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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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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RELICS
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Minerals
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