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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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What are conodonts?
https://australian.museum/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://australian.museum/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://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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The living dinosaurs
https://australian.museum/learn/dinosaurs/the-living-dinosaurs/Be afraid. One day your pet budgie or that marauding cockatoo may recall the more "primitive" instincts of their relatives. Be very, very afraid - these relatives include T. rex and Velociraptor! Birds are actually specialised theropod dinosaurs.
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Tyrannosaurs – Meet the Family learning journey: Primary
https://australian.museum/get-involved/services/touring-exhibits/touring-exhibition-tyrannosaurs/tyrannosaurs-primary/Follow our Tyrannosaurs – Meet the Family learning journey to deepen your knowledge and understanding of tyrannosaurs. This exhibition has now ended and is currently touring the world.
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Tyrannosaurs – Meet the Family learning journey: Secondary
https://australian.museum/get-involved/services/touring-exhibits/touring-exhibition-tyrannosaurs/tyrannosaurs-secondary/Follow our Tyrannosaurs – Meet the Family learning journey to deepen your knowledge and understanding of tyrannosaurs. This exhibition has now ended and is currently touring the world.
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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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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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Ramses & the Gold of the Pharaohs
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