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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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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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What are trilobites?
https://australian.museum/learn/australia-over-time/fossils/what-are-trilobites/Trilobites are an extinct group of arthropods (jointed-legged animals) known from more than 10,000 fossil species.
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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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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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Dinosaurs and their relatives
https://australian.museum/learn/dinosaurs/Discover the Mesozoic era of the dinosaurs! Dinosaurs are classified as a group of reptiles, although some of their features are found in mammals and birds living today.
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How are dinosaur fossils formed?
https://australian.museum/learn/teachers/learning/dinosaur-fossils/Watch this animation to understand how dinosaurs became fossils over time.
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Dinosaurs learning journey
https://australian.museum/learn/teachers/learning/dinosaurs-ps/Follow this Dinosaurs learning journey to deepen your knowledge and understanding of dinosaurs and fossils.
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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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2023 Australian Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year
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Thin Ice VR
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Burra
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