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The most common fossil at the site are of crocodiles and giant trionychidae turtles which have become extinct in Australia. [4] Fossils from Murgon include the world's oldest songbirds , the oldest Australian marsupials , and the only fossils of leiopelmatid frogs outside of the Saint Bathans Fauna .
Australia separated from Gondwana 99 Ma, and initially remained warm and humid with rainforest vegetation. Inland Australia had systems of rivers and lakes with abundant wildlife. Fossil birds, platypus, frogs and snakes are present from this period. From 30 Ma there was a period of global cooling, and from 15 Ma the Antarctic ice sheet formed.
Individuals usually hide among dense vegetation near water. [1] In New Guinea it has been found up to 880 m (2,890 ft) above sea level. [7] Males call from near water at different times of the year. [3] [6] Papurana daemeli preys upon arthropods (spiders, shrimps, cockroaches, grasshoppers, beetles, moths) and other frogs. [3] [6]
The forests contain 30% of the total frog, reptile and marsupial species in Australia, 90% of the continent's bat and butterfly species, 7% of the country's bird species, and over 12,000 species of insects, along with a multitude of lower animals, fungi, lichens, mosses, and microorganisms – all within an area constituting 0.12% of Australia ...
The ghost of both of these is evident from the fossils found in the area," said Adele Pentland, a doctoral student in paleontology at Curtin University in Australia and lead author of the study ...
Pages in category "Fossils of Australia" The following 73 pages are in this category, out of 73 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Acadagnostus;
The fossil was first uncovered in 1984 by the late Nicholas Hotton III, a museum paleontologist who had excavated fossils from the Red Beds in Texas, an area known to be rich in Permian-age remains.
The Amphibians of Western Australia are represented by two families of frogs. Of the 78 species found, most within the southwest , 38 are unique to the state. 15 of the 30 genera of Australian frogs occur; from arid regions and coastlines to permanent wetlands.