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This list of fossil sites is a worldwide list of localities known well for the presence of fossils. Some entries in this list are notable for a single, unique find, while others are notable for the large number of fossils found there.
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 .
The Gondwana Rainforests of Australia is a serial property comprising the major remaining areas of rainforest in southeast Queensland and northeast New South Wales. It represents outstanding examples of major stages of the Earth’s evolutionary history, ongoing geological and biological processes, and exceptional biological diversity.
The leaf green tree frog (Litoria phyllochroa) is a species of tree frog common to forests of eastern Australia. Amphibians of Australia are limited to members of the order Anura, commonly known as frogs. All Australian frogs are in the suborder Neobatrachia, also known as the modern frogs, which make up the largest proportion of extant frog ...
This is a partial list of dinosaur finds in the United Kingdom, arranged by genus alphabetically. List of dinosaurs Genus Picture Period Discovery locations and dates Acanthopholis Cretaceous (late) Folkestone, Kent in c. 1865 Gault, Kent in 2000 Altispinax Cretaceous (early) Battle, East Sussex in 1856 Anoplosaurus Cretaceous (early) Cambridgeshire, no later than 1878 Aristosuchus Cretaceous ...
Pages in category "Fossils of Australia" The following 73 pages are in this category, out of 73 total. ... Fossil and Petrology collections, New South Wales; G.
The oldest-known frog fossils date to even earlier. Scientists in Argentina have discovered excellently preserved fossil remains of the oldest-known tadpole, the larval stage of a large frog ...
The Obdurodon insignis holotype specimen, SAM P18087, a tooth, was uncovered in 1971 from the Etadunna Formation in the Tirari Desert of South Australia. [1] [2] The second specimen discovered there, AMNH 97228, is an upper right molar. [1] In total, 4 specimens are reported, dating from the Oligocene to the Pliocene. [3]