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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 .
Jurassic Coast – World Heritage Site on the coast of southern England; Lagerstätte – Sedimentary deposit with well-preserved extraordinary fossils; Lists of dinosaur-bearing stratigraphic units; List of fossil parks around the world – Following is a list of protected areas where fossils are preserved, known as fossil parks
Albionbatrachus is an extinct genus of prehistoric frogs from England and Romania, that spanned to the Eocene to Miocene. Two species are recognized: [1] [2] Albionbatrachus oligocenicus [3] Albionbatrachus wightensis [4]
The fossil bird fauna at Riversleigh includes an artamid Kurrartapu johnnguyeni, a fossil sittella, [12] and representatives of various other families of modern birds. [13] [14] [15] Some fossil insects and plants have also been discovered. [4] The fossil species identified at the sites are collectively known as the Riversleigh fauna. [16]
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.
The Boxgrove Palaeolithic site is an internationally important archaeological site north-east of Boxgrove in West Sussex with findings that date to the Lower Palaeolithic.The oldest human remains in Britain have been discovered on the site, fossils of Homo heidelbergensis dating to 500,000 years ago. [2]
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 ...
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