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This is a list of Australian Aboriginal prehistoric sites. Key: BGS = Below ground surface; C14 = Radiocarbon date; char. = charcoal; OSL = Optical stimulated thermoluminescence; AA = Australian Archaeology
Australian archaeology is a large sub-field in the discipline of archaeology.Archaeology in Australia takes four main forms: Aboriginal archaeology (the archaeology of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in Australia before and after European settlement), historical archaeology (the archaeology of Australia after European settlement), maritime archaeology and the archaeology of the ...
The prehistory of Australia is the period between the first human habitation of the Australian continent and the colonisation of Australia in 1788, which marks the start of consistent written documentation of Australia. This period has been variously estimated, with most evidence suggesting that it goes back between 50,000 and 65,000 years.
Fossils discovered in Australia reveal hundreds of new species, a pollen-covered insect, parasitic larva, and fish with last meals in their stomachs.
Some entries in this list are notable for a single, unique find, while others are notable for the large number of fossils found there. Many of the entries in this list are considered Lagerstätten (sedimentary deposits that exhibits extraordinary fossils with exceptional preservation—sometimes including preserved soft tissues).
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.
Australia: Lived in a prehistoric floodplain close to a high energy river Fostoria: 2019 Griman Creek Formation (Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian) Australia: Four individuals have been found in association Fulgurotherium: 1932 Griman Creek Formation (Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian) Australia: Fragmentary, but may have been an elasmarian [5 ...
The stromatolites found today are almost all carbonate rocks (made of limestone), but these structures are mostly composed of the minerals gypsum and halite (rock salt), Hynek said.