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Hi all I just joined up today. I found something that I can not work out. I was walking along a dry creek bed in central Queensland Aus and found what looks like a piece of petrified wood encased in rock. How did this happen? Why didn't it burn up? Any ideas?
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Found this unusual fossil in cretaceous marine sediments in Richmond Central Queensland it has been ID as a Cuttlefish( Vampyromorpha sp. ) i can find very little infomation about these if anybody as anymore info that would be great.
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Nice tooth found in Richmond, Queensland of Creataceous age in marine sediments. It has been id as a sharks tooth but is missing the top section. Any more info on this tooth would be great. Cheers
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Found some great fossils with the family today in Central Queensland , braved a dust storm but was worth it. They are all of Permian age in the Tiverton formation which is marine sediment. If someone can give me some exact IDs that would be great. More photos in comments
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A few of the fossils I have found in the Coalfeilds Central Queensland ,Australia. All are of Permian age and from a terrestrial environment, I'm unsure of the species of plants. Hoping to find more in the future.
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I found this rock and thought it had some interesting features,including plant life. It is very hard and heavy for its size... can anyone tell me more about it?
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Winton, Australia, dinosaur trackway saved from floods
Oxytropidoceras posted a topic in Fossil News
The race to rescue 95-million-year-old dinosaur footprints from the elements in the Queensland outback. Belinda Smith for The Chase, ABC Science, Australian Broadcasting Corporation https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-02-14/the-race-to-save-wintons-dinosaur-footprints/10578212 Winton footprint fossils saved from floods By Belinda Smith on AM, Australian Broadcasting Corporation https://www.abc.net.au/radio/programs/am/winton-footprint-fossils-saved-from-floods/10810194 Related paper is: Romilio, A. and Salisbury, S.W., 2011. A reassessment of large theropod dinosaur tracks from the mid-Cretaceous (late Albian– Cenomanian) Winton Formation of Lark Quarry, central-western Queensland, Australia: a case for mistaken identity. Cretaceous Research, 32(2), pp.135-142. https://dinosaurs.group.uq.edu.au/files/2119/Romilio_Salisbury_2011.pdf https://www.researchgate.net/publication/222618836_A_reassessment_of_large_theropod_dinosaur_tracks_from_the_mid-Cretaceous_late_Albian-Cenomanian_Winton_Formation_of_Lark_Quarry_central-western_Queensland_Australia_A_case_for_mistaken_identity https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Anthony_Romilio Yours, Paul H.-
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Hi, First time post of this site so hopefully I’ve made it correctly, seems to be heaps of knowledgeable/passionate people here. Just wondering if anyone can indentify this for me? It looks like Fossiled pieces of bark. It’s approximately 60cms long, 25cms wide and 3cms thick. In three joining pieces. I found it near a quarry in Ipswich Queensland Australia that is mostly shale and contains Triassic marker plants such as Dicroidium. Any help would be appreciated.
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Fossil 'forensics': read all about the death and decay of crocodiles that lived over 100 million years ago in outback Queensland in this new paper http://rsos.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/5/3/171651 @Mike from North Queensland @Jesuslover340 @Ash
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Looking through the sieved material I noticed this little jaw ? I has come out of the marine material I get from Richmond in central Queensland in Australia. I refer to the layer it came out of as the fish mash layer as it is full of small fish material. In the layer I find fish, shark, turtle, Ichthyosaur, pliosaur, pterosaur and bird material. The fossil is 6 mm in length and quite fragile. Thanks in advance for any input Mike D'Arcy
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Weird question i know, but i found this large coprolite from a Cretaceous inland sea site near Richmond in QLD, Australia and it is by far the largest single coprolite i have collected. As you can see it is almost the size of my hand, though if whole it would have actually been even bigger as there is a clear break on one edge where it would have continued further. The sea at this time was inhabited by a range of marine reptiles (7m ichthyosaurs, 10m long necked elasmosaurs and 10m short necked pliosaurs) but also by some pretty big fish, the largest of which was the ichthyodectid Cooyoo australis (a relative of the more famous Xiphactinus audux). This species could grow to about 2.5 - 3m long. There isn't really a sure way of knowing what produced this coprolite, but i was hoping maybe i could rule out fish simply based on the large size. Assuming a maximum sized Cooyoo, would a 3 metre fish be able to produce a poo of this size? Or can i safely assume it belongs to one of the larger marine reptiles? This is probably a question best aimed at collectors of the Smoky Hill Chalk as they may be familiar with the size of large fish coprolites such as those of Xiphactinus. @KansasFossilHunter @Xiphactinus Interestingly there is a small belemnite poking out of the coprolite on one side, so whatever it came from must have been eating belemnites. I'm thinking ichthyosaur is most likely.
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Collected recently at a marine Cretaceous location near Richmond, QLD, Australia (Toolebuc Formation). 100 million years old. Fossils of both fish (some quite large) and pterosaurs are known from the location. There were also marine reptiles but i think fish or pterosaur are the only two possibilities in this case. I have a number of other definitive fish teeth from this location but they all look somewhat different which is why i am confused with this one. There appears to be a bit of bone attached to the bottom of the tooth, and maybe a little bit to one side of the specimen as well (the large object however i think is a worn belemnite). It measures 18 mm long, but note the tip of the tooth is broken.
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A new discovery from the Down Under http://thenewdaily.com.au/news/state/qld/2017/12/07/marsupial-lion-queensland/
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Hello! I received this fossil from a friend - He could not remember the NAME of the fruit - only that it is agatized fruit, from Queensland, Australia, and that it is a bit scarce. Can anyone give an idea? It looks a bit "squashed" - but very interesting! Thanks for looking!
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I have done a little bit of sieving and found this interesting little vertebra. Its quite small at about 3 mm long and was found in the cretaceous (Albian) of central Queensland Australia. The specimen was found in a cretaceous sediment from a marine environment, however I do not think its a marine animal. I have a good idea of what I believe it is from but comments would be appreciated. Mike D'Arcy
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Anyone know Mt Isa stuff? I received this trilobite from @Jesuslover340 and noticed this other kind of 'starburst' item on the plate with it. No idea what it could be, but it looks like something.
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Small collection of Thalassina anomala (mud lobster) in concretion.
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From the album: Queensland mudflats
My small collection of fossil mud-lobsters, Thalassina anomala in concretion. Found in the Australian Central Queensland mudflats. Not sure of age. <30myo. -
From the album: Queensland mudflats
A fossil mud-lobster, Thalassina anomala in concretion. Found in the Australian Central Queensland mudflats. Not sure of age. <30myo. -
From the album: Queensland mudflats
A fossil lobster, Thalassina anomala in concretion. Found in the Central Queensland, Australia mudflats. Not sure of age, ~<30myo. -
From the album: Queensland mudflats
Claw from the lobster Thalassina anomala, found in Central Queensland, Australia mudflats. -
From the album: Queensland mudflats
A fossil lobster, Thalassina anomala in concretion. Found in the Central Queensland, Australia mudflats. Not sure of age, ~<30myo. -
From the album: Queensland mudflats
A fossil lobster, Thalassina anomala in concretion. Found in the Central Queensland, Australia, mudflats. Not sure of age, ~<30myo. -
From the album: Queensland mudflats
A fossil lobster, Thalassina anomala in concretion. Found in the Central Queensland, Australia mudflats. Not sure of age, ~<30myo.
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