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Yesterday I got home from a two week trip to Richmond, QLD where we collected from lots of different Early Cretaceous localities. I still have so much to go through and prep, photograph, etc. but here are a few things that I thought were worth photographing. A jewel beetle(?) from the Allaru Formation east of Richmond. I'm told this is the first Albian insect from Australia and the first from the Eromanga Basin, but there do seem to be a couple of other insects known from here (a dragonfly wing from the Toolebuc Formation and a scorpionfly wing). It was a really unexpected find since this site is known for things like bivalves, ammonites, belemnites, fish and marine reptiles. When viewing the rock it's in from the side it appears to be in between layers of Inoceramus. Will take some better photos with scale at some point but the specimen is about 15mm long. A plate of brittle stars from a property south of Richmond (Mackunda Formatiom) A really pretty shark tooth from the same location as the brittle stars. This is the only specimen I've seen from here with so many cusps. A small section of articulated ichthyosaur (Platypterygius australis) paddle bones from the Allaru Formation east of Richmond. Another from the same site as the previous specimen, a fish skull (Pachyrhizodus?). The other side of this specimen is still encased in limestone so I hope it will prep out well, this side is quite weathered. Will post some more tomorrow!
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