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We’ve had a little more luck here in Qld Australia, our collection is growing. we think a few great white and Mako? What do you think? so excited to find these.
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Over the last month I've been staying with my partner in Queensland who lives close to some amazing fossil sites, namely the Redbank Plains Formation. This formation is well known for its Paleocene/Eocene plants, insects, fishes and turtles. It was extensively collected from during the 1900s when the area was mostly comprised of pastures and bushland. Most of the fossils were found in iron-rich mudstone nodules which weathered out of the soil and gullies, although many plants and insects were collected from a clay pit and found directly in white mudstone. Nowadays, much of the formation has been covered by housing development, making it difficult to collect from. One exposure was protected within a council reserve, but fossils in there were difficult to find as they had to naturally weather out of the formation. I didn't have high hopes for finding anything in the area but after scouring geology maps I noticed one exposure which looked promising. It was mapped as Redbank Plains Formation but easily could've just been part of the surrounding Triassic/Jurassic sandstones. After finally being able to visit, we found it to be a new exposure of the Redbank Plains Formation! It didn't yield many fossils but the geology was terrific. At the top, a sandstone horizon which I think still belongs to the Redbank Plains Formation overlies the fossil bearing black carbonaceous shale, with a white clay type horizon below. Some more interesting geology just to the right of where the previous photo was taken. Just above the white clay horizon is a thin layer of tuff, overlain by more carbonaceous shale, then overlain by a thin layer of basalt, with more carbonaceous shale above. A different part of the exposure which was very rich in nodules. Fossils in these nodules were very rare in comparison to other Redbank Plains Formation sites, with just occasional plant material or fish bits. After suffering in the 34˚ summer heat for a few hours, we left in search of a different site a few hours away which yielded nothing. But then, on our way home, we noticed another potential Redbank Plains Formation exposure. This one was much more successful in terms of fossils, and also previously unknown! A partial fish as found in situ. Note the characteristic black shale it has weathered out of. The cross section of fish bones can be seen in this weathered nodule. A leaf, perhaps a Banksia sp.? A mash of fish bone in a nodule we split. Our best find of the day, a beautiful articulated fish! In situ: After some preparation (will post photos of it finished when I complete it). Unfortunately the nodule this was in fractured in many places, a result of the drying mudstone matrix. A tiny fish before and after preparation (also not finished, waiting on a replacement tip for my airscribe). This species is Notogoneus parvus. That is all for now, will update with more photos as I prepare everything! The Queensland Museum has been made aware of this new and potentially significant site, so hopefully it can be protected.
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Any suggestions on this tiny bone? I found it while dissolving chunks of matrix from the lower Cretaceous Mackunda Formation collected in western Queensland, Australia. The matrix is rich in shells, crustaceans, fish and shark teeth but terrestrial species are known from the formation. It doesn't look like any of the fish bones I've seen from here so am considering bird? They've been found in the neighbouring Toolebuc Formation by @Mike from North Queensland so it seems possible! Thanks for any input:)
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Hello all im looking for opinions on this section of bone which was found in marine cretaceous material in NW Queensland. I didnt find this personally but was asked by the people who did to ask for opinions on the forum. Cheers for your help
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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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A minute long video. https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-australia-63883964
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I found this very tooth shaped fossil on the coast of Noosa in QLD. Not sure if this actually is anything as I don't know much about dossils at all. Would be very interested to know if anyone has seen anything similar!
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Unknown small fossils from Cretaceous marine material ,NW Queensland.
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I have been going through some of my small fish mash material (Sub 2mm) from Cretaceous marine material from NW Queensland. The material is mainly made up of crushed fish bones and scales.(Scale squares are 5mm x5mm) I have found a few unknow bones if anyone could help with a ID that would be great these are likely to be from fish. I also have a small unknown sharks tooth. Also there is a strange tooth which I'm unsure what it is from. Lastly I have included some of bramble shark teeth and small fish jaw frag. Unknow fish bone 1 Unknow fish bone 2 Unknow fish bone 2 picture2 Unknown sharks tooth Unknown sharks tooth picture 2 Unknown sharks tooth picture 3 Unknown tooth Unknown tooth picture 2 Unknown tooth picture 3 Unknown tooth picture 3 top view Bramble shark's tooth Bramble shark's tooth Small fish tooth Fish jaw frag Fish jaw frag picture 2-
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Pleistocene "Swamp King" (Croc) from South East Queensland
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Crikey! Massive prehistoric croc emerges from South East Queensland University of Queensland, Science Daily, December 21, 2021 The open access paper is: Ristevski, J., Yates, A.M., Price, G.J., Molnar, R.E., Weisbecker, V. and Salisbury, S.W., 2020. Australia’s prehistoric ‘swamp king’: revision of the Plio-Pleistocene crocodylian genus Pallimnarchus de Vis, 1886. PeerJ, 8, p.e10466 Yours, Paul H.-
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Hey everyone! I'm Mimic & I live in Elimbah, south east Queensland. I'm quite active on various fossil subreddits & Facebook pages. I'm super interested in fossils & have basic knowledge, but have never really had the time or geological knowledge to know where to explore. I love geology also & collecting rocks, which has lead to my love of fossils too. I haven't found anything cool yet to do with fossils, but I'd love to start!
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I found this section of Creataceous marine bone from NW Queensland , Im thinking its part of a small turtle bone. Does anyone have any ideas on what it maybe from?
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Hi All! I found this possible nautilus fossil shell on the beach. It has nacre and also is quite fossilised on the ends. Any help with ID would be very appreciated. Thankyou!
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This fossil was found on a Gold Coast beach in 2019. I'm thinking Pliocene as it's like most of my beach fossil finds. It's a curiosity as it has some crystals inside the carapace. Any thoughts on this? Thankyou!
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This crab was found on a Gold Coast beach in 2019. It is my largest fossil! I love it! I think it is a mud crab. Era unknown.
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Hi All! Could you please help me to ID this specimen that was found 2019, Miami Beach, Gold Coast, QLD, Australia. I'm hoping it is turtle coprolite from the pliocene. I have other pieces if that would help. Thank in advance!
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From the album: Crustacean Fossils of the Pliocene era in South East Queensland.
Sentinel crabs from the Pliocene era. -
From the album: Crustacean Fossils of the Pliocene era in South East Queensland.
Sentinel crabs from the Pliocene era. -
From the album: Crustacean Fossils of the Pliocene era in South East Queensland.
Sentinel crabs from the Pliocene era. -
From the album: Crustacean Fossils of the Pliocene era in South East Queensland.
Sentinel crabs from the Pliocene era. -
From the album: Crustacean Fossils of the Pliocene era in South East Queensland.
Sentinel crabs from the Pliocene era. -
From the album: Crustacean Fossils of the Pliocene era in South East Queensland.
Sentinel crabs from the Pliocene era. -
From the album: Crustacean Fossils of the Pliocene era in South East Queensland.
Sentinel crabs from the Pliocene era. -
From the album: Crustacean Fossils of the Pliocene era in South East Queensland.
Sentinel crabs from the Pliocene era. -
From the album: Crustacean Fossils of the Pliocene era in South East Queensland.
Sentinel crabs from the Pliocene era.