Dan 1000 Posted August 5, 2018 Share Posted August 5, 2018 G'day everyone! This weekend I was able to go down to Melbourne Museum with my family to check out the new Mesozoic marine reptile fossils. There we checked out the paleontology exhibits (The Dinosaur Walk and 600 Million years of Victoria) The Dinosaur Walk displayed many dinosaur skeletons from around the world as well as Australian Mega-fauna. The 600 Million years of Victoria was about the evolution of life in Victoria with fossils from the Cambrian all the way to the Pleistocene displayed. This was my favorite exhibit because of its large collection of Victorian polar dinosaur fossils. Here are some photos of the trip: Thanks, Daniel Gallimimus - Mongolia Mamenchisaurus- China Deinonychus - USA Protoceratops - Mongolia Tarbosaurus - Mongolia Megalania - Lake Callabonna, South Australia Inostrancevia alexandri - Russia 600 Million Years of Victoria Whale skull (Janjucetus hunderi) Ogliocene, Jan Juc, Victoria Shark teeth from all over Victoria (Aged Oligocene to Miocene) Echinoderm and coral fossils from across Australia Seed pod fossils from Victoria Fossil fish from Koonwarra, Victoria Ammonite fossils from Australia & overseas 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan 1000 Posted August 5, 2018 Author Share Posted August 5, 2018 Platypterygius, Cretaceous, Central Queensland Giant amphibian (Koolasuchus cleelandi) Cretaceous, Kilcunda, Victoria Diluvicursor pickeringi, Cretaceous, Cape Otway, Victoria Qantassaurus jaw, Cretaceous, Cape Otway, Victoria Atlascopcosaurus jaw, Cretaceous, Cape Otway, Victoria Timimus leg bone, Cretaceous, Dinosaur cove, Victoria Ankylosauridae rib and vertebrae, Cretaceous, Kilcunda, Victoria Therapod tooth, Cretaceous, Inverloch, Victoria Opalised Ornithopod leg bone, Cretaceous, Lightning Ridge, NSW Rodent jaw 2cm (Bishops whitmorei) Cretaceous, Victoria Muttaburrasaurus, Cretaceous, Muttaburra, Queensland Devonian Fish skulls, Australia Trilobite (Odontochile formosa) Devonian, Kinglake, Victoria Nautiloid fossil from Melbourne Trilobite from Kangaroo Island, South Australia Ediacaran fossils, Flidners Ranges, South Australia Ediacaran fossils, Flidners Ranges, South Australia Thanks for reading! 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby Rico Posted August 5, 2018 Share Posted August 5, 2018 Thank you for this great report and nice photos. Looks like a fantastic museum. This topic A trip to the museum is one of my favourites to read. Cheers Bobby Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
izak_ Posted August 5, 2018 Share Posted August 5, 2018 Wow, some incredible stuff there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TyBoy Posted August 5, 2018 Share Posted August 5, 2018 Very cool especially that Dino material from Australia. Thanks for sharing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fruitbat Posted August 5, 2018 Share Posted August 5, 2018 A VERY impressive display of fossils! I like it when a museum pays special attention to 'local' history/pre-history. -Joe Illigitimati non carborundum Fruitbat's PDF Library Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troodon Posted August 5, 2018 Share Posted August 5, 2018 Love that material from Australia, thanks for the tour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miocene_Mason Posted August 5, 2018 Share Posted August 5, 2018 Nice museum, thanks for sharing it with us! “...whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been and are being evolved.” ~ Charles Darwin Happy hunting, Mason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordTrilobite Posted August 5, 2018 Share Posted August 5, 2018 Very nice tour and photos! Olof Moleman AKA Lord Trilobite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted August 5, 2018 Share Posted August 5, 2018 Dan, Thanks for the virtual field trip! I appreciate being able to see things here that I may never get to see in person. Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 __________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilized6s Posted August 5, 2018 Share Posted August 5, 2018 Thanks for sharing. I love seeing Australia's prehistoric past, it's just so different. I am especially fond of the giant amphibian mandible. Giant amphibian (Koolasuchus cleelandi) Cretaceous, Kilcunda, Victoria ~Charlie~ "There are those that look at things the way they are, and ask why.....i dream of things that never were, and ask why not?" ~RFK ->Get your Mosasaur print ->How to spot a fake Trilobite ->How to identify a CONCRETION from a DINOSAUR EGG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bone guy Posted August 6, 2018 Share Posted August 6, 2018 Wow I'm amazed at the variety of fossils that can be found in Australia. That whale skull is very interesting. The shape reminds me of a seal skull. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted August 25, 2018 Share Posted August 25, 2018 Wonderful tour! Thanks for sharing. Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys." Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough." My Fossil collection - My Mineral collection My favorite thread on TFF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeepTimeIsotopes Posted December 19, 2018 Share Posted December 19, 2018 I love seeing Australian fossils on here as I don’t get to see them all that often in person. Thanks for the trip! Each dot is 50,000,000 years: Hadean............Archean..............................Proterozoic.......................................Phanerozoic........... Paleo......Meso....Ceno.. Ꞓ.OSD.C.P.Tr.J.K..Pg.NgQ< You are here Doesn't time just fly by? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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