Oxytropidoceras Posted July 27, 2019 Share Posted July 27, 2019 Chasing Opal and Fossils in the Australian Outback An ambitious collaboration between scientists and a local mining community seeks to preserve one-of-a-kind opalized fossils. BY Clare Watson, Undark https://undark.org/article/chasing-opal-fossils-australian-outback/ A recent paper is: Bell, P.R., Fanti, F., Hart, L.J., Milan, L.A., Craven, S.J., Brougham, T. and Smith, E., 2019. Revised geology, age, and vertebrate diversity of the dinosaur-bearing Griman Creek Formation (Cenomanian), Lightning Ridge, New South Wales, Australia. Palaeogeography, palaeoclimatology, palaeoecology, 514, pp.655-671. Yours, Paul H. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossisle Posted July 27, 2019 Share Posted July 27, 2019 Great article, thanks for posting it! Cephalopods rule!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scylla Posted August 1, 2019 Share Posted August 1, 2019 Any excuse to see more pictures of opalised fossils is fine with me, but this is a good news story too. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/scientists-and-miners-team-up-preserve-opalized-fossils-180972734/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted August 1, 2019 Share Posted August 1, 2019 Topics merged. 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...
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