Chasing Opal and Fossils in the Australian Outback

[Oxytropidoceras]

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.

[fossisle]

Great article, thanks for posting it!

[Scylla]

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/

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