Fossil fans dug deep to decide dino should get Queensland nod

Fossil fans dug deep to decide dino should get Queensland nod

The Queensland government has agreed with a petition to select an official state fossil,after one was suggested by the state’s dedicated dinosaur museum.

  • byStuart Layt

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Australian scientists unlocking secrets of the Duelling Dinosaurs

Australian scientists unlocking secrets of the Duelling Dinosaurs

Considered one of the most significant dinosaur fossils in recent history,Australian scientists are helping to unlock the secrets of the Duelling Dinosaurs.

  • byStuart Layt
Ancient sea monsters surface from the depths in new exhibition

Ancient sea monsters surface from the depths in new exhibition

The Queensland Museum exhibition will feature dozens of specimens of ancient marine reptiles such as ichthyosaurs and plesiosaurs,many from Queensland.

  • byStuart Layt
The'giant wombat'fossil that had to be discovered twice

The'giant wombat'fossil that had to be discovered twice

Researchers have shed light on a species of ancient marsupial related to wombats,but first the fossil itself had to be rediscovered in a drawer in New York.

  • byStuart Layt
Indiana Bones,the Melbourne archaeology students and the fossil'jigsaw puzzle'that wowed the world

Indiana Bones,the Melbourne archaeology students and the fossil'jigsaw puzzle'that wowed the world

After painstakingly gluing together more than 100 fossil fragments,Angeline Leece and Jesse Martin stood back and gazed in awe. What they saw would rewrite humanity's family tree.

  • byJane Cadzow
Unusual dinosaur species fossil discovered in Australia for first time

Unusual dinosaur species fossil discovered in Australia for first time

Researchers have identified a new species of Australian dinosaur,with the find in regional Victoria also rewriting the history of the unusual species worldwide

  • byStuart Layt
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Groundbreaking research rewrites Australia's ancient history

Groundbreaking research rewrites Australia's ancient history

A decade of discovery at a Queensland fossil site has uncovered a new species of giant kangaroo,and proof that climate changes killed megafauna,not humans.

  • byStuart Layt
From fish to rat:how early humans'tastes changed on long trip to Australia

From fish to rat:how early humans'tastes changed on long trip to Australia

New research has proved for the first time ancient humans adapted over time from eating fish to land-based animals as they made the long journey to Australia.

  • byStuart Layt