Tag: Fossils
Winton dinosaur museum could be 'world's best'
Work is about to begin on stage two of a multi-million-dollar dinosaur museum in western Queensland. [MORE]
Predatory fish fossil now on display
Scientists have unveiled another fossil at a new display find in Queensland's central-west over the weekend.[MORE]
Ancient trap captures marsupial secrets
Researchers have unearthed a treasure trove of fossils that contains individuals of an ancient marsupial species ranging from birth to adulthood.[MORE]
New outback fish fossil on display
The first details have emerged about another significant fossil discovery in outback Queensland.[MORE]
Years to piece together outback dinosaur
Scientists and volunteers say it will take years to piece together a mass of fossilised bones belonging to a single dinosaur found in south-west Queensland.[MORE]
Outback dinosaur hunt continues
Scientists and volunteers are searching for dinosaur bones at a remote location in outback Queensland this week.[MORE]
Newly uncovered dinosaur had 'longest horns of all'
US palaeontologists say they have unearthed a new species of dinosaurs standing some 1.8 metres tall and weighing up to 4.5 tonnes, with the longest horns of all.[MORE]
Ichthyosaur found in school vegie patch
A school student and groundsman have unearthed a giant dinosaur-like sea creature in a vegie garden, 100 million years after the ancient inland sea it once roamed dried up.[MORE]
Scientists oppose Broome gas hub
It has been revealed 86 scientists from across the world have signed a petition calling for the proposed Kimberley gas hub to be scrapped.[MORE]
Kimberley dinosaur footprints are causing a stir
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Kimberley dinosaur footprints are causing a stir[MORE]
Scientists unearth Australian T rex
Australian scientists discover the first evidence that an ancestor of the mighty Tyrannosaurus rex once roamed Australia.[MORE]
Scientists discover ancient dinosaur ancestor
Scientists have uncovered the bones of a dinosaur-like creature that roamed Earth at least 10 million years earlier than the oldest known dinosaur.[MORE]
Wallaby-like dinosaur bones found in Victoria
The organisers of the annual Dinosaur Dreaming dig near Inverloch, south east of Melbourne, believe they may have found the bones of a wallaby-like dinosaur. [MORE]
Renaming to boost 'Dinosaur Stampede' tourism
One of outback Queensland's most renowned tourist attractions has been renamed in an effort to attract more visitors.[MORE]
Lack of oxygen forced fish's first breath
A global drop in oxygen levels may have led ancient fish to leave the water and evolve into land animals.[MORE]
Mohawked carnivore shows dinosaur's true colours
Scientists say they have identified true colours of a dinosaur for the first time using electron microscopes.[MORE]
New fossils reveal world full of crocodiles
New fossils unearthed in the Sahara desert reveal a once-swampy world divided up among a half-dozen species of unusual and perhaps intelligent crocodiles, researchers have found.[MORE]
Prints confirm dinosaurs roamed south NZ
Scientists have discovered the first evidence that dinosaurs roamed the South Island of New Zealand with 70-million-year-old footprints found in six locations.[MORE]
$100K boost for outback dinosaur museum
Plans for a $1.5 million dinosaur museum in south-west Queensland have been boosted with a State Government pledge of $100,000.[MORE]
Fearsome sea predator's skull uncovered
Scientists believe the skull of a giant sea creature may be the biggest of its kind ever found.[MORE]
New flying reptile fossil found
Scientists from China and Britain have discovered the fossil of a new type of flying reptile that lived over 160 million years ago.[MORE]
Experts piece together 'Banjo' the dinosaur
Scientists have made more significant fossil discoveries in Queensland's central west.[MORE]
Dinosaur egg cluster found in India
Geologists have found a cluster of dinosaur eggs, said to be about 65 million years old, in a village in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, according to media reports.[MORE]
Qld researchers find T-rex slayer
Queensland Researchers have found the world's biggest dinosaur predator the tyrannosaurus rex could be brought down by a small parasite.[MORE]
Four-winged dino may be missing bird link
The stunning remains of a "four-winged" dinosaur have confirmed that birds owe their ancestry to two-footed dinosaurs that lived millions of years ago, the world's most famous fossil-hunter said.[MORE]
