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Riversleigh Fossil Site, Australia

Fossil-bearing limestone rocks of the Riversleigh World Heritage fossil site, one of the world's most important mammalian fossil deposits, at the headwaters of the Nicholson River in northwest Queensland, Australia. The ruuged limestone outcrops, uplifted from former rainforest lake beds, have weathered to reveal skeletons of prehistoric marsupials, bats, turtles and many other animals from 25 million years ago. It is one of the few sites that records almost an entire ancient fauna.

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Title: Riversleigh Fossil Site, Australia

Caption: Fossil-bearing limestone rocks of the Riversleigh World Heritage fossil site, one of the world's most important mammalian fossil deposits, at the headwaters of the Nicholson River in northwest Queensland, Australia. The ruuged limestone outcrops, uplifted from former rainforest lake beds, have weathered to reveal skeletons of prehistoric marsupials, bats, turtles and many other animals from 25 million years ago. It is one of the few sites that records almost an entire ancient fauna.

Category: Geology & Fossils

Credit: Album / Science Source / Wayne G. Lawler

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Image size: 5120 × 3415 px | 50.0 MB

Print size: 43.3 × 28.9 cm | 2015.7 × 1344.5 in (300 dpi)

Keywords: ANCIENT LAKE BED • AUSTRALIA • AUSTRALIAN • BOODJAMULLA • CENOZOIC ERA • FOSSIL BEDS • FOSSIL SITE • GEOLOGY & FOSSILS • LANDSCAPE • LANDSCAPES • LAWN HILL NATIONAL PARK • LIMESTONE OUTCROP • MAMMAL FOSSILS • MIOCENE EPOCH • NEOZOIC ERA • OLIGO-MIOCENE DEPOSITS • OLIGOCENE EPOCH • PALAEONTOLOGY • PALEONTOLOGY • QUEENSLAND • RIVERSLEIGH FOSSIL FIELDS • RIVERSLEIGH WORLD HERITAGE FOSSIL SITE • ROCK FORMATION • SCENIC • SEDIMENTARY ROCK • TERTIARY PERIOD