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T-rex skeleton tipped to fetch eye-watering sum
43+ min ago (161+ words) One of the largest and most complete T-rex skeletons ever unearthed is going under the hammer in New York, with an eye-watering price tag that could shatter auction records. Nicknamed Gus, the 67-million-year-old specimen has an estimated sale price of…...
Dinosaur footprint found in Brisbane confirmed Australia’s oldest known fossil
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (513+ words) A Queensland dinosaur fossil has been confirmed as the oldest fossil ever found in Australia. A fossilised footprint found in Brisbane, the only dinosaur fossil ever found in an Australian capital city, has been confirmed as the oldest ever discovered…...
Gigantic prehistoric shark that once ruled Australia’s waters
6+ mon, 4+ week ago (583+ words) In the age of dinosaurs — before whales, great whites or the bus-sized megalodon — a monstrous shark prowled the waters off what’s now northern Australia, among the sea monsters of the Cretaceous period. Researchers studying huge vertebrae discovered on a beach…...
The insane animal that dominated Australia 55 million years ago
8+ mon, 18+ hour ago (447+ words) The oldest crocodile eggshells ever uncovered in Australia are shedding light on an ancient species that hunted in forests and might also have been “drop crocs”, leaping onto their prey from trees. Found by scientists digging in clay pits near…...
‘Extremely rare’ giant fossil found on remote Australian property
10+ mon, 2+ week ago (431+ words) A groundbreaking scientific discovery has been found on a remote outback property, once home to an ancient inland sea. The 7.1m-long fossil of an ichthyosaur, a large marine predator that lived in an inland sea in Western Queensland more than…...