-
Petrified wood, also
known as
petrified tree (from
Ancient Gr**** πέτρα
meaning 'rock' or 'stone';
literally 'wood
turned into stone'), is the name given...
- mammal,
considered to be an
early monotreme. It is
known only from an
opalised dentary fragment, with one
premolar and two
molars in situ, as well as...
- situ
deposits are
alluvial and
considered placer deposits. Miocene-age
opalised teeth, bones, fish, and a
snake head have been found. Some of the opal...
-
fossilised Steropodon was
discovered in New
South Wales and is
composed of an
opalised lower jawbone with
three molar teeth (whereas the
adult contemporary platypus...
- Rear view of the
opalised Addyman Plesiosaur fossil from Andamooka, at the
South Australian Museum...
- the canvas.
Lightning Ridge is an
important paleontological site, with
opalised fossils dating back to the
Cretaceous period,
around 100
million years...
- as "Galman's
lightning tooth".
Steropodon is
known only from a
single opalised jaw with
three molars,
discovered at the
Griman Cr**** Formation, Lightning...
-
northwestern New
South Wales. At
Lightning Ridge there have been
found opalised teeth and a sca**** that may be from a Muttaburrasaurus. A skull, known...
- near the town of
Lightning Ridge, New
South Wales.
Alongside the opal
opalised fossils are also found,
including those of
dinosaurs and
primitive monotremes...
- also
known as the Queen's Opal. The
Addyman Plesiosaur, "the
finest known opalised skeleton on Earth".
Annual rainfall is
extremely low, even by Australian...
