>From the ABC (and by the way merry Christmas)
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A Queensland palaeontologist says he has found a fossil believed to be
about 25 million years old in the state's north-west.
Dr John Scanlon says he discovered the remains of a large goose-like bird
at a fossil site on Riversleigh Station last year.
He says it is an ancestor of the iconic Australian magpie goose and the
bones are the oldest of the species to have been found in Australia.
"It's important to find out where they've been, what they've been doing,
and this fossil shows that they were in Australia by about 25 million
[years ago]," he said.
He says it caps off an exciting year for the Riversleigh Fossil Centre
which was recently given $900,000 funding by the Australian Research
Council to continue its work.
Links:
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http://www.abc.net.au/news/maps/map.htm?lat=-20.7287&long=139.4897&caption=Mount%20Isa%204825
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