“The discovery of the 15 million-year-old freshwater fish fossil offers us an unprecedented opportunity to understand ...

Discovered in the McGraths Flat fossil site in New South Wales, Australia, the new fossil is a freshwater smelt belonging to the order Osmerifiromes, the first of its kind to be found in Australia.

In an Australian first, researchers have described a new species of 15-million-year-old fossilized freshwater fish, ...

Tiny structures and soft tissue features are so well preserved in the fossil, scientists could see what colour the fish was when it was alive. The discovery provides evolutionary clues for the ...

Scientists in Australia have made an exciting discovery—a 15-million-year-old fossilized freshwater fish that not only provides clues about ancient life but also has preserved stomach contents and ...

Fossilized fish found in Australia are so well preserved that paleontologists can see what the creatures ate for their last ...

Queensland is renowned for its fossils of Australia's largest back-boned animals—dinosaurs, of course, like the Jurassic Rhoetosaurus, the Cretaceous Wintonotitan, and other large sauropods.

An unusually well-preserved Australian fossil reveals details about the diet, behavior, and appearance of a 15-million-year-old aquatic species.

It was discovered at the McGraths Flat fossil site near Gulgong in NSW. “This discovery opens new avenues for understanding the evolutionary history of Australia’s freshwater fish species and ...

However, our new paper published in the journal National Science Review documents the smallest vertebrate fossil animal described so far from the state. It’s a highly enigmatic tiny “fish ...

"These rock layers were deposited at the bottom of an ancient lake... and are full of fossil fishes and fossil dinosaurs,” said Jerry Harris, a professor of Earth and Environmental Studies at ...