Fossils on the rise as deluge soaks western Queensland
Updated 18 March 2018, 9:00 AEDT
By Harriet Tatham
While graziers are celebrating the rising green grass following record-breaking falls in parts of western Queensland, palaeontologists are also excited — by the potential of rising fossils.
Richmond's dusty dig pits have been transformed by flooding rain. (Credit: ABC)
Curator and palaeontologist Michelle Johnston, of the marine fossil museum Kronosaurus Korner in Richmond, said the heavy falls in Richmond, north west Queensland, would likely enable new and existing fossils to be unearthed in the region.
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