Dinosaur Dreaming
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Dinosaur Dreaming is a paleontological site situated near Inverloch, Victoria, Australia. Remains of primitive mammals from the Cretaceous Age were first uncovered there in 1997 by researchers from Museum Victoria and the Monash University Science Centre.
The remains of early mammals, dinosaurs, and fossil bones of Cretaceous Age reptiles, birds, and fishes can be found at the Inverloch dig site. Australia's first dinosaur bone, the Cape Paterson Claw, was discovered near Inverloch in 1903 by William Hamilton Ferguson.{{Cite web |url=https://museumvictoria.com.au/discoverycentre/infosheets/dinosaur-dreaming--the-inverloch-fossil-site/ |title=Dinosaur Dreaming – the Inverloch Fossil site: Museum Victoria |access-date=13 September 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170115203302/https://museumvictoria.com.au/discoverycentre/infosheets/dinosaur-dreaming--the-inverloch-fossil-site/ |archive-date=15 January 2017 |url-status=dead }} The fossils at Inverloch date to the mid Cretaceous.
See also
- Dinosaur Cove
- List of fossil sites (with link directory)
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070405132715/http://www.sci.monash.edu.au/msc/dinodream/ Dinosaur Dreaming Web Site]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070613080214/http://www.thylacoleo.com/news/oct2004/oct2004.html Dinosaur Dreaming in Action]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070429172950/http://www.sci.monash.edu.au/msc/ Monash Science Centre]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20170115203302/https://museumvictoria.com.au/discoverycentre/infosheets/dinosaur-dreaming--the-inverloch-fossil-site/ Museum Victoria Dinosaur Dreaming]
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Category:Tourist attractions in Victoria (state)
Category:Paleontology in Victoria (state)
Category:Cretaceous paleontological sites of Australia
Category:Fossil parks in Australia
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