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What is a fossil?

How are fossils formed?

Where are fossils found?

Determining the age of fossils

Geological time scale

Eras and periods

Further information

Geological Eras and Periods

Cretaceous Period

About 141 to 65 million years ago

Tarbosaurus.

Artist: Kate Nolan.

Source: Museum Victoria.

Angiosperm.

Leaves from an Angiosperm plant from the Cretaceous Period.

Source: Museum Victoria.

Ammonoid.

Ammonoid.
More information.

Source: Museum Victoria.

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