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What is a Fossil? | Invertebrate Fossils | Dinosaurs | Ice Age Animals | Victoria's Fossils

What is a fossil?
How are fossils formed?
Where are fossils found?
Determining the age of fossils
Geological time scale
Eras and periods
Pseudofossils
Further information

Geological Eras and Periods

Jurassic Period

About 205 to 141 million years ago

Archaeopteryx.
Archaeopteryx.
Source: Museum Victoria.
 Stegosaurus.
Stegosaurus.
Photographer: Frank Coffa.
Source: Museum Victoria.


Ctenostreon pectiniforme.
Bivalve Ctenostreon pectiniforme.
Source: Museum Victoria.
 Coral Placophyllia.
Coral Placophyllia.
Source: Museum Victoria.


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