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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

Silurian Period

About 434 to 410 million years ago

Baragwanathia.

Baragwanathia.

Artist: Kate Nolan.

Source: Museum Victoria.

Baragwanathia.

Baragwanathia part and counter-part.

Source: Museum Victoria.

Sea star.

Source: Museum Victoria.

Crinoid.

Source: Museum Victoria.

Eurypterus remipes.

Eurypterid, Eurypterus remipes.

Artist: Caroll.L. Fenton.

Source: Patricia Vickers-Rich.

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