Riversleigh Fossils

XXXX epoch/period, about XX million years ago

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Riversleigh, located near Boodjamulla National Park in
north-west Queensland, is one of the world's most important fossil sites

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Riversleigh gained World Heritage status in 1994
in recognition of the important mammal fossils discovered there

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Hundreds of thousands of fossils (including plant fossils) have been found
at Riversleigh, indicating that there once was rainforest teaming with life