NEWS ARTICLE: Digger finds fossil [Labyrinthodont]

[Finback <goodmr@pop.ses.curtin.edu.au>]

Not a dinosaur, but it ties in neatly with the current thread of Australian
dinosaurs...

>From The West Australian newspaper, Sat. March 25th, 2000

"DIGGER FINDS FOSSIL"

"South Australia - A mine bulldozer working at night has amazed experts by
finding a rare fossil - the oldest of its kind in Australia.

Danny Gilbert was removing shale overburden at the Leigh Creek coal mine in
South Australia when he found the fossil of the amphibian, thought to have
lived up to 260 million years ago.

The fossil, part of a labyrinthodont amphibian, was uncovered in December
last year but its identity was only recently confirmed by experts in
Melbourne and Adelaide.

The discovery was the first recorded for this group of animals in South
Australlia and the first in Australia from the late Triassic period of 210
million to 260 million years ago."


PS Sorry if this is old news for other members.



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