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Scientists found thousands of preserved plants, spiders and insects dating to the Miocene Epoch.

A suite of plant and animal fossils from a site in New South Wales date back about 16 million years to a time when the region was blanketed in lush rainforests

Likely to contain dozens of undiscovered species, the site is so well-preserved that the contents of fish stomachs and breathing apparatus of spiders can be seen

The find suggests overlooked rocks across the continent may contain more fossilized surprises.

What did ancient fish eat? How many hairs on the leg of a 15 million-year-old spider? What colour was a feather? A new fossil site can answer these questions.

Hundreds of amazingly well-preserved finds from Australia include plants, insects, fish, and more that existed more than 11 million years ago.

8 January 2022, Sydney. A team of Australian and international scientists led by Australian Museum (AM) and University of New South Wales (UNSW

The site offers details of a verdant landscape 15 million years ago, including fossils of trapdoor spiders, giant cicadas and wasps. A team of

What did ancient fish eat? How many hairs on the leg of a 15 million-year-old spider? What colour was a feather? A new fossil site can answer these questions.

The arid heart of Australia may not easily support life now, but once, many aeons ago, it was lush and teeming. What is now arid desert and dry shrub- and grasslands was once thick with dense forests, alive with life.