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McGraths Flat

An exceptionally preserved (goethite-cemented) Miocene rainforest ecosystem near Gulgong, NSW. The exact excavation site is not publicly disclosed to protect it, so this pin sits at Gulgong itself.

Dated events and their evidence

• about 13,500,000 years ago mainstream
  a Konservat-Lagerstätte forms, preserving an exceptionally detailed Miocene rainforest ecosystem (plants, insects, spiders, fish, even a bird feather) in goethite; dated to roughly 16-11 million years ago source
• 2017 CE mainstream
  farmer Nigel McGrath discovers the first fossils on his property source

Where

32.3630° S, 149.5330° E

Sources

• https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.abm1406
• https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-01-08/nsw-farmer-fossil-discovery-opens-window-to-ancient-ecosystems/100745850
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mghLjX-6_A
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McGraths_Flat

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