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Monday, May 12, 2008
Fossils from Richmond
Fossils from Richmond belong to two principal formations; The Allaru Mudstone and the Toolebuc formation dominated by the Bivalve Inoceramus sutherlandi, which can be found in abundance in the collecting quarry at Richmond. The vertebrate fauna is dominated by thin elongate scales of a fish called Richmondichthys sweeti. The pictures above show an unknown fish scale, a partial fish fin, a turtle skull and the Bivalve Inoceramus sutherlandi.
Rod is part of The geological team at Anglo Gold Ashanti. He is a graduate of the Television Presenting Course at Tv Pro Global, has a Bachelor of Arts and Science in Natural History, Culture and Museum Studies from Macquarie University, along with a Bachelor of Science honours in Zoology from The University of Queensland, and currently working on a Masters of Museum Studies.
Since graduating, Rod has presented across the world at various palaeontological conferences, and has a few peer reviewed science articles in the process of being published.
Rod enjoys all aspects of outdoor life – the more action packed the better.
His current projects include researching Australian Mesozoic Fishes and acid etching of fossil marine limestones from North Queensland.