PLANT OR ANIMAL FOSSILS FOUND IN MUSEUMS

PLANT OR ANIMAL FOSSILS FOUND IN MUSEUMS

1. Dinosaur (Fostoria, dhimbangunmal)

Fostoria dhimbangunmal lived in the early about 100 million years ago during the Cretaceous period but its opalized remains were only fined in 1980s in an underground mine at Lightning Ridge town. The discovery indicated that the species lived during the time that continents were on the move and busy remoldeling the shape as well as the tone of life on earth (Bell, Brougham, Herne, Frauenfelder & Smith 2019). Currently, the remains of Fostoria dhimbangunmal are found in fossils (opal- encrusted dinosaurs) that represent the entirely the new species in Australia. In this case, there are only opalized bones which when examined in a museum represent the new species of Fostoria dhimbangunmal. About 60 opalized bones from an adult dinosaur as well as a part of the braincase and bones from at least three animals have been discovered in Australia (Bell, Herne, Brougham & Smith 2018).

The Fostoria dhimbangunmal species ruled the world during the Cretaceous period in warm, shallow seas that spilled onto the continent environment. During this time period, there was rapid dispersal of flowering plants that spread through the help of insects from bees and wasps (Herne, Tait, Weisbecker, Hall, Nair, Cleeland & Salisbury 2018). Fostoria dhimbangunmal lived in a time when there was relatively warm climate that resulted from high eustatic sea levels. According to Close, Vickers-Rich, Trusler, Chiappe, O’Connor, Rich, Kool and Komarower (2009), birds are believed to the only living descendants of Fostoria dhimbangunmal. However, the authors noted that there are other animals living today that are related to dinosaurs such reptile group including crocodiles, lizards, turtles, birds and snakes.