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Vertebrate Fossils [Collections]

Zygomaturus
Zygomaturus skull, W.A.

The large collection of vertebrate fossils, ranges from the world's oldest fishes, dating back 480 million years through to the abundant Pleistocene mammals found in caves throughout Western Australia.

Notable are our large collections of Devonian fishes from the Gogo Formation (370 million years old), Kimberley district, which are perfectly preserved in 3-dimensional form, and are generally regarded as the best fish fossils of this age in the world.

The collection also includes the mummified Thylacine (Tasmanian Tiger) from a cave in the Nullarbor Plain, recognised as the last fossil remains of the Tasmanian Tiger on the Australian mainland (dated at about 4,500 years old). herrarosaurus
Herrarasaurus skull (cast)
Phascolomys
a wombat, Phascolomys hacketti
chirodipterus
a Gogo lungfish, Chirodipterus australis
Mcnamaraspis
a Gogo placoderm, Mcnamaraspis kaprios