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Geebung Fossils
Eocene epoch, about 50 million years ago
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Many beautifully preserved fossils from the Eocene Epoch were discovered in the suburb of Geebung, north of Brisbane, during construction of the rail overpass
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The discovery included fossilised limpets, snails, ostracods (seed shrimp),
fish and even very rare remains of a frog and a crocodile
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The types of animals discovered suggests that the environment
at the time was probably tidal, with some freshwater
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Fossil pollen suggests that the area was close to rainforest
