 Fossil kangaroo skull unearthed at Riversleigh. |
Riversleigh 2008By Phil Creaser After the rain-drenched 2007 trip, the weather conditions for the 2008 trip were the usual fine and sunny days. Part of the team left early and spent a few days at Floraville looking at Pleistocene sites adjacent to the Leichhardt River and introducing youngsters from the School of the Air and the Burketown Primary School to palaeontology. Fieldwork at Riversleigh was very successful. Most of the collecting was done from Angela’s Sinkhole Site and COA (Cleft of Ages) Site, which yielded an incredible amount of rich material with the promise of even more to come. A small amount of collecting was also done from the JC (Jim’s Carousel) site. As usual, a number of new sites were found in places where we were sure we had walked over many times before and not found anything. Whitehall site produced an interesting kangaroo skull and a range of sites were also found in the vicinity of AL 90 including Pick on Rick site, Karen’s Grotto and Cairns sites. An interesting new site was found above COA. As well as this, there were a series of tours for various VIPs to coincide with the Centenary of Queensland parks celebrations and the Riversleigh Community and Scientific Advisory Committee also met during the field trip. The trip finished with a tour of fossil sites and mineral localities in the Mt Isa and Cloncurry area as part of our partnership with Xstrata aimed at developing a Fossil Trail for the region. |
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