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Unusual red rocks in Australia are rewriting the rules on exceptional fossil sites

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Hidden beneath farmland in the central tablelands of New South Wales lies one of Australia's most extraordinary fossil sites—McGraths Flat. It dates back between 11 million and 16 million years into the Miocene epoch, a time when many of today's familiar plants and animals evolved.

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Unusual red rocks in Australia are rewriting the rules on exceptional fossil sites

Highly detailed fossils are typically found in shale or other fine-grained sedimentary rocks. These ones? They’re made of iron.

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The Conversation broke the news in on Monday, October 13, 2025.
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