Alcoota

Alcoota

Los Yacimientos Fósiles de Alcoota forman un importante yacimiento paleontológico localizado en la Estación Alcoota en el centro de Australia, 200 kilómetros al noroeste de Alice Springs.

Contenido

Historia

Los Yacimientos Fósiles de Alcoota son uno de los únicos tres yacimientos conocidos de vertebrados fósiles en la zona norte, junto con Bullock Creek y el yacimiento de Kangaroo Wells.

Fósiles encontrados

El depósito fósil consiste en una compleja colección de aves, marsupiales y cocodrilos.

Bibliografía

  • Murray, P. and Megirian, D. 1992. Continuity and Contrast in middle and late Miocene Vertebrate Communities from the Northern Territory. The Beagle 9:195-218.

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