This black and white education resource is a 58 page booklet which contains information on geological time, fossilisation, characteristics of major groups of vertebrate and invertebrates, micropaleontology (e.g.. spores and pollen), trace fossils and the uses of fossils. It includes student activities. Suitable for secondary Years 7-10

The warm greenhouse world of the Late Cretaceous created an ocean that was poorly stratified latitudinally and vertically. Periodically these oceans experienced globally significant events where oxygen minimum zones enveloped the continental margins. Evidence of the effect of one of these Ocean Anoxic Events (OAE?s) is preserved in the southern high latitude strata of the Otway Basin in southeast Australia. During the Late Cretaceous, thick sequences of mudstone-dominated deltaic sediments (the Otway Delta) were deposited in an elongate inlet (ca. 500km wide) between Antarctica and Australia located at least 70?S. The initial Turonian strata of this delta (the Waarre Formation) were deposited in marginal marine delta plain to delta front conditions. The overlying Flaxman Formation and basal Belfast Mudstone preserve evidence of transgressive inner to middle shelf upper delta to prodelta conditions. These Turonian units were subject to periodic dysoxia. The conditions that created this dysoxia in the region were similar to those of the high northern latitude Cretaceous Interior Seaway of North America where intermittent freshwater input and deepening seas caused periods of thermohaline stratification and reduced bottom waters. The overlying Coniacian to Santonian Belfast Mudstone was deposited in outer shelf to upper slope prodelta conditions subject to periodic fluctuations in dysoxia with normal marine salinities. After a period when the oxygen minimum zone contracted, upward-increasing dysoxia in the Belfast Mudstone herald the onset of the Coniacian to Santonian OAE 3. This was the last OAE of the Late Cretaceous, prior to the onset of more ?modern? oceanic conditions. The fluctuations in TOC and hydrogen index in these strata reflect variable dysoxic conditions similar to that reported for OAE 3 in the tropical eastern Atlantic by Hofmann et al. (2003). This periodicity implies a very active and dynamic Late Cretaceous hydrosphere. Eventually, hyposaline conditions or higher sedimentation rates due to upper delta progradation and shallowing in the Santonian caused the local extinction and dissolution of many of the calcareous benthic taxa of the Belfast Mudstone.

Early Middle Cambrian faunas from the Jigaimara Formation from Elcho, Howard and Banyan Islands in the Arafura Basin, Northern Territory are analysed. They include the species: Pagetia hainesi sp. nov., P. aff. edura Jell, P. sp. indet., Xystridura templetonensis (Chapman), X. remorata Opik, X. ?filifera Opik, X. sp. indet., ptychoparioid sp. 1, ptychoparioid sp. 2, Oryctocephalites ?reynoldsi (Reed), Arthricocephalus sp. nov. and ?Itagnostus sp.. All indicate an age of early Templetonian (i.e. predating T. gibbus), and indicate a close similarity with the fauna of the Beetle Creek Formation of western Queensland

This entails publishing a formal analysis which, under the International Codes of Zoological and Botanical Nomenclature, must be accompanied by illustrations of specimens. These illustrated specimens can then become the 'ype specimens'. The type specimen acts as a reference upon which the understanding of each species relies. So, if any subsequent research worker wants to compare their material with, or to assign their material to a known species, the concept of that species is dependent on the type specimens and the research worker must refer to those type specimens.

2004 updated version of Helby, Morgan & Partridge (1987)

The 3D Models Bulk Set includes a class set of each of the following 3D paper models; - Nautiloid - Trilobite - Pterosaur - Triceratops - Volcano - Plate Tectonics Globe - Landslide - Slump

This CD-ROM consists of 15 images and explanatory text detailing the nature of dinosaur fossils from Southern Australia as determined by scientists working along Australia's southeast coast. Find out about the dinosaurs that lived at polar latitudes between 120 to 110 million years ago and the fascinating methods they developed to cope with the climate of that region. The images include actual fossils discovered and reconstructions of dinosaurs and the plants and animals with which these dinosaurs were associated. Suitable for primary Years 5-6 an secondary Years 7-12.

This black and white resource is an 18 page booklet including geological time, rock clocks, the age of famous Australian places, Australia on the move, Australian volcanoes, Ice Ages, Ancient Australian life, how fossils form and some common Australian fossils. Includes student activities suitable for primary Years K-6.

This Fossils booklet will take you through concepts of geological time and fossilisation. It also provides fact sheets on important animals and plants in the fossil record. Each fact sheet contains a description of the organism to aid in identification, information on when, where and how the organism lived as well as interesting facts to grab your students' attention. Students activities are also included.

This black and white 64 page education resource examines the dynamic nature of Earth's climate (past and present) and its many influencing factors. Includes student activities. Suitable for secondary Years 7-12.