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Riversleigh Fossil Site D - QLD

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Thunderbird leg bone

Riversleigh Fossil Site D

Tourist Attraction

Position

DEG: -18.999599 138.690994

DMS: 18º 59' 58.56" S 138º 41' 27.58" E

UTM: 54 K 7897622mN 256925mE

Altitude: 149.84m

Address & Contact

Riversleigh Rd
Lawn Hill
Queensland

Phone: 137468

Email: info@des.qld.gov.au

Web: https://parks.des.qld.gov.au/parks/boodjamulla-riversleigh

Information

D Site was one of the first major fossil deposits found at Riversleigh and is the only publicly accessible part of this World Heritage area. Its fossils are from the late Oligocene period, dating back 25 million years. Turtles, fish, snails, crocodiles, lizards, pythons, birds and many types of mammal fossils have all been recovered from D Site.

PlaceID	177716

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Weather

Closest Weather Station

Century Mine at 13/05:00am EST

Distance from Riversleigh Fossil Site D 27.01km N

Temperature	Feels Like	Rel. Humidity	Dew Point	Pressure	Rainfall	Wind Direction	Wind Speed	Gusts
18.6°C	17.3°C	62%	11.2°C	1016.8hPa	0.0mm	SSW	9km/hr 5knots	9km/hr 5knots

Closest Climatic Station

Camooweal Township

Distance from Riversleigh Fossil Site D 118.65km SW

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Mean Max. °C	37.3	36.2	35.2	33.0	28.9	25.9	25.8	28.4	32.3	35.8	37.5	38.1
Mean Min. °C	24.3	23.7	21.7	18.0	13.4	9.8	8.8	10.9	15.2	19.5	22.3	23.8
Mean Rain mm	99.1	93.2	54.9	14.4	11.0	9.8	5.5	2.8	5.9	14.1	29.3	61.8