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55 Million Years Ago - QLD

Gallery,Museum

Position

DEG: -26.24428 151.940781

DMS: 26º 14' 39.41" S 151º 56' 26.81" E

UTM: 56 J 7096831mN 394212mE

Altitude: -777m

Address & Contact

73 McAlister Street Murgon Qld 4605

Phone: +61 472 741 664

Email: N/A

Web: https://www.55mya.com.au

Information

Step inside and be immersed in an interactive paleontological journey discovering the creatures that roamed the Murgon region between 24 – 70 million years ago. A time when the forests rang with the sound of the first songbirds and the earliest mammals and marsupials shared their home with ancient turtles, crocodiles and creatures that look nothing like they do today.

In the late 1980’s, fossils found near Boat Mountain just outside Murgon in Southern Queensland rocked the palaeontology world. 15 new fossil species discovered here were found to be 55 million years old, predating any other Eocene period fossils found in Australia by 20 million years.

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Weather

Closest Weather Station

Kingaroy at 02/03:00am EST

Distance from 55 Million Years Ago 37.96km S

Temperature	Feels Like	Rel. Humidity	Dew Point	Pressure	Rainfall	Wind Direction	Wind Speed	Gusts
12.3°C	°C	%	°C	1023.1hPa	0.0mm	SE	13km/hr 7knots	19km/hr 10knots

Closest Climatic Station

Kingaroy Airport

Distance from 55 Million Years Ago 37.96km S

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Mean Max. °C	30.9	29.5	28.0	25.9	22.5	19.7	19.4	21.4	24.8	27.3	28.8	30.0
Mean Min. °C	18.0	17.8	15.8	12.2	6.9	5.6	3.4	4.1	8.0	11.7	14.5	16.8
Mean Rain mm	97.8	102.1	56.7	21.9	32.2	48.4	21.8	30.8	30.2	55.7	62.7	115.2