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Travel to Australia visit dinosaur-eating Croc

20 September 2016 by News Desk

Travel to Australia to see some of the world’s finest and rarest specimens of mineral crystals and fossils.

Travel to AustraliaTravel to Australia and arrive at Bathurst, New South Wales and experience the Australian Fossil and Mineral Museum.

Home to the famous Somerville Collection the museum features 2000 fossil and mineral specimens displayed in the Fossil Gallery and the Mineral Gallery.

A unique education resource, The Mineral Gallery includes specimens from many of Australia’s and the world’s most important mines. The gallery features rare formations, crystallised gold, raw gemstones, delicate uranium mineral crystallisation and stunning colours.

Displays explore the formation of rocks and minerals, mineral locations, crystal structure and the use of minerals in our lives.

The fossil gallery displays specimens from every major stage of life on Earth and is worth travel to Australia for itself. The centerpiece of the exhibition is a display of three dinosaurs, a Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton, an Albertosaurus and a smaller Thescelosaurus skeleton.

The collection also includes Australia’s largest collection of fossils in amber, fossilised dinosaur eggs, some of the oldest fossils of early forms of life, and a large collection of Australia’s unique opalised fossils.

Travel to Australia – SuperCroc ate dinosaurs for breakfast

Australia’s SuperCroc (Sarchosuchus Imperator), ‘flesh crocodile emperor’ – the largest known crocodilian to ever roam the earth – will be at the Australian Fossil and Mineral Museum in Bathurst from 4 December to May 29 2016.

This 11 metre-long ancient African monster roamed the world 110 million years ago in what is now the windswept Ténéré Desert of Central Niger, home of the richest dinosaur beds in Africa.

When the fossilised jaws were found, palaeontologists knew it was no dinosaur – SuperCroc was a dinosaur eater!

SuperCroc’s jaws had more than 100 teeth, including a row of bone-crushing incisors. The enlarged, bulging end of its snout had a huge cavity that may have given the giant croc an enhanced sense of smell and an unusual call. Its eye sockets were tilted upward, which helped it to conceal its huge body underwater while scanning the river’s edge for its next dinner.

The snout and teeth were designed for grabbing prey such as fish, turtles and dinosaurs that strayed too close and this enormous reptile would have made Africa’s ancient riverbanks a very dangerous place.

The giant beast took up to 60 years to reach its adult length of 12 metres and when fully grown weighed 8 tons!

SuperCroc – from 4 Dec 2015 to 29 May 2016 Admission charges apply

Australian Fossil and Mineral Museum
224 Howick Street Bathurst 2795
Open 10am – 4pm Mon – Sat, 10 am – 2pm Sun.

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