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Oldest crocodilian eggshells in Australia discovered at famed Murgon fossil site
Updated On: 13 November, 2025 08:45 AM IST | Sydney | Agencies
From the 55 million-year-old clays there, palaeontologists have unearthed a range of precious fossils over several decades. These include the world’s oldest fossil songbirds, the only known fossils of salamanders in Australia and the oldest fossil marsupial remains in Australia
An artistic reconstruction of the period when mekosuchines existed. PIC COURTESY/University of New South Wales
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In southeast Queensland, roughly 250 km from Brisbane, lies the tiny town of Murgon. Located on Wakka Wakka Country, it is home to about 2000 people, and one of the most important fossil sites in the world.
From the 55 million-year-old clays there, palaeontologists have unearthed a range of precious fossils over several decades. These include the world’s oldest fossil songbirds, the only known fossils of salamanders in Australia and the oldest fossil marsupial remains in Australia.
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