New Marine Fossil Found in Outback Queensland

A supplied undated image obtained obtained Wednesday, December 7, 2022 shows the excavation of a 100-million-year-old long-necked marine reptile in Western Queensland. A rare marine fossil has been discovered at an outback Queensland station by three amateur palaeontologists. AAP Image/Supplied by Queensland Museum

Three amateur palaeontologists have discovered the remains of a 100-million-year-old long-necked marine reptile at an outback Queensland station.

In an Australian first, the complete skeleton of an ancient plesiosaur, an extinct marine reptile, was discovered at a sprawling remote property in the McKinlay region in what has been described as the Rosetta Stone of marine reptile palaeontology.