Lightning Ridge Dinosaur Fieldwork

Lightning Ridge Fossil Dig August 2025 - Australian Opal Centre

Lightning Ridge, once a forested plain near this ancient sea, is famed for dazzling opal and as one of Australia's most important dinosaur fossil sites.

Lightning Ridge Fossil Dig - Ancient Odysseys

What to Expect on the Lightning Ridge Fossil Dig. Opalized fossil dinosaur. Unlike other paleontology digs in Australia, the work ...

Fossils in Lightning Ridge, NSW - The Australian Museum

A wide range of fossil dinosaur material has been found in the region, ranging from the bones of from large herbivorous sauropods and through to fearsome ...

Lightning Ridge Dinosaur Fieldwork - Sally Hurst

Lightning Ridge is one of the only places in Australia to find dinosaurs! I worked with a team from the Australian Opal Centre and the ...

'Herd' of dinosaurs found underground at Lightning Ridge - UNE

Scientists have revealed that fossils from an underground opal mine near Lightning Ridge, outback NSW, include remains from a herd of dinosaurs.

Digging up the rarest fossils of Lightning Ridge - ABC

These were dinosaur bones. Greg's father Bob packed the opalised bones into a duffel bag, drove to Sydney, and asked to speak to the ...

All that glitters: the fossils of Lightning Ridge - Australian Geographic

Phil recently returned to Australia after a decade studying dinosaurs in Canada and gladly took up the opportunity to work with the AOC. “ ...

'Herd' of dinosaurs found underground at Lightning Ridge - Phys.org

Scientists have revealed that fossils from an underground opal mine near Lightning Ridge, outback NSW, include remains from a herd of dinosaurs.

Lightning Ridge Australia is an Incredible Treasure Chest of ...

The globe would potentially look quite different, and the fossils can tell us how the dinosaurs were heading." While extensive research on South America's ...

Opalised Ankylosaur Scute - Fossil Dig Finds at Lightning Ridge

Can you imagine finding part of a dinosaur? Some lucky visitors on the Australian Opal Centre's annual Fossil Dig did just that!

Inside the search mission for unique dinosaur fossils in Lightning ...

The Australian Opal Centre has hosted its annual dinosaur fossil dig in Lightning Ridge in outback New South Wales.

Lightning Beast - Ornithopod dinosaur - The Australian Museum

Fulgurotherium australe was a small ornithopod dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous of Australia. Fulgurotherium, known from Lightning Ridge in New South Wales.

Australian Opal Centre - MGNSW

... fossils from the Age of Dinosaurs. ... Watch the story of this building unfold in the remarkable landscape of Lightning Ridge's historic Three Mile opal field.

Colourful opal fossils point to a diverse group of giant dinosaurs that ...

New insights gleaned from opalised teeth, found near the town of Lightning Ridge, are now helping paint a picture of the most enormous dinosaurs to ever roam ...

Fossils - Australian Opal Centre

Lightning Ridge is the only significant dinosaur site in New South Wales. Opalised bones from fields like Coober Pedy, Andamooka and White Cliffs are from ...

Exclusive: Sparkly, opal-filled fossils reveal new dinosaur species

... Lightning Ridge, belong to the newly named dinosaur species Weewarrasaurus pobeni. ... Work at Nat Geo · Sign Up for Our Newsletters ...

Lightning Ridge Fossil Dig - Australian Geographic

'The Ridge' is famous for its opals and fossils – it is NSW's major dinosaur fossil site and many new discoveries will be made here in the coming years.

Scientists and Miners Team Up to Preserve Opalized Fossils

Opalized fossils have likewise been found at other opal fields in Australia, but Lightning Ridge stands out for preserving the greatest ...

New predatory dinosaur added to Australia's prehistory - Phys.org

Researchers identified a single neck bone found in an opal mine near the outback town of Lightning Ridge, New South Wales, as belonging to a noasaurid.

Hypsilophodontid dinosaurs from Lightning Ridge, New South ...

The Lower Cretaceous (Albian) Griman Creek Fm. at Lightning Ridge, New South Wales, Australia, has yielded seven partial femora of hypsilophodontid ornithopods.