55 million years ago - ghosts of Gondwana
The Eocene Epoch (55-38 million years ago)
By the beginning of the Eocene, Gondwana had almost split apart, but Australia, Antarctica and South America remained joined. The Antarctic portion of Gondwana straddled the South Pole but because the global climate was warmer it was free of ice and snow. A forested corridor linked Australia and South America.
Australian fact file
Animal superstars
Visit a fossil site
- Take a virtual visit to Murgon, an Eocene fossil site, and find out why the fossils recovered here are important to the unfolding story of Australia's past.
