Australia: The Land Where Time Began
Animals found at the Riversleigh Fossil Site
Upper Site
| Bats | Upper Site |
| Carnivorous ghost bat (Macroderma sp.) | Bitesantennary Site |
| Leaf-nosed bat (Brachipposideros sp. 1) | Upper Site |
| Leaf-nosed bat (Brachipposideros sp. 2) | Upper Site |
| Leaf-nosed bat (Brachipposideros sp.) | GAG Site |
| Leaf-nosed bat (Hipposideros sp. 1) | Bitesantennary Site |
| Leaf-nosed bat (Hipposideros sp. 2) | Bitesantennary Site |
| Leaf-nosed bat (Hipposideros sp.3) | Bitesantennary Site |
| Leaf-nosed bat (Hipposideros sp. 4) | Bitesantennary Site |
| Leaf-nosed bat (Brachipposideros sp. 1) | Neville's Garden Site |
| Leaf-nosed bat (Brachipposideros sp. 2) | Neville's Garden Site |
| Leaf-nosed bat (Brachipposideros sp. 1) | Rackham's Roost Site |
| Leaf-nosed bat (Brachipposideros sp. 2) | Rackham's Roost Site |
| Free-tailed bat (molossid) | Upper Site |
| Ghost bat (Macroderma sp.) | Neville's Garden Site |
| Ghost bat (Macroderma gigas) | Rackham's Roost Site |
| Plain-faced bat (vespertilionid sp.a) | Rackham's Roost Site |
| Plain-faced bat (vespertilionid sp.2) | Rackham's Roost Site |
| Sheath-tailed bat (Taphozous sp.) | Rackham's Roost Site |
| Orange horsehoe bat (Rhinonicteris aurantius) | Rackham's Roost Site |
| Birds | |
| Giant, flightless dromornithid (Bullockornis sp) | Upper Site |
| Giant dromornithid bird, leg bone | Site D |
| Ancestral emu (Dromaius gidju) | Upper Site |
| Bower bird (paradisaeid) | Upper Site |
| Honeyeater (meliphadid) | Upper Site |
| Stork (ciconid) | Bitesantennary Site |
| Stork (ciconid) | GAG Site |
| Songbird similar to swiftlet | Neville's Garden Site |
| White cockatoo species (Cacatua sp.) | Neville's Garden Site |
| Eagle-presence inferred, still to be confirmed | Terrace Site |
| Reptiles | |
| Deap-headed, semi-terrestrial quinkanine crocodile | Upper Site |
| Giant, deep-headed, semi-terrestrial crocodile (Baru wickeni) | Site D |
| Giant, broad-snouted crocodile (Palimnarchus sp.) | Terrace Site |
| Water dragon (Physignathus sp similar to P. leseur) | Upper Site |
| Water dragon (Physignathus sp) | Neville's Garden Site |
| Skink (scincid lizard) | Upper Site |
| Skink (scincid lizard) | Neville's Garden Site |
| Goanna (Varanus sp.) | Rackham's Roost Site |
| Dragon lizard (Varanid) | Upper Site |
| Gecko (gekkonid lizard) | Upper Site |
| Gecko (gekkonid lizard) | Rackham's Roost Site |
| Geckkonid lizard | Bitesantennary Site |
| Python (Montypythonoides sp.) | Upper Site |
| Giant Python (Montypythonoide riverlaighensis) | Site D |
| Pythonoid snake | Bitesantennary Site |
| Pythonoid snake | Neville's Garden Site |
| Pythonoid snake | Rackham's Roost Site |
| Madtsolid snake | Neville's Garden Site |
| Elapid - poisonous snake-inferred | Terrace Site |
| Chelid turtle | Upper Site |
| Chelid turtle | Site D |
| Giant horned turtle (Meiolania sp.) | Neville's Garden Site |
| Giant Elseya turtle (Elseya sp.) | Terrace Site |
| Freshwater turtles | Neville's Garden Site |
| Marsupials | |
| Small thylacine (Nimbacinus dicksoni) | Upper Site |
| Small thylacine (Thylacinus sp.) | GAG Site |
| Browsing wynyardiid marsupial (Namilamadeta sp.) | Upper Site |
| Balbarine kangaroos | GAG Site |
| Ancestral musky rat-kangaroo (Hypsiprymnodon bartholomaii) | Upper Site |
| Musky rat-kangaroo (omnivorous) (Hypsiprymnodon bartholomaii) | Neville's Garden Site |
| Rat-kangaroo (Bettongia sp.) | Rackham's Roost Site |
| Long-toothed bettong (wakiewakie lawsoni) | Upper Site |
| Dunnart, insectivorous (Sminthopsis sp.) | Rackham's Roost Site |
| Burrowing marsupial mole (notoryctid) | Upper Site |
| Forest bandicoot marsupial (peroryctid) | Upper Site |
| Bandicoot marsupial | Neville's Garden Site |
| 'VD'-type bandicoot | Neville's Garden Site |
| Carnivorous dasyurid marsupial | Upper Site |
| Carnivorous kangaroo (Ekaltadeta sp.) | Upper Site |
| Carnivorous kangaroo (Ekaltadeta ima) | GAG Site |
| Short-footed giant kangaroo (Protemnodon sp.) | Rackham's Roost Site |
| Carnivorous phascogale (Ohascogale sp.) | Rackham's Roost Site |
| Diprotodontid (Neohelos sp.), large browsing marsupial | Upper Site |
| Diprotodontid (Neohelos sp.), large browsing marsupial | Neville's Garden Site |
| Diprotodontid (Neohelos sp.), large browsing marsupial | GAG Site |
| Diprotodon optatum | Terrace Site |
| 'Thingodontan' marsupial (Yalkaparadon coheni) | Upper Site |
| Rainforest koala (Litokoala sp.) | Upper Site |
| Rainforest koala (Litokoala sp.) | Neville's Garden Site |
| Feather-tailed possum (acrobatid) | Upper Site |
| Feather-tailed possum (acrobatid) | GAG Site |
| Brush-tailed possum (Trichosurus sp.) | Neville's Garden Site |
| Brush-tailed possum (Trichosurus sp.) | GAG Site |
| Ringtail possum (Paljara sp.), tiny, very primitive | Upper Site |
| Ringtail possum 2 (Paljara sp.) | GAG Site |
| Ringtail possum 3 (Pildra sp.) | GAG Site |
| Ringtail possum 4 (unnamed genus) | GAG Site |
| Ringtail possum 5 (Marlu sp.) | GAG Site |
| Woolly rainforest ring-tailed possum (Pseudochirops sp.) | Upper Site |
| Woolly rainforest ring-tailed possum (Pseudochirops sp.) | GAG Site |
| Rainforest mountain pygmie-possum (Burramys sp.) | Upper Site |
| Pygmie possum (Cercartetus sp.) | GAG Site |
| Ektopodontid possum (Ektopodon sp.) | Neville's Garden Site |
| Ground cuscus (Strigocuscus sp.) | Upper Site |
| Ground cuscus (Strigocuscus reidi.) | GAG Site |
| Pilkipildrid possum (Djilgaringa sp.) | Upper Site |
| Marsupial lion (Priscileo sp.) | Upper Site |
| Marsupial lion (Wakeleo sp.) | Neville's Garden Site |
| Herbivorous palorchestid marsupial (Barawertornis tedfordi) | Site D |
| Herbivorous palorchestid (Gnapakaldia sp.) | Site D |
| Potoroine rat-kangaroo (Gumardee pascauli) | Site D |
| Balungamayine rat-kangaroo (Wabularoo naughtoni) | Site D |
| Balungamayine rat-kangaroo | Neville's Garden Site |
| Wallaby (Prionotemnus sp.) | Rackham's Roost Site |
| Agile wallaby (Macropus agilis) | Terrace Site |
| Fasle mouse (Pseudomys sp.) | Rackham's Roost Site |
| Insectivorous dasyurid marsupial | Bitesantennary Site |
| Small bandicoot marsupial | Bitesantennary Site |
| Monotremes | |
| Toothed platypus (Obdurodon sp.) | Neville's Garden Site |
| Echidna - inferred | Terrace Site |
| Placentals | Rackham's Roost Site |
| Rock rat (Zyzomys sp.) | Rackham's Roost Site |
| Amphibians | |
| Marsh frog (Lymnodynastes sp.) | Upper Site |
| Marsh frog (Limnodynastes sp.) | Bitesantennary Site |
| Tree frog (Litoria sp.) | Upper Site |
| Tree frog (Litoria sp.) | Neville's Garden Site |
| Giant tree frog (Litoria sp) | GAG Site |
| Insects | Upper Site |
| Butterfly | Neville's Garden Site |
| Dragonfly | Upper Site |
| Dragonfly | Neville's Garden Site |
| Cicada (cicadid) | Upper Site |
| Cicada | Bitesantennary Site |
| Ants (formicids) | Upper Site |
| Glow-worm sthreads - beetles | Bitesantennary Site |
| Moth | Bitesantennary Site |
| Molluscs | |
| A snail | Upper Site |
| This fossil site-guano below bat roost piles containing fossils | Bitesantennary Site |
| Millipede | Upper Site |
| Fish | |
| Bony Fish | Site D |
| Freshwater catfish | Site D |
| Lungfish | Site D |
| Plants | |
| Plant roots that penetrated the limestone | Neville's Garden Site |
| Water lilies | Site D |
| Dense species-rich rainforest | Site D |
| Dense species-rich rainforest | Neville's Garden Site |
| Tall,species-rich rainforest | GAG Site |
| Fig Fruit | Neville's Garden Site |
| Fig tree | Rackham's Roost Site |
| Gum tree (Eucallyptus se.) | Rackham's Roost Site |
| Eucalyptus sp. | Terrace Site |
| Tree roots that eroded through the limestone | Bitesantennary Site |
| Open savannah woodlands | Rackham's Roost Site |
| Grasses | Rackham's Roost Site |
- Michael Archer, Suzanne J. Hand & Henk Godthelp, 2000, Australia's Lost World: Riversleigh, world heritage Site, Reed New Holland
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