Science

DIVISION OF EARTH SCIENCES

Collections | Staff

The Department of Earth Sciences includes Palaeontology (Fossils) and Minerals & Meteorites.

FOSSILS Palaeontology

Collection size: > 38 000 registered specimens.

Collection specialties:
Ediacaran (Precambrian) fauna; South Australian Cambrian fauna-trilobites, archaeocyaths; Triassic plants; Early Cretaceous molluscs; Tertiary invertebrates; Tertiary and Pleistocene vertebrates.

Current research projects: Tertiary marsupial faunas; Pleistocene marsupial faunas; Miocene ostracods.

DATA: Not available on computer.

MINERALS & METEORITES

Collection size: 24 000 minerals, 2000 rocks, 150 meteorites, tektites.

Collection specialities: Minerals from Broken Hill, Burra, Moonta-Wallaroo, Iron Knob, South Australian meteorites

Current research projects: Mineralogy of sulphide ores

DATA: Mineral, meteorite and rock databases are available for searching.