In August 2021, 11,563 Victorians voted online for their favourite fossil to be crowned the state's official fossil emblem.
On Thursday 13 January 2022, the Victorian Government announced the ‘kool’ Cretaceous winner: 125-million-year-old extinct amphibian, Koolasuchus cleelandi.
You can find all eight fossils at Melbourne Museum, which had originally been found in various Victorian locations.
Fossil animal colony formed ‘V’ for Victoria
First giant of the plant world
Tiny mammal among Victoria’s dinosaurs
Cool Cretaceous monster amphibian
Fierce whale ancestor of modern giants
Giant toothed bird of Bayside
Mystery marsupial of Australia’s Ice Age
Slender polar dinosaur
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