Worm Burrows, Wasp Head, NSW, Australia
S 35° 40.042 E 150° 18.302
56H E 256064 N 6049597
These worm burrows are located at Wasp Head in New South Wales.
Waymark Code: WMGQC6
Location: New South Wales, Australia
Date Posted: 03/31/2013
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This waymark is located in a National Park, so you will only be able to take photos and observe these fossils.
Scientist estimate that about 280 million year ago, there was a shallow sea here (the Permian Period), and there were land mass movements on the globe as glaciers and other ice masses transported stones, dirt and other artifacts from one location to another. This may be where these worm burrows originated. Worm burrows are actually called trace fossils since there are no remains of the animals, no shells or bones, but rather just the worm burrows themselves, which filled with sediments of a different color than the surrounding dirt, preserving the burrows.
There are two types of burrows here: some are dark and the surrounding area is lighter colored (these are most prevalent), and in one area you can see lighter burrows in a darker soil.
This location is also step one of the first Earthcache ever set: GCHFT2: Earthcache I, A Simple Geology Tour of Wasp Head.
What kinds of fossils are found here:
Worm Burrows (trace fossils).
Admission Fee: no
Link for more information about this site: [Web Link]
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