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Riversleigh D-site

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Next Stop: Riversleigh Station

From ancient fossils to colonial footprints

Learn how Riversleigh Station became a pivital place in both the history of the Waanyi People and the development of the region during colonial settlement.

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Ancient Legacies

Waanyi Fossil Links

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Riversleigh Station

Riversleigh Fossil Names

Classification	Fossil names	*Translation (Waanyi* word)**
Order Dasyuromorphia (dasyures, thylacines)	Badjcinus turnbulli	Badj/baji = good/expert hunter or cheeky/aggressive; cinus = Greek for dog
	Ganbulanyi djadjinguli	Ganbulanyi/kanbulanyi = Native Cat or Northern Quoll; Djadji/jaji = ‘to eat’; Nguli = bone
	Mayigriphus orbus	Mayi = tooth/teeth; griphus = Latin for puzzle
Order Peramelimorphia (bandicoots)	Bulungu palara	Bulungu = sister’s child, child, baby
	Galadi speciosus	Galadi/kaladi/kaladiya = bandicoot, possum, Rock Ringtail Possum
	Liyamayi dayi	Liya = round; Mayi = tooth; dayi = ‘chop’
	Madju variae	Madju/maju = sister, elder sister
	Yarala burchfieldi	Yarala/yarrala = root or butt of tree
Order Notoryctemorphia (marsupial moles)	Naraboryctes philcreaseri	Naraba/ngaraba = to drink; ryctes = Greek for ‘digger’
Order Diprotodontia Suborder: Macropodiformes (kangaroos)	Bulungamaya delicata	Bulungulla/balangarra = moon; Mayi = tooth/teeth
	Cookeroo bulwidarri	Bulwidarri = white, white of egg
	Ganawamaya gillespieae	Ganawa/kanawa = long; Mayi = tooth/teeth
	Ganguroo bilamina	Gangu/kangku = grandfather, father’s father
	Nowidgee matrix	Nowidgee, ngawiji = grandmother, father’s mother
	Wabularoo naughtoni	Wabula = forgotten, long time before; Naughtoni = after former owner of Riversleigh Station, Ted Naughton
Order Diprotodontia Family: Pseudocheiridae	Gawinga aranaea	Gawinga/kawinka = possum, Northern Brushtail Possum
Order Diprotodontia Family: Miralinidae	Durudawiri inusitatus	Duru = sun; Dawiri/dawirri = little sister, younger sibling
Order Diprotodontia Family: Maradidae	Marada arcanum	Marada = flat, flat ground, claypan
Order Diprotodontia Family: Vombatidae	Rhizophascolonus ngangaba	Ngangaba = light (in weight)
Order Chiroptera (bats)	Brachipposideros nooraleebus	Nooraleeba/ngurralyijbi = stuck in the mud
Order Chiroptera (bats)	Macroderma malugara	Malugara/malukarra = good hunter or killer
Subclass Therians Subgroup: Incertae sedis	Yingabalanara richardsoni	Yinga/yingka = other, another; Balanara/balangarra = moon

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