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Tingamarra Fauna

Tingamarra Fauna is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Tingamarra Fauna rather than just read about it. In short: The Tingamarra Fauna is associated with the early Eocene Murgon fossil site, and contains the earliest known non-flying eutherian, passerine, trionychidae turtles, mekosuchine crocodiles along with frogs, lungfish and teleost fish in Australia. The Murgon fossil site is located near Kingaroy in south-east Queensland (26° 14' S, 151° 57' E).

Key takeaways

Tingamarra Fauna belongs to science; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Tingamarra Fauna to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Tingamarra Fauna from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

The Tingamarra Fauna is associated with the early Eocene Murgon fossil site, and contains the earliest known non-flying eutherian, passerine, trionychidae turtles, mekosuchine crocodiles along with frogs, lungfish and teleost fish in Australia. The Murgon fossil site is located near Kingaroy in south-east Queensland (26° 14' S, 151° 57' E).

Geology Material that represents the fossil component is the MP1 horizon in a sequence of lacustrine clays from Boat Mountain. The geological formation of the site is not known for certain, but may be associated with the Oakdale Sandstone formation. The area was a swamp or shallow lake at the time of deposition, though the habitat has not been determined. Potassium-argon dating of illites has given a date of about 54.6 million years, which is before Australia's separation from Antarctica and South America

Paleobiota

Fish

Amphibians

Reptiles

Mammals

Birds

References

Further reading Scanlon, J. D. (2005). "Australia's oldest known snakes: Patagoniophis, Alamitophis, and cf. Madtsoia (Squamata: Madtsoiidae) from the Eocene of Queensland". Memoirs of the Queensland Museum. 51 (1): 215–235. ISSN 0079-8835.

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Tingamarra Fauna

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Tingamarra Fauna claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Tingamarra Fauna before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Tingamarra Fauna ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Tingamarra Fauna

In research: Tingamarra Fauna appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Tingamarra Fauna in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Tingamarra Fauna is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Cenozoic paleobiotas, Cenozoic paleontological sites of Australia, Eocene paleontological sites, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Tingamarra Fauna outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Tingamarra Fauna in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Tingamarra Fauna means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
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Frequently asked questions

What is Tingamarra Fauna in simple terms?

Why does Tingamarra Fauna matter?

Because it connects several science ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Tingamarra Fauna?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Tingamarra Fauna.