Australia's exceptional Palaeozoic fossil fishes, and a Gondwana origin for land vertebrates

华盛顿州有3.7亿年历史的戈戈矿藏出产了世界上保存最完好的泥盆纪鱼类化石。在澳大利亚东部和中部发现的相关形式的新发现记录了澳大利亚独特的脊椎动物的深厚历史，并为脊椎动物最初的颌骨和四肢的进化提供了新的证据。它们表明，第一批陆地动物可能是在澳大利亚陆地上进化出来的。这些保存完好、信息丰富的头骨和脑壳是一些已知的最古老的脊椎动物化石，为头部和大脑的早期进化提供了独特的数据；它们被国家收藏，作为对国家和世界遗产的重大贡献。

The 370 million-year-old Gogo deposit in WA has produced the World's best-preserved fossil fishes of Devonian age. New discoveries of related forms in eastern and central Australia document the deep history of Australia's unique vertebrate fauna, and provide new evidence on the evolution of the first jaws and limbs in vertebrates. They indicate that the first land animals may have evolved on the Australian landmass. These remarkably preserved, information-rich skulls and braincases of some of the oldest known vertebrate fossils provide unique data on early evolution of the head and brain; they are held in national collections as a significant contribution to both National and World Heritage.