page_title: Wynyard, Tasmania
section_title: Fossil Bluff
hierarchical_section_title: Wynyard, Tasmania / Geographical features / Freestone Cove / Fossil Bluff
caption_attribution_description: English: The beach at Fossil Bluff, Wynyard, Tasmania.
context_page_description: Wynyard is a rural town on the north-west coast of Tasmania, Australia, about 17 kilometres west of Burnie. At the 2011 census Wynyard had an urban population of 5,061 and a total greater area population of 5,990. The town is a regional hub servicing the surrounding rural areas, the adjacent Burnie Wynyard Airport provides commercial flights to Melbourne and other districts. The main council offices for the Waratah-Wynyard local government area are located in Wynyard.
context_section_description: Fossil bluff is a small protrusion of sandstone cliffs rising about 30 metres (98 ft) from the coastline at Freestone Cove. In the 19th century, it was the discovery site of Australia's oldest fossil marsupial, Wynyardia bassiana, an extinct possum-like animal from the early Miocene (about 25 million years ago). Also recovered was an extinct genus of whale, Prosqualodon.
caption: View of Fossil Bluff sandstone cliffs
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