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Australia's most intact Cooyoo australis fossil discovered in Richmond with specimen in its belly

An intact cooyoo fish fossil, about 1.6 metres long, has been discovered in Richmond. (Supplied: Kronosaurus Korner)

The fossil of a predator fish that existed more than 100 million years ago has been discovered in north-west Queensland. 

Experts believe it is one Australia's most intact fossils of the Cooyoo australis fish — a large carnivore that once swam Queensland's inland Eromanga Sea.

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