PROFESSOR’S CAMP

THE Professor Jim Gehling camp can be found on the Arkapena 4WD track. Professor Gehling is a palaeontologist who camps here when searching the ridges of the Chace Range for Ediacaran fossils. These fossils are the oldest known animal fossils, between 542 and 635 million years old, and consist of many plants and animals found on what was once an ocean floor. Samples of fossils recovered include those from jellyfish, sea slugs, sea stars and worm-like organisms.