AR Dinosaurs - Group A
Australovenator wintonensis
Scientific name: Australovenator wintonensis
Age: Cretaceous Period (105 - 93 million years ago)
Size: 4-6 metres long
Location: Winton, central Queensland
Australovenator wintonensis was a medium sized meat-eating dinosaur with serrated teeth and hands bearing 30cm long claws. The specimen, nicknamed 'Banjo', is the most complete theropod skeleton found in Australia. It can be seen at the Australian Age of Dinosaurs Museum of Natural History in Winton. Its remains were found among the sauropod Diamantinasaurus ('Matilda'). Australovenator was scientifically named and described by Queensland Museum palaeontologist Dr. Scott Hocknull and colleagues in 2009.
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Rhoetosaurus brownei
Scientific name: Rhoetosaurus brownei (Browne's Rhoetos Lizard)
Age: Jurassic Period (167 - 165 million years ago)
Size: 14-16 metres long
Location: Roma, southern Queensland
Rhoetosaurus was a large, plant-eating sauropod dinosaur with a long neck and tail. It was named after Rhoetos, a titan in Greek mythology and station manager, A.J. Browne, from where the skeleton was found. It is the oldest sauropod skeleton found in Australia.
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Xenobrachyops allos
Scientific name: Xenobrachyops allos (Strange Brachyops)
Age: Triassic Period (approximately 45 million years ago)
Size: 50-100 centimetres long
Location: Rewan, central Queensland
Xenobrachyops was a small salamander-like amphibian known for its short, broad head. The temnospondyls are a group of early amphibians that mostly lived in freshwater. Like frogs today, they most likely ate insects or small vertebrate animals. These amphibians survived in Australia long after they did elsewhere in the world.
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Siderops kehli
Scientific name: Siderops kehli (Kehl's Iron Face)
Age: Jurassic Period (approximately 176 million years ago)
Size: 3 metres long
Location: Surat Basin, southern Queensland
Siderops kehli was a giant salamander-like amphibian with short limbs. It had rows of sharp, pointed teeth and fed on fish and other small animals. Its broad, flat head and tail suggest it was probably an ambush predator, like a crocodile today. Siderops means ‘iron face’ and refers to the ironstone matrix in which it was preserved.
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