Muttaburrasaurus
Sign in to saveMuttaburrasaurus was a genus of herbivorous iguanodontian ornithopod dinosaur that lived in what is now north-eastern Australia sometime between 112 and 103 million years ago during the early Cretaceous period. It has been recovered in some analyses as a member of the iguanodontian clade Rhabdodontomorpha, or alternately as a member of Elasmaria. After Kunbarrasaurus, it is Australia's most completely known dinosaur from skeletal remains. It was named after Muttaburra, the site in Queensland, Australia, where it was found. The dinosaur was selected from twelve candidates to become the official
Wikidata facts
- Parent taxon
- Iguanodontia
- Image
- Muttaburrasaurus skel QM email.jpg
- Length
- 7.0
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- location of discovery
- Australia
- main food source
- herbivore
- taxon name
- Muttaburrasaurus
- Commons category
- Muttaburrasaurus
- taxon rank
- genus
- start time
- 105000000-
- end time
- 103000000-
- time period
- Early Cretaceous
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Muttaburrasaurus langdoni Muttaburrasaurus Reconstitution. Genre † Muttaburrasaurus & , 1981 Espèce † Muttaburrasaurus langdoni & , 1981 Muttaburrasaurus est un genre éteint de dinosaure herbivore ornithopode du Crétacé inférieur proche d'Iguanodon, ayant vécu dans le nord-ouest de l'Australie. Muttaburrasaurus est le genre de dinosaure le plus connu des dinosaures australiens. L'espèce type et seule espèce rattachée au genre est Muttaburrasaurus langdoni. Son nom fait référence à la ville de Muttaburra près de laquelle il a été découvert.
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