Muttaburrasaurus

E911490

Muttaburrasaurus is a medium-sized, Early Cretaceous herbivorous dinosaur from Australia, notable for its distinctive, enlarged snout.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf genus of dinosaur
iguanodontian dinosaur
ornithopod
bodyPlan long tail
powerful hindlimbs
relatively short forelimbs
clade Dinosauria
Iguanodontia
linked to: Ornithopoda
countryOfOrigin Australia
describedBy A. T. Wells
Ralph E. Molnar
diet herbivorous
discoveredBy Doug Langdon
discoveryYear 1963
displayedAt Australian Age of Dinosaurs Museum
Queensland Museum
ecologicalRole medium-sized herbivore
estimatedLength 7 meters
approximately 23 feet
estimatedMass 2.5 metric tons
family Rhabdodontomorpha
feedingAdaptation chewing tough vegetation
fossilSite Thomson River region
geologicalFormation Allaru Mudstone
Mackunda Formation
hasCommonName Muttaburra lizard
kingdom Animalia
knownFrom fossil remains
livedIn Australia
Queensland
locomotion bipedal
facultatively quadrupedal
namedAfter Muttaburra
notableFeature enlarged snout
hollow, expanded nasal region
order Ornithischia
phylum Chordata
region Gondwana
reproduction oviparous
respiration air-breathing
skeletonFound partial skeletons
skull material
suborder Ornithopoda
taxonRank genus
temporalRange Albian
Early Cretaceous
toothType leaf-shaped teeth
typeLocality near Muttaburra, Queensland
typeSpecies Muttaburrasaurus langdoni
linked to: Muttaburrasaurus
yearDescribed 1981

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Spirits of the Ice Forest focusesOn Muttaburrasaurus
Hughenden museumExhibits Muttaburrasaurus replica
linked to: Muttaburrasaurus
Muttaburrasaurus typeSpecies Muttaburrasaurus langdoni
linked to: Muttaburrasaurus