List of Australian and Antarctic dinosaurs
This is a list of dinosaurs whose remains have been recovered from Australia or Antarctica.
Key
Nomen dubium |
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Nomen nudum |
List of Australian and Antarctic dinosaurs
Name | Period | Location | Diet | Notes | Image |
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Antarctopelta | Late Cretaceous | Antarctica | herbivore | The first non-avian dinosaur found in Antarctica, but not the first named. | |
Atlascopcosaurus | Early Cretaceous | Australia | herbivore | Named after the Atlas Copco company for funding the dig that found its fossils. | |
Australovenator | Early-Late Cretaceous | Australia | carnivore | The most complete predatory dinosaur found in Australia. | |
Austrosaurus | Early Cretaceous | Australia | herbivore | A sauropod. | |
Biscoveosaurus | Late Cretaceous | Antarctica | herbivore | Currently invalid and informal. | |
Cryolophosaurus | Early Jurassic | Antarctica | carnivore | The first non-avian dinosaur named from Antarctica. | |
Diamantinasaurus | Late Cretaceous | Australia | herbivore | Named after the Australian folk song "Waltzing Matilda". | |
Diluvicursor | Early Cretaceous | Australia | herbivore | It may have lived in a floodplain with a high-energy river when alive. | |
Fostoria | Cretaceous | Australia | herbivore | Described in 2019, this basal iguanodont may have lived in herds. | |
Fulgurotherium | Early Cretaceous | Australia | herbivore | A possibly dubious ornithischian. | |
Galleonosaurus | Early Cretaceous | Australia | herbivore | A basal ornithopod. | |
Glacialisaurus | Early Jurassic | Antarctica | herbivore | A basal sauropodomorph that coexisted with true sauropods (undescribed). | |
Imperobator | Late Cretaceous | Antarctica | carnivore | A large stem Paravian. | |
Kakuru | Early Cretaceous | Australia | ? | Known from only a shinbone. | |
Kunbarrasaurus | Early Cretaceous | Australia | herbivore | Formerly assigned to Minmi. | |
Leaellynasaura | Early Cretaceous | Australia | herbivore | An ornithischian with a tail three times its body length. | |
Minmi | Early Cretaceous | Australia | herbivore | Known from one fragmentary specimen; a second, more complete specimen was transferred to Kunbarrasaurus. | |
Morrosaurus | Late Cretaceous | Antarctica | herbivore | An iguanodont; a member of Elasmaria. | |
Muttaburrasaurus | Early Cretaceous | Australia | herbivore | A large rhabdodontomorph. | |
Ozraptor | Middle Jurassic | Australia | carnivore | Possibly an early abelisauroid. | |
Qantassaurus | Early Cretaceous | Australia | herbivore | Named after the airline company Qantas. | |
Rapator | Early Cretaceous | Australia | carnivore | Possibly a megaraptoran. | |
Rhoetosaurus | Middle Jurassic | Australia | herbivore | Along with Ozraptor, it is one of the oldest known Australian dinosaurs. | |
Savannasaurus | Late Cretaceous | Australia | herbivore | A recently discovered titanosaur. | |
Serendipaceratops | Early Cretaceous | Australia | herbivore | Possibly a ceratopsian. If so, it would be one of the few known ceratopsians from the Southern Hemisphere. | |
Timimus | Early Cretaceous | Australia | ? | A coelurosaur of uncertain classification; it may be a tyrannosauroid. | |
Trinisaura | Late Cretaceous | Antarctica | herbivore | An iguanodont; a member of Elasmaria. | |
Walgettosuchus | Early Cretaceous | Australia | carnivore | Possibly invalid. | |
Weewarrasaurus | Late Cretaceous | Australia | herbivore | Known from a jawbone that has turned to opal. | |
Wintonotitan | Early Cretaceous | Australia | herbivore | A large sauropod that coexisted with Diamantinasaurus. |
Agrosaurus is a nomen dubium or a junior synonym of Thecodontosaurus. It is no longer considered an Australian genus.
Criteria for inclusion
- The creature must appear on the List of dinosaur genera.
- Fossils of the creature must have been found in Australia or Antarctica.
- This list is a complement to Category:Dinosaurs of Australia and Category:Dinosaurs of Antarctica.
Timeline
This is a timeline of selected dinosaurs from the list above. Time is measured in Ma, megaannum, along the x-axis.
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