List of Australian dinosaurs
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The following list refers only to non-avian members of the Dinosauria. It does not include Aves, or non-dinosaurian reptiles, such as the Pterosauria, Plesiosauria, Ichthyosauria or Mosasauridae.
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[edit] Dinosaurs known from skeletal remains
- "Allosaurus" sp.(Theropoda; probably represents a basal allosauroid like Fukuiraptor, not Allosaurus)[1]
- Atlascopcosaurus loadsi (Ornithopoda)
- Austrosaurus mckillopi (Sauropoda)
- Austrosaurus sp. (Sauropoda) (Elliot and Mary)
- Fulgurotherium australe (Ornithopoda)
- Kakuru kujani (Theropoda)
- Leaellynasaura amicagraphica (Ornithopoda)
- Minmi paravertebra (Ankylosauria)
- Muttaburrasaurus langdoni (Ornithopoda)
- Ozraptor subutaii (Theropoda)
- Qantassaurus intrepidus (Ornithopoda)
- Rapator ornitholestoides (Theropoda)
- Rhoetosaurus brownei ("Rhaetosaurus", "Rheteosaurus") (Sauropoda)
- Serendipaceratops arthurclarkei (Ceratopsia)
- Timimus hermani (Theropoda)
- Walgettosuchus woodwardi (Theropoda)
- Agrosaurus macgillivrayi had been thought to be an Australian prosauropod, but is apparently a mislabled Thecodontosaurus or Thecodontosaurus-like animal from Bristol, England[2]
[edit] Dinosaurs known from material insufficient to determine genus
- Ornithopods 7, including two hypsilophodonts.
- Sauropods: 6, including a possible titanosaurid and two possible brachiosaurids.
- Theropods 17, including two dromaeosaurids, one possible caenagnathid, one possible therizinosaurian, and two possible ornithomimids.
[edit] Dinosaurs known only from footprints
These are names of the footprints, and not of the dinosaur genera which made them. Their identity is unknown. See ichnology.
- Anomoepus gracillimus (Ornithopoda)
- Changpeipus bartholomaii (Theropoda)
- Eubrontes (Theropoda)
- Grallator (Theropoda)
- Megalosauropus broomensis (Theropoda)
- Skartopus australis (Theropoda)
- Tyrannosauropus (Theropoda)
- Wintonopus latomorum (Ornithopoda)
- Wintonopus sp. (Ornithopoda)
- (Sauropoda)
- (Stegosauria)
- (Theropoda)
- (Thyreophora)
[edit] See also
- Geology of Australia
- Polar dinosaurs in Australia
- Dinosaur Dreaming
- Dinosaur Cove
- Natural history of Australia
[edit] References
- ^ Azuma, Yoichi; and Currie, Phillip J. (2000). "A new carnosaur (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Lower Cretaceous of Japan". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 37 (12): 1735–1753.
- ^ Vickers-Rich, P., T.H. Rich, G.C. McNamara and A. Milner 1999 Agrosaurus: Australia's Oldest Dinosaur? Records of the Western Australian Museum Suppliment No.57: 191-200.
Long, J.A., Dinosaurs of Australia and New Zealand, UNSW Press 1998
