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| rdfs:label | - Muttaburrasaurus
- Muttaburrasaurus
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| rdfs:comment | - Muttaburrasaurus was one of the largest creatures in the southern hemisphere at its time. At 8 metres long and 3 tonnes it dwarfed all other herbivores, and carnivores in its environment. Despite its overwhelming size it was not particularly fast, but it didn't need to be. Sheer size was its defense. Only the oldest, or the sickest were at risk from predatory Allosaurs. Muttaburrasaurus certainly lived in large groups for extra protection just in case. Muttaburrasaurus had a large bony growth on its nose, from the eyes to the tip of the jaw. It is likely, given that it is a hadrosaur that this was some kind of resonating chamber that was used for communication. This also supports the idea that they lived in groups.
- Muttaburrasaurus is a genus of dinosaur with a large, bulging crest-like nasal area.
- While it is commonly portrayed as possessing thumb spikes like Iguanodon, it likely didn't have any.
- Muttaburrasaurus was a member of a large Iguanodont clade that ruled during a short period of time in the Cretaceous period. However, what made Muttaburrasaurus special was that it lives in sub-polar rain forests on what will one day become the Australian continent. Unlike most of the Iguanodonts who preferred living in open woodland, this animal lived in the Antarctic/Australian jungle, where its coloration would've blend in, as shown in the series.
- The species was initially described from a partial skeleton found by Doug Langdon on his land in 1963 near Muttaburra, Queensland, Australia, which also provides the creature’s name. It was named in 1981 by Dr Alan Bartholomai and Ralph Molnar, who honoured its discoverer with its specific name langdoni. Some teeth have been discovered further north, near Hughenden and south at Lightning Ridge, in Northwestern New South Wales. A skull, known as the “Dunluce Skull” was discovered by John Stewart-Moore and 14 year old Robert Walker on Dunluce Station, between Hughenden and Richmond in 1987.
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| Scientific name | - Muttaburrasaurus langdoni
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| abstract | - Muttaburrasaurus was one of the largest creatures in the southern hemisphere at its time. At 8 metres long and 3 tonnes it dwarfed all other herbivores, and carnivores in its environment. Despite its overwhelming size it was not particularly fast, but it didn't need to be. Sheer size was its defense. Only the oldest, or the sickest were at risk from predatory Allosaurs. Muttaburrasaurus certainly lived in large groups for extra protection just in case. Muttaburrasaurus had a large bony growth on its nose, from the eyes to the tip of the jaw. It is likely, given that it is a hadrosaur that this was some kind of resonating chamber that was used for communication. This also supports the idea that they lived in groups.
- Muttaburrasaurus is a genus of dinosaur with a large, bulging crest-like nasal area.
- While it is commonly portrayed as possessing thumb spikes like Iguanodon, it likely didn't have any.
- Muttaburrasaurus was a member of a large Iguanodont clade that ruled during a short period of time in the Cretaceous period. However, what made Muttaburrasaurus special was that it lives in sub-polar rain forests on what will one day become the Australian continent. Unlike most of the Iguanodonts who preferred living in open woodland, this animal lived in the Antarctic/Australian jungle, where its coloration would've blend in, as shown in the series.
- The species was initially described from a partial skeleton found by Doug Langdon on his land in 1963 near Muttaburra, Queensland, Australia, which also provides the creature’s name. It was named in 1981 by Dr Alan Bartholomai and Ralph Molnar, who honoured its discoverer with its specific name langdoni. Some teeth have been discovered further north, near Hughenden and south at Lightning Ridge, in Northwestern New South Wales. A skull, known as the “Dunluce Skull” was discovered by John Stewart-Moore and 14 year old Robert Walker on Dunluce Station, between Hughenden and Richmond in 1987.
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