Muttaburrasaurus
E911490
Muttaburrasaurus is a medium-sized, Early Cretaceous herbivorous dinosaur from Australia, notable for its distinctive, enlarged snout.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Muttaburrasaurus replica | 1 |
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
genus of dinosaur
ⓘ
iguanodontian dinosaur ⓘ ornithopod ⓘ |
| bodyPlan |
long tail
ⓘ
powerful hindlimbs ⓘ relatively short forelimbs ⓘ |
| clade |
Dinosauria
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Iguanodontia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Australia ⓘ |
| describedBy |
A. T. Wells
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ralph E. Molnar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| diet | herbivorous ⓘ |
| discoveredBy | Doug Langdon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| discoveryYear | 1963 ⓘ |
| displayedAt |
Australian Age of Dinosaurs Museum
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Queensland Museum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole | medium-sized herbivore ⓘ |
| estimatedLength |
7 meters
ⓘ
approximately 23 feet ⓘ |
| estimatedMass | 2.5 metric tons ⓘ |
| family | Rhabdodontomorpha NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| feedingAdaptation | chewing tough vegetation ⓘ |
| fossilSite | Thomson River region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| geologicalFormation |
Allaru Mudstone
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mackunda Formation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCommonName | Muttaburra lizard ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| knownFrom | fossil remains ⓘ |
| livedIn |
Australia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Queensland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locomotion |
bipedal
ⓘ
facultatively quadrupedal ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Muttaburra NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
enlarged snout
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hollow, expanded nasal region ⓘ |
| order | Ornithischia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| region | Gondwana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reproduction | oviparous ⓘ |
| respiration | air-breathing ⓘ |
| skeletonFound |
partial skeletons
ⓘ
skull material ⓘ |
| suborder | Ornithopoda NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
| temporalRange |
Albian
NERFINISHED
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Early Cretaceous ⓘ |
| toothType | leaf-shaped teeth ⓘ |
| typeLocality | near Muttaburra, Queensland ⓘ |
| typeSpecies | Muttaburrasaurus langdoni NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| yearDescribed | 1981 ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Muttaburrasaurus replica