Key Information
Muttaburrasaurus
| Species | Muttaburrasaurus langdoni |
| Diet | Herbivore |
| Weight | 3.1 tonnes |
| Length | 26 ft |
| Height | Up to 9 ft |
| Timescale | Early Cretaceous |
| Classification | Ornithischia > Rhabodoontomorpha |
| Similar Species | Rhabodon |
Learning Point
- Muttaburrasaurus is one of Australia’s most famous dinosaurs, and is also one of the most complete fossils found from the times of the dinosaurs in Australia. It was similar in some ways to Iguanodon, but was likely to have walked entirely on two legs.
Project
- Draw a heard of Muttaburrasaurus
- Overview
- X-Ray
Location
| Confirmed | Australia |
Fun Facts
- The bony bump on its snout may be related to how it made calls or its sense of smell.
- Several of the fossils found so far have been found in places that were covered by seas in the Cretaceous period, but may simply have been animals washed out to sea.
- It is thought to have only walked on two legs, whereas many other iganudontids moved between two and four legs as they needed.
- No thumb spikes have been found, and many paleontologists think that they wouldn’t have had them.
Past Lessons
| 125 | November 27, 2023 | (North America) |