Continuing Dinosaur Discoveries in Australia

Via ABC News Australia:

“Dinosaur bones around 97 million years old have been found in south-west Queensland….

…”The discoveries made this year confirm the site is likely to be of great significance, not only for Australia, but for a wider scientific understanding of the age of dinosaurs,” Mr Hocknull said.

Other discoveries in the region include a long-necked plant-eating sauropod, Rhoetosaurus, found in the 1930s at Roma and believed to be 170 million years old….”

Image created by  William Stout

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