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17 Earth gives up its long lost giants Quirky fact : Muttaburrasaurus teeth were all replaced at the same time so the upper and lower jaws fitted together evenly. When its mouth was closed, the teeth came together like a pair of shears. Curriculum Information Year Learning and Assessment (Earth and Beyond) 6 Laying down of History - Fossil Remains 7 Investigating Ancient Australia - Palaeontologists at Work Description The discovery of dinosaur remains dates back to 1865 when James Sutherland unearthed an ichthyosaurus on the Flinders River. The pieces of vertebrae were sent to the Museum of Victoria where their discovery was briefly noted in 1867. While waiting on the museum’s findings, Sutherland continued to uncover a more complete specimen, including a skull and many more vertebrae. Again, these were sent to Melbourne for further study. Despite a second paper in 1869 describing the new material, it was not until 1984 that Dr Mary Wade of the Queensland Museum published the finding of two skulls present in the material. Other palaeontology discoveries in the area include: n 1888 - other ichthyosaur material described as Ichthyosaurus Marathonensis was found at Marathon Station, east of Richmond. n 1899 - a scrap of a large reptile jawbone was identified by the Queensland Museum as the giant plesiosaur Kronosaurus. n Some 40 kms outside Hughenden a pterosaur skull and jaw fragment were found. n 1962 - a Muttaburrasaurus was collected from many fragments in a cattle yard on the Thomson River near Muttaburra. Many pieces had been souvenired by locals, but a public appeal soon saw these handed in to the museum. Throughout the 80s there were several other Muttaburrasaurus finds around Hughenden, the most recent being in 1987 when Dr Mary Wade discovered a second Muttaburrasaurus skull. n 1989 - One of the world’s best examples of an ankylosaur was found by Ian and Rob Ievers on Marathon Station at Minmi Crossing East of Richmond. The Minmi find is more than 90 per cent complete. n 1989 - The most complete skeleton of a Cretaceous pliosaur was also discovered on Marathon Station. Sauropods Sauropods are very large plant-eating dinosaurs with long necks and tails. Since 1932, the fossil bones of several individual sauropods have been found in the Flinders region of Queensland. They probably belonged to Austrosaurus. The remains of an Austrosaurus Mckillopi were discovered by the McKillop family on Clutha Station west of Richmond, in 1932, and were dated to be 100 million years old. Half of a cervical (neck) vertebra from another sauropod was found near Hughenden. It is similar to the vertebra of Brachiosaurus, a huge sauropod with long forelegs found in Africa and North America. The Queensland animal is known as the ‘Hughenden sauropod’. The size of the bones found suggests an animal 20 - 22 metres long and perhaps weighing up to 50 tonnes. It used its long neck to reach the lower branches of the trees. Muttaburrasaurus Muttaburrasaurus Langdoni roamed the Australian landscape approximately 100 million years ago during the Cretaceous Period. This dinosaur is thought to have been quite common and four specimens have been found in central and northern Queensland. Muttaburrasaurus Langdoni was first discovered in 1963 by grazier Doug Langdon, whose property was in the Channel Country of the Thomson River just outside the town of Muttaburra. A museum team collected five tonnes of rock material from the site and transported it to Brisbane. It took many years of painstaking work to piece together the bones and the study of the animal is still not complete. The team has no real idea of the environment in which Muttaburrasaurus lived because all four specimens from Queensland have been found in an area that was once covered by a vast inland sea. 044 Queensland’s Outback Education Handbook | Ancient Outback
History - Hughenden First residents: Dalleburra and Jirandali, Kutjala peoples European exploration: Lt Stokes, 1841 European settlement: 1862 Town gazetted: 1866 History highlights: n First entire Muttaburrasauras dinosaur found in Australia, 1987 n First Bracelet horse race ever run in Australia, 1886 ClASSROOM ACTIVITIES n Create a paper-mâché dinosaur from the very earliest period when its bones were found n You are a Palaeontologist writing a letter to the local paper explaining the importance of the local fossils and the need for the return of the bones which the locals have souvenired n Produce a postcard which depicts the dinosaur fossils of the local area Best Experience Flinders Discovery Centre, Hughenden 37 Gray Street, Hughenden QLD 4821 Cost: Entry Fee applies Hours: Open daily from 9.00am to 5.00pm (December and January 9.00am to 1.00pm) Closed some Public Holidays Phone: (07) 4741 1021 Email: info@flinders.qld.gov.au Website: ww.hughenden.com Other Points of Interest n Kronosaurus Korner, Richmond n Lark Quarry Dinosaur Trackways, Winton n Riversleigh Fossil Fields, Boodjamulla (Lawn Hill) National Park Additional Resources Queensland Museum Phone: (07) 3840 7555 Email: inquirycentre@qm.qld.gov.au www.qm.qld.gov.au/features/dinosaurs/ South Australia Museum Fact sheet on Muttaburrasaurus www.samuseum.sa.gov.au/orig/pdf/dinosaurs. pdf ABC www.abc.net.au/dinosaurs/meet_the_dinos ABC - The Age of Reptiles www.abc.net.au/science/ozfossil/ageofreptiles/ eromanga/kronosaurus.htm Australian Museum Research Library enquiries: Phone: (02) 9320 6152 Scientific enquiries: Phone: (02) 9320 6202 www.lostkingdoms.com/facts/index. cfm#cretaceous Australian Dinosaur Story Australian Government Department of the Environment and Heritage Email: heritage@environment.gov.au www.environment.gov.au/heritage/places/ national/dinosaur-stampede/lark-quarry/larkquarry.html References Flinders Discovery Centre www.flinders.qld.gov.au Queensland Museum www.qm.qld.gov.au/features/dinosaurs/ queensland/giants.asp Further Information Flinders Discovery Centre 37 Gray Street Hughenden QLD 4821 Phone: (07) 4741 1021 Email: info@flinders.qld.gov.au www.hughenden.com Mt Isa Longreach Townsville Rockhampton Charleville Brisbane Queensland’s Outback Education Handbook | Ancient Outback 045
Page 1 and 2: OUTBACK Q U E E N S L A N D ’ S E
Page 3 and 4: i R n r e l h e r i o y g e r TRAVE
Page 5 and 6: Welcome to Queensland’s Outback S
Page 7 and 8: Porcupine Gorge, near Hughenden Mou
Page 9 and 10: 05 Legendary Outback
Page 11 and 12: Legendary Outback In the face of ex
Page 13 and 14: History - Barcaldine First resident
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Page 17 and 18: History - Longreach First residents
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Page 81 and 82: Travel Itineraries There’s nothin
Page 83 and 84: 01 Longreach Explorer - Camping Saf
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Page 87 and 88: l i e k i n i e r ARCHER RIVER Tour
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Page 93 and 94: 03 Mount Isa Outback Tour - Camping
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Day 2 - Roma to Charleville Journey
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Day 5 - Cunnamulla to Jondaryan Jou
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